Dagmar Feyen: The Tuesday Thing

Last summer, I was asked to play at a wedding ceremony for my former student Rebecca and Yves. There I improvised a piece which I now finished and recorded for you all to hear as TTT_2010-07.mp3
 

Now that the summer vacation is approaching its end, it is time to think about picking up my TTT cycle. I underestimated the burden of composing even a small piano piece on a specific single day (Tuesday). But now that the start of the work year comes nearer, I will take on the challenge of trying to compose a small piece every week on Tuesday. The only thing I'll change is that there will be no specific theme (or the use of a specific name) anymore, and that the level of difficulty is free. I have to compose for my students anyway, so why not use this incentive to do so in an organised way?
So you can expect a new composition af mine on September 7, and from then on every week ... except in holiday periods! Last time I reached 6 compositions; Let's see how many there will be this year!

In two weeks, I'm attending a conference of the Flemish Composer's Association (ComAV), where I will be playing a mini-recital with my own piano piece "XtC"... this is what the organisation expects because I let them know 6 months ago. As was to be expected, the piece was not yet finished, so I had to work really hard to complete it. Yesterday, that was the case, so my Tuesday Thing is postponed to ... Wednesday.
I have to admit that I cheated a little, because the theme name ("Xavier", a friend and collegue of mine) and the piece was laying on my desk for quite some time now, so all I had to do was finish it ...
A romantic ballad feel for TTT 10-06
TTT_2010-06.mp3

Last sunday, we had the baptism of the youngest niece in the family. That's why I thought it suitable to write a little lullaby, inspired by her name "Trixie". I hope you like it,and PLEASE, please: start bombing this blog with names!
So here it is: a little lullaby for Trixie
>TTT_2010-05.mp3
 

So, if you think that vacation with the kids is good for your music production, think again! The Tuesday thing of this week is finished (in the US it is still Tuesday, so ...), but I barely made it. What you hear is also the Finale version (as it was last week also), but I promise to make a real recording as soon as possible.
The name of the week is Barbara, whom I know as a good singer. I wrote her a Romance with the seven notes of her name. It is more conventional than you will be used of me, but this is what it is, and I hope you like it:
TTT_2010-04.mp3