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danpowers
03-09-2005, 10:00 AM
Hey everyone! I thought I'd drop a line here to report that my piano concerto got premiered on Saturday, and seems to have been a big hit! :D Martha played the solo part fabulously, and even though the dress rehearsal was a little rocky, everything came together for the performance. We've been getting comments from a lot of people about how much they enjoyed it. My favorite was from a college freshman who'd never been to an orchestra concert before, and said that my concerto was his favorite piece on "the show." (The other pieces were Beethoven's Egmont Overture and Brahms' Second Symphony.) That made my day, let me tell you!

I know I promised that the GPO version of the third movement would be up by now, but I haven't had time to work on it because I've been TOO FREAKIN' BUSY! Fortunately, things seem to be lightening up now, so I hope I can find time to work on it.

Now on to the next piece!
Styxx
03-09-2005, 10:08 AM
Was there any doubt? :D
Congratulations Dan! Nice feeling, right? ;) I raise my glass and propose a toast. Oh, shoot ... wait, the toaster is broken. Here's to Dan Powers hany way!:D
SeanHannifin
03-09-2005, 11:01 AM
Congratulations! It's good to hear the orchestra played it well. In high school, one of my friends was able to get his piece played by a student orchestra, and complained about how much they had botched the piece because it was beyond their skill. :eek: Looking forward to hearing the GPO rendition! :)
Karl Garrett
03-09-2005, 11:06 AM
I guess since we're posting toasts, Here's to Post Toasties and Dan. :) Long may he, Martha and his music live.

Congratulations Dan and Martha,

Karl
Garritan
03-09-2005, 11:22 AM
Congratulations Dan and Martha! A post toast to both of you!


http://www.kfm.co.za/kchat/images/emoticons/toast.gif


Gary Garritan
Looper
03-09-2005, 11:26 AM
Congratulations Dan! Looking forward to hearing the GPO version.
tradivoro
03-09-2005, 01:54 PM
Hey, well deserved congratulations, you did a fantastic job and I'm sure that pianist did as well... I'm glad that the rest of the world noticed at the performance... :)
tcohen
03-09-2005, 02:19 PM
Congratulations, Dan... What, you worry? Not a problem.

Regards,

Tim
trentpmcd
03-09-2005, 03:53 PM
Congratulations! I really enjoyed the GPO version of the first 2 movements. I'm sure it sounded great live.
Haydn
03-09-2005, 09:23 PM
Congrats, Dan! I've been enjoying your other pieces tremendously.
FredProgGH
03-09-2005, 09:29 PM
Dan, a live performance!! That is the best!! I'm really hapy for you. Did anyone videotape it??
DPDAN
03-10-2005, 01:06 AM
Awesome Dan, you are one of my favorites around here, and I think you know that :)

This is a plug for Dan's beautiful GPO rendering of Shenandoah (http://www.garritan.com/mp3/ShenandoahGPO.mp3) I melt when I hear this. It will always take me back to a time, not long ago when I longed to be able to make music with a library like GOS or GPO. What beautiful emotion Dan Powers puts into his music!

Way to go Dan!

dpDan
chambermusic
03-10-2005, 09:19 AM
Beautiful rendition of Shenandoah! I can recall about 35 years ago seeing the tune in an old flok song book. I couldn't figure out why the song changed time signatures all the time and tried to find a way in my mind how to put it all in 3/4 meter (or 4/4 meter for that matter.) Did you have to make a lot of time signature changes in your rendition?

And congratuations on the piano concerto performance. Is there any way we can look at the score?

David
danpowers
03-10-2005, 10:55 AM
Beautiful rendition of Shenandoah! I can recall about 35 years ago seeing the tune in an old flok song book. I couldn't figure out why the song changed time signatures all the time and tried to find a way in my mind how to put it all in 3/4 meter (or 4/4 meter for that matter.) Did you have to make a lot of time signature changes in your rendition?

And congratuations on the piano concerto performance. Is there any way we can look at the score?

David
Regarding "Shenandoah:" My treatment is pretty free metrically. Most of my sources put it in 4/4 throughout, but I really like the more flowing feel you get when you allow meter changes. There are 3/4 and 4/4 measures, and I believe a few 5/4 as well (haven't looked at the score in a while). I'm glad you enjoyed it--it's always been one of my favorites.

As far as the concerto score goes, I'll need a little time. I want to touch it up a bit before I let it be seen. When it's ready, I'll post a PDF.

Thanks, everyone!