Watch the Genesis, Structure and Performance Practice behind this epic work. Not just which mallets to use, but everything from their physical placement to why wearing long sleeve shirts & pants are recommended when performing it. Also covered are extended “flumie” techniques, muting, its general aesthetic, and very importantly for a non-pitched instrument, the reason and structure of phrase-repetitions contrasted… Read more →
Tag: Bertolozzi
The diminishing legacy of pipe organs in Beacon, NY
Here’s a good article about the diminishing legacy of pipe organs in Beacon, NY as well as the few that are actively being maintained. https://highlandscurrent.org/2024/08/30/free-pipe-organ/ Photo of Joseph Bertolozzi by Brian Cronin for the Highlands Current. Here are a couple informal demonstrations: Recessional from my “Suite for a Wedding” and (on the pedals) an excerpt of the hymn “Holy, Holy,… Read more →
TOWER MUSIC & THE PARIS OLYMPICS – 11 of 11
“TOWER MUSIC / MUSIQUE DE LA TOUR” (10:52) COMPLETE your Olympic experience this year with the ACTUAL SOUNDS of the Eiffel Tower. Opening with dramatic sweep and launching into a series of concussive surges that draws one ever further in, a journey is begun. Vigorous and muscular themes emerge trading blows with the underpinning rhythms. The listener is then delivered… Read more →
TOWER MUSIC & THE PARIS OLYMPICS – 9 of 11
“EVENING HARMONIES / HARMONIES DU SOIR” (4:46) HEIGHTEN your Olympic experience this year with the ACTUAL SOUNDS of the Eiffel Tower. This work, spread over a dark canvas, is a deeply introspective exploration of the Eiffel Tower’s sounds by themselves, unshackled by any rhythmic or melodic imperative. Where most of the rest of Tower Music springs from existing percussive traditions… Read more →
TOWER MUSIC & THE PARIS OLYMPICS – 8 of 11
“GLASS FLOOR RHYTHMS / RYTHMES SUR LE PLANCHER DE VERRE” (2:48) BOOST your Olympic experience this year with the ACTUAL SOUNDS of the Eiffel Tower. Some intrepidly approach the glass floors installed in 2014, others hesitate…each have their own rhythm. On YouTube, Spotify, or anywhere actually, you pick! Share it if you like it! #towermusic, #Bertolozzi, #Olympics Read more →
TOWER MUSIC & THE PARIS OLYMPICS – 7 of 11
“THE ELEPHANT ON THE TOWER / L’ÉLÉPHANT SUR LA TOUR” (3:32) BOOST your Olympic experience this year with the ACTUAL SOUNDS of the Eiffel Tower. After the fierceness of the preceding “Ironworks,” this is a gentle waltz. Why not? The musical world encompasses everything from pulsating vigor to the elegant lilt. There are no boundaries.On YouTube, Spotify, or anywhere actually,… Read more →
TOWER MUSIC on ASCAP’s 2024 “OLYMPIC EDITION” SPOTIFY PLAYLIST
Honored to be on ASCAP’s Olympics Edition Playlist on Spotify along with Louis Armstrong, Beyonce, Sinatra, A Tribe Called Quest, Piaf, Kanye, Jay Z, Queen, and others. Tower Music is 8th on the list. Give it a listen, give it a like! https://spoti.fi/4fuuoxp #towermusic, #Bertolozzi, #olympics2024 Read more →
TOWER MUSIC & THE PARIS OLYMPICS – 6 of 11
“IRONWORKS / FERRONNERIE” (4:14) AMPLIFY your Olympic experience this year with the ACTUAL SOUNDS of the Eiffel Tower. A series of powerful rhythmic cadences separated by a melodic refrain…a sister work to Bridge Music’s “Steel Works,” the Mid-Hudson Bridge being made of steel and the Eiffel Tower being made of iron. On YouTube, Spotify, or anywhere actually, you pick! Share… Read more →
TOWER MUSIC & THE PARIS OLYMPICS – 5 of 11
“PRELUDE” (1:00) REFINE your Olympic experience this year with the ACTUAL SOUNDS of the Eiffel Tower. A gentle re-casting of a melody derived from the next movement. On YouTube, Spotify, or anywhere actually, you pick! Share it if you like it! #towermusic, #Bertolozzi, #Olympics Read more →
TOWER MUSIC & THE PARIS OLYMPICS – 4 of 11
“CONTINUUM” (3:22) PERFECT your Olympic experience this year with the ACTUAL SOUNDS of the Eiffel Tower. At the 1889 World Exposition for which the Eiffel Tower was built, a contingent from Java introduced the gamelan to Europe, forever influencing Western music. This piece combines stylized gamelan motifs with contemporary post-minimalist gestures, melding the ancient music of Indonesia with the modern age…a… Read more →