Well well, with 13 minutes I didn't achieve my goal. This year contained other, much bigger milestones.

The Old Castle got performed a few times, aswell as the Ketchup song and the Supertramp medley. And the Slaaplied serves it's purpose pretty well, becoming a theme song for Fratz.

No goal for 2018 as I'm bound not to achieve much musically...

2017:

Slaaplied für Fratz und Schatz: 1,5 minutes
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The ketchup song, arranged and translated for german Choir: 4 minutes
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The old castle - Mussorgsky
arranged for cello quartet, 3,5 minutes
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Supertramp medley, arranged for choir: 4 minutes

Arranged for cello quartet. Original by Modest Mussorgsky, the score is inspired by Ravel's orchestra version, of course...

I wrote 2 more verses...

Jacob plays upper structure triads on a II - V progression. Notice the first 3 triads going up a half step each while the melody goes down. Doesn't 'harm' to play in all keys. Enjoy!
Listen HERE

My goal for 2016 was:

60 minutes of music!
My goal is to compose/arrange and record 60 minutes of music in 2016.
This blog to follow up...


This is what I managed in 2016:

Arrangements for Cello quartet:

La Valse - 13 minutes
Baba Yaga - 4 minutes

Original compositions for large ensemble:

Libelle - 6,5 minutes
Trapezium - 6,5 minutes
Battlefield - 2 minutes
The Awakening - 1 minute
First try - 30 seconds
Percussion - 2,5 minutes
Brachial - 30 seconds

Original composition for choir:

We sing for you - 4 minutes

Arrangements for junior string ensemble:

Lieblingsmensch - 2 minutes
Kompliziert - 2
Skyfall - 2
Bad blood - 2
Hellwach - 2
Die Miniraupe - 2
Ain't your mama - 2

Original compositions for piano and cello:

Shoon - 4 Minutes
Fly one day + cello - 3 minutes

For fun:

Eb7 D7 - 30 seconds
Gb or F# - 30 seconds

Totals 61 minutes

60 cd's ready for family and friends :-)

New arrangement for my choir!

From the musical Rock Nativity by Hatch/Trent. Good old times!

68 minutes of music, 15 pieces!

Super music. The guy wrote 500+ works and until now I never heard of him... I'm sure there are loads more great compositions out there...

A bit off topic too, but hey, I play the viola :-)
This exercise can be played along here

A bit off topic, but here is a link to my father's childrens poems book.

Hear it on Youtube: here