Nicholas Busch, piano Megaria Halim, piano Recorded October 26, 2024 in Trinity Anglican Church, Ottawa, ON. Please check out Megaira Halim on her website, found here.
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Sunrise, August 11 – Nicholas Busch
This piece is dedicated to my wife Olivia. The inspiration for this piece comes from a fond memory of watching the sun rise over the mountains in Banff National Park with my partner. Later that day, we hiked up one of those mountains and I asked her to marry me. Please email me if you’dContinue reading “Sunrise, August 11 – Nicholas Busch”
Evanescent Pleasures – Alice Ping Yee Ho
Alice Ping Yee Ho’s short and complex solo piano work Evanescent Pleasures performed brilliantly by Nicholas Busch. Duration 1’33”. Composer’s contact information: Website YouTube Nicholas Busch – piano Recorded at Ottawa Pianos, 1412 Bank St. Ottawa ON.
April Showers – Enoch Tsang
Enoch Tsang is a Canadian composer and clarinetist who writes for a wide variety of instruments and ensembles. Nicholas Busch has had the honor of premiering several of his solo piano works since meeting him in 2015. April Showers is a piece that lends itself well to the piano, both because of the timbres intendedContinue reading “April Showers – Enoch Tsang”
Butterflies – Enoch Tsang
Enoch Tsang is a Canadian composer and clarinetist who writes for a wide variety of instruments and ensembles. Nicholas Busch has had the honor of premiering several of his solo piano works since meeting him in 2015. Butterflies provides several distinct challenges for the pianist – mainly the fluidity of the phrases demanded by theContinue reading “Butterflies – Enoch Tsang”
Glass Houses no. 3 – Ann Southam
Ann Southam’s “Glass Houses” is a set of 15 piano pieces inspired heavily by the piano etudes of Philip Glass and themes from Eastern Canadian fiddle music. Each piece in the set contains a left hand ostinato of 7-33 notes that repeats continuously throughout the piece, while the right hand plays repeating melodic cells ofContinue reading “Glass Houses no. 3 – Ann Southam”
Regard de l’étoile – Oliver Messiaen
Le deuxième pièce des Vingt Regards sur l’enfant-Jésus de Messiaen, vers 1944.The second piece from Messiaen’s Vingt Regards sur l’enfant-Jésus from 1944. II. Regard de l’étoile: Choc de la grâce… l’étoile luit naïvement, surmontée d’une croix… II. Contemplation of the Star: Shock of grace… the star naively glistens, surmounted by a cross… Nicholas Busch –Continue reading “Regard de l’étoile – Oliver Messiaen”
Détester, Aimer – Alice Ping Yee Ho
This work was commissioned by Canadian Music Centre for their 2017 Regent Park Song Book project. Text by Thomass Muir, student at the Regent Park Music School at that time. English translation by the writer as follow: To Detest, To Love Detest, suffer, regret Suffer, regret, cry out Regret, cry out, optimize Cry out, optimize,Continue reading “Détester, Aimer – Alice Ping Yee Ho”
Cock – Alice Ping Yee Ho
The music lyrics of “Cock” is a poem written by acclaimed Nova Scotian writer Carole Glasser Langille, from her book “Church of the Exquisite Panic: The Ophelia Poems”. Music describes the voice of poor, raving, powerless Ophelia, which is related to the theme about contemporary women whose voices were also stolen.For more about Carole’s poem,Continue reading “Cock – Alice Ping Yee Ho”
The Madness of Queen Charlotte – Alice Ping Yee Ho
“The Madness of Queen Charlotte” examines the mental illness of King George III of England through the eyes of his wife. The King’s illness tragically destroyed a long and loving marriage that was bonded by their many shared tastes – including their legendary patronage of music. This work uses contemporary poetry that deals with theContinue reading “The Madness of Queen Charlotte – Alice Ping Yee Ho”
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