Category: symphonic
Score and reorchestration of The Geography of Dreams
I completely re-orchestrated The Geography of Dreams. I like it much better. It’s limited to strings & harp plus 3 solo woodwinds (flute, oboe, english horn) and 2 solo brass (horn & trumpet). I got a much better mix and mastering this time, too,…
Score available for The Geography of Dreams (for symphony orchestra)
In my last post, I was able to present the score for one of my three most recent orchestral pieces. Tn this post I can announce that I’ve finished editing the score of the second of these. It can be downloaded (free) HERE. The…
Score available for The Forest (for symphony orchestra)
I’m in the process of editing my three most recent orchestral pieces. I just finished editing the score of the first of these. It can be downloaded (free) HERE. The audio may be streamed (free) HERE (or use the player below). I strongly recommend…
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
This concerto was composed in 1994 and slightly revised in 2015. It’s for piano and small orchestra (just piano, strings, and only 4 woodwinds–no brass, no percussion). The score is still being cleaned up but will eventually be available at hiltonkeanjones.com/music.
New movement added to The Golden Thread — Wendeyaho
I’ve added a movement to The Golden Thread, Wendeyaho. Although the arrangement and orchestration is my own, the melodic source for this movement is a traditional Native American tune called “Wendeyaho” that is often described as a “Cherokee Morning Song.” However discussion of it…
Twilight Peal in the City of Dreams
I added the final movement to The Geography of Dreams. The new piece is Twilight Peal in the City of Dreams.
Addition to Geography of Dreams
I added a new piece to The Geography of Dreams. The new piece is Dream of the City by the Sea and the Dark Castle Beyond Its Walls. There’ll be one more movement I think. Here’s the blurb: “A work in progress…These, and future…
In the Hills Outside the City, the Old Man Sits by His Fire Conversing with the Forest Animals
I’ve added another movement to my orchestral piece, The Geography of Dreams. It’s In the Hills Outside the City, the Old Man Sits by His Fire Conversing with the Forest Animals. These, and future movements to come, are all real dreams that have stuck…
Longfellow
In the previous post, https://hiltonkeanjones.com/2014/08/23/new-anthem/, I had a link to the first of a series of choral pieces based on Transcendentalist poets. The two transcendentalists everyone knows are, of course, Emerson and Thoreau, but there are many more than just those two, and a…
Amidst the city’s desolation, the Anima appears as a woman clothed in radiant white
I added a new track to The Geography of Dreams: Admist the city’s desolation, the Anima appears as a woman clothed in radiant white. There’s two kinds of programmatic music: what are often called “character pieces,” short pieces with a descriptive title, the music…
Busts made of cork spinning slowly through the air
I’ve started a new suite of pieces, The Geography of Dreams. At various times in my life, I’ve kept a handheld tape-recorder in bed and recorded dreams immediately after they happened. Even before I started doing that, I was aware that certain “places” kept…
Symphonic Waltz
Below is the Soundcloud widget for Symphonic Waltz, a short, stand-alone, “overture” of the sort every composer is told they should write for orchestra because no modern orchestra will play anything longer than 8 minutes by a living composer. So…here’s my obligatory 8 minute…
