An old idea… a new perspective

Horowitz’s Variations on a Theme from Bizet’s Carmen is a classic of the virtuoso piano repertoire, and that’s despite the fact that it’s never been published in sheet music form! Over the years, several enterprising people have made transcriptions after listening to Horowitz’s own recordings and watching videos of his performances. There are now a [...]

I’ve got about three more weeks left of summer vacation, and then real life will be making a big comeback. I get so busy during the school year that I find little to no time to work on my own projects. So, in the next few weeks I’m going to try and get as much [...]

Clavier magazine just published a nice review of the sheet music for my transcription of the Adagio from Bruckner’s 7th Symphony. Here’s the full text, from their May/June 2007 issue:
This piano reduction captures the thick textures and the poignant lyricism of Bruckner’s original work. The arranger carefully indicates how the hands should divide between the [...]

I’ve now finished two Faure transcriptions! As promised, I did Clair de lune and Les berceaux.
The process of transcribing songs is a bit different from doing orchestral works. As I started Clair de lune I discovered that simply combining the piano and voice parts wasn’t going to make for a very interesting arrangement. My [...]

Happy 2007 one and all! I think there will be much to look forward to in the coming year. I’m already thinking about some projects that I’ve had in mind for a while and would like to finally get under way…
First and foremost on the agenda? Some new transcriptions! I had the pleasure of [...]