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
Ok, the composition was ready yesterday, but normally I do the uploading in the evening, after I get home from driving my daughters to their music lessons. Now I just was able to crawl in my bed. I slept for 12 hours non-stop (if you know that mostly I sleep somewhere between 4 and 6 hours, then you get a feeling about how sick and tired I was!).
So this morning, I cancelled all my lessons for today, and now, I will upload my third Tuesday Thing, which is based on the nam "LUT". Lut is one of my adult students who has suffered a long period with problems on her shoulder. Monday was her first piano lesson in months and this little "Etude" is based on the three letters of her name.
TTT_2010-03.mp3
One reaction has reached me by e-mail about "The Tuesday Thing", so as a reward, I immortalised his name in a small piano piece. But as it is sad that there is nobody else, I made some sort of blues of it. The name used is "Hans", and you hear it in the first four notes of the melody.
So Hans, enjoy your little piece!
TTT_2010-02.mp3