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It's been a while since I've posted one of these, as I got too busy to record more tracks for virtual orchestras. This one has been in the works for some time I recorded my viola track for it in February, and it took a while to come out as it was a complicated mix with lots of multiply-divided string passages and several string solos, and the person who was doing the audio editing moved cross-country while working on it. It's finally out today.
Anyway, here's Untitled Virtual Ensemble performing Lili Boulanger's D'un soir triste. There's a lot of info on the composer and the piece in the video and in the YouTube video description.
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@AndrewH -
Wow, that's a VERY powerful, moving piece - left me feeling like I witnessed something I wish I hadn't. The structure of the music felt like an alluring trap - seemed there might be some hope to grasp at a few times, kept me strung along wishing it could end well.
Thank you for sharing that.
...now I have to go play something happy, before I start dredging up some of my own unpleasant memories.
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Hmm, I probably should have warned about that, though I guess the title and the video description on YouTube definitely hint at it...
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I had several childhood friends who were into atonal music in addition to jazz (which I enjoy), and this is what I consider this to be. When I got out of the army and joined them at the University of Illinois, living in off campus housing, I often heard them playing this kind of music(?). Unfortunately, I am NOT a fan of it, neither then, nor now. I can only listen to a minute or two before wanting to escape or turn it off.
The old curmudgeon!
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spooky @AndrewH. sounded great as far as all of you playing. reminded me of a 50's or 60's horror or scifi movie soundtrack.
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ABitRusty said
spooky @AndrewH. sounded great as far as all of you playing. reminded me of a 50's or 60's horror or scifi movie soundtrack.
That makes sense -- film composers writing horror and sci-fi soundtracks borrowed a lot of ideas from French impressionism, and Lili Boulanger was definitely part of that movement.
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@AndrewH -
This piece haunts me - really exceptional.
🤔... Lili was brilliant at creating/building tension with masterful chord progressions and discord in this piece - what sticks in my mind is it feels like she did not completely release that tension, before starting to rebuild it.
Very interesting. I had also thought about film music since it has such an ominous, familiar, feeling - just couldn't put my finger on whether it was like an early ghost film or the start of a British film noir/psychological melodrama, like "The Upturned Glass" or "The Seventh Veil".
Can't believe I just found a wonderful analysis of “D'un soir triste” - will post it in the Music Theory section... and watch them!
Like always, I end up learning marvelous things from you!
Thanks, again!
- Emily
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