Well, I’ve been busy stacking impossible notes next to each other, in my ongoing quest to write my way out of ever being asked to compose something ever again.
This is identical to the previous demo, up to the 2:00 mark. After that, a whole new section completed today, a Kyrie plopped right in the middle of the “forgive us our debts” phrase. Like last time, this isn’t yet finished (or properly edited), but unlike last time, I’m uploading a PDF of the score, in its present state. Geek on, young music geeks!
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Alex 11:05 pm on 9 August 2008 Permalink
Hot.
Eric 1:17 pm on 26 August 2008 Permalink
Really nice, Mike. The spreading cluster at m. 24 reminds me of Charles Ives’s Psalm 90 (but it doesn’t sound derivative), and I particularly like the asymmetric meters on “Give us this day…”. I really like the Kyrie – a bit of Russian Orthodox flavor.
Eric
Eric 6:02 am on 27 August 2008 Permalink
By the way – is that choir all you?
michael lee 8:25 am on 27 August 2008 Permalink
Thanks, Eric. That is high praise, coming from you. I appreciate it.
Yes, the choir is all me. I figured out a way to record multiple vocal passes on a song without having to fall back to click, and this was the first project I tested it on.
Eric 1:21 pm on 27 August 2008 Permalink
That is a cool solution – of course, *you* can follow the conductor…
michael lee 1:24 pm on 27 August 2008 Permalink
Not so much.
My job for 4 years as a choir accompanist on piano was, for the most part, to ignore the conductor and lead the orchestra.
Eric 1:44 pm on 2 October 2008 Permalink
Hey, Mike. Anything new here?
michael lee 2:41 pm on 2 October 2008 Permalink
GET OFF MY BACK, SALIERI!!!!
I’ll get it done when I get it done. Sheesh. You can’t rush genius.
Eric 10:39 am on 3 October 2008 Permalink
Sorry, Wolfie. I was just curious.
michael lee 6:15 pm on 11 November 2008 Permalink
done.
Virtue - Oh So! (get it? Like a pun) | Addison Road 6:01 pm on 16 December 2008 Permalink
[...] time for me to encounter the piece. Earlier in the week, I did a reading workshop for my own piece, Our Father, Vindicate. The reading workshop is where a bunch of musicians get together, perform the work, let me stop and [...]
michael lee 7:32 pm on 23 January 2009 Permalink
I just won a grant through the university to record the demo, and to make a documentary video of the process for our composition and engineering students to reference!
First an office, now this … I feel like a real live academic hoitey-toitey!
Gretchen 8:00 pm on 23 January 2009 Permalink
woo-hoo! congrats baby, er, I mean Professor Lee.
Sharolyn 8:57 pm on 23 January 2009 Permalink
Mike, that’s awesome. Are you allowed to have any fun with the video, such as wearing a professor jacket with elbow patches and smoking a pipe? Congrats!
Stick 11:50 pm on 23 January 2009 Permalink
Hey that’s cool…
Be sure to save some budget for the club remix.
aly hawkins 7:45 am on 24 January 2009 Permalink
Yay! Congratulations! Does this mean I get to edit all future grant proposals at my very affordable academic rate?
michael lee 9:12 am on 24 January 2009 Permalink
Totally! It worked this time, and I say don’t mess with success.
michael lee 9:13 am on 24 January 2009 Permalink
And by that I mean, “Thank you, my friend. Your skill and expertise were a huge part of this.”
Eric 1:05 pm on 28 January 2009 Permalink
Congratulations (on the demo/documentary AND the house). It’s a great piece.
Finishing Work | Addison Road 8:08 pm on 3 February 2009 Permalink
[...] realizing that I am in desperate need of fixed deadlines. I went to final print today on the piece Our Father, Vindicate and copies are being handed out to the choir next week. I was sitting there next to the printer [...]
Our Father, Vindicate This! | Addison Road 12:06 am on 23 April 2009 Permalink
[...] on the text of The Lord’s Prayer. I posted some early examples here and here. In November, I thought it was finished. Then, I did a composer workshop where actual people sang through it, and ended up throwing out the [...]