And here we are - the last day of the #MusicAdventCalendar.
I've saved my other Christmas tune for today - it is the Lo-Fi Orchestra's rendition of the Carol of the Bells, based on Robert Buckley's rhapsodic arrangement "Let the Bells Ring".
And with that I extend compliments of the season to all.
(I'll boost again later)
And so here we are. The penultimate #MusicAdventCalendar and it has to be the Lo-Fi Orchestra interpretation of Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture in full.
One day I will re-record this with party poppers at the end... for now we have Arduino LED "fireworks".
https://makertube.net/w/oHxChx4XsjhzwDajJEF7RH
(I'll repost this again later)
And for today's bonus #MusicAdventCalendar a march of a different kind.
Here's an early #MusicAdventCalendar today - The March to the Scaffold from Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique.
I might sneak another bonus one in later :)
And here's a bonus #MusicAdventCalendar simply because I quite like this one and was running out of slots, and, well, it's the weekend, so why not...
Another slightly random Rimsky-Korsakov piece this time from a ballet - the Procession of the Nobles from Mlada.
Some nice tone (brass) fanfares in this one :)
Number 20 is Eric Coates' iconic Dam Busters March in full Lo-Fi glory.
Day 19 of #MusicAdventCalendar is a Lo-Fi, Instrumental Performance of John Miles' "Music".
"Music is my first love, and it will be my last. Music of the future and music of the past".
Todays #MusicAdventCalendar takes a walk through Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition - at least the end of them anyway.
This is the Lo-Fi Orchestra's presentation of the Hut on Fowls Legs (Baba Yaga) and the Great Gate of Kiev.
This is based on Ravel's orchestration of the original piano work.
One day I'd like to go back and do some of the other movements...
Today's #MusicAdventCalendar is the Lo-Fi Orchestra's performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee.
Just a short one today - The Lo-Fi Orchestra presents The Washington Post.
I don't know about you, but I get definite fairground organ vibes off this one!
Another two-part piece for today's Lo-Fi Orchestra #MusicAdventCalendar
This is the first half of part 1 of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells.
Featuring MT32-Pi once again on Tubular Bells.
Time for the final part of the Lo-Fi Orchestra's interpretation of Holst's Planets Suite - Neptune, the Mystic.
From the gentle rocking 5-in-a-bar chords throughout, to the surprisingly busy celeste/harp/woodwind parts - there are a lot of notes in this, what feels like, quite a calm piece! And of course finishing off with that fading voices thanks to the MT32-Pi.
Now onto my favourite of the Planets - Uranus, the Magician.
From the opening chords to the bumpy, jostling, almost comical tunes, the fluttering "woodwind" again, building to the climatic almost-finale where in the organ part, you can see a ffff glissando - which seems like Holst is saying "fall on the keyboard"...
The Lo-Fi-ness breaks through with a bit of MIDI "ticking" that I actually quite like!
@MakersHour Hello #MakersHour, Kevin here.
This week I've been doing some more on my Euro-rack PCB, but am not quite ready to go with it yet. I have published the guides for an ESP32 Mozzi board though.
This week, I'm also slowly working through my #LoFiPlanets for the #MusicAdventCalendar. I've just posted Saturn today.
(Note: I'm going to be a bit "in and out" today)
Saturn, The Bringer of Old Age.
From the gentle rocking chords in the opening through the ponderous bass line, then off-beat timpani, to the complex cross-rhythm floating runs near the end, Saturn is often overlooked.
And so on to Jupiter, The Bringer of Jollity.
This is one of those pieces that is so overplayed that we tend to stop really listening to it. The finale really is quite something :)
So here is my Lo-F Orchestra version. Listen out for the MT32-Pi timpani and relay "tambourine" as well as the very busy "woodwind" in the finale.
Mercury, The Winged Messenger.
I love the continually alternating Bb and A (one harp has two flats, one has three sharps!) throughout much of the moving passages and the interplay between the tone and flute sounds in this one.
In fact, after Uranus, this might be my next favourite of the set...
For the next seven days join me in a reposting of the entire seven movements of my Lo-Fi Orchestra rendition of Holst's Planets Suite.
Every single note arranged in MuseScore3, based on the original orchestral score and converted to a bespoke MIDI file that is optimised for performance by 11 Arduino Nanos, 6 Arduino Unos, 1 Arduino Pro Mini, 1 Adafruit Feather 32u4, and a Raspberry Pi.
Here is Part 2:
- The Red Weed
- The Spirit of Man
- The Red Weed (part 2)
- Brave New World
- Dead London
- Epilogue
I do like the Spirit of Man and Brave New World!
