Continuing the conversion of my old music from the #Cakewalk format I used in 1997, I found this little march where I tried to somewhat manage an instrumental crescendo (even with Tubular Bells!). Harmonically-wise is a very classic and there's nothing to write home about. However, I quite liked a passage where the piano does a little scale. As usual, the #Proteus2 plays most of the tracks #MIDI #1997 #music

I wrote a longer piece for the end of the performance. I wanted to write something much more rhythmical and I use one of the very good good drumkits of the #GEM S2. Of course, the orchestral instruments are played by the #Proteus2. What is played by the saxophone in this version was originally sung by a friend who had a beautiful voice and backed by myself one octave lower. #MIDI #1997 #oldmusic

For the fifth act, I wrote another variation of the same theme in 3/8, once again for a quintet. I like the section where violins I and II play pizzicato. I think that in the final version for the performance, I edited out the final, as the piece already sounded conclusive enough. #1997 #MIDI #Proteus2

For the fourth act, I went back to a much more reassuring 4/4 😜 It is a string quartet (#Proteus2 as you know), plus piano (in this version played by a modern VST). I used to like a lot the counterpoint I managed to write for the central section of the piece. Now I see (and hear) quite evident errors, but I still think it does not sound too bad. #terriplecounterpoint #1997 #midi

For the second act of the 1997 theatrical performance, I tried to write a sort of quintet with two violins, a viola, a cello and an harpsichord. The #proteus2 had excellent solo string instruments for the time, but I recall that I used to write the parts, instead of play them, so they sound a bit mechanical. I'm happy to see that I realized that quantizing the harpsichord was not a good idea, though. #MIDI #1997 #music