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Terry Lowry's Podcast

Terry Lowry•www.musicaloverture.com
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Terry Lowry shares original compositions and improvisations with works from the standard repertoire added from time to time.
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Psalmos no. 2

This week's podcast is the second in a series of compositions entitled Psalmoi. I hope you enjoy Psalmos no. 2.

Dec 01, 2012•2 min

Psalmos

This week I begin a series of podcasts featuring a set of original piano pieces entitled Psalmoi. Each individual piece is a Psalmos. I hope you enjoy the first of these seven compositions.

Nov 27, 2012•1 min

Improvisation on a theme provided by the audience

This week's podcast is another improvisation on a few notes provided by the audience at a recital on November 4. It was emailed to me by someone who recorded the performance on an iphone. If you would like to see the video, visit http://www.musicaloverture.com/videos/358174920

Nov 13, 2012•7 min

Alexander Scriabin's Vers la Flamme Op. 72

One of my all time favorite pieces. Scriabin really breaks new ground - especially in terms of using the contrast between a perceived presence and a perceived absense of a beat (meter) as a structural element.

Oct 26, 2012•5 min

Variations on Goldberg

This is a new piano composition that I wrote for my composition teacher Dr. Peter DeWitt on the occasion of his retirement from Shorter University. It begins with the aria from the JS Bach's Goldberg Variations and continues with variations on the bass line.

Oct 20, 2012•6 min

Chopin: Etude in C minor Op. 25 no. 12

One of my favorites. Notice the tribute to Bach - its really an embellished chorale (like the first prelude from WTC I, for instance). Chopin even adds a transposed B-A-C-H at 0:18 .

Oct 13, 2012•3 min

City Walk

Here's a new piano composition for this week. I hope you enjoy!

Oct 06, 2012•2 min

Improvisation on a Theme Provided by the Audience

I enjoy closing my recitals by inviting a member of the audience to join me on stage and give me a short theme on which to create an improvisation. The audience seems to enjoy this moment in the performance and it allows me to connect with them in a special way. It is usually the highlight of the evening for me. Sometimes I am given a compact disc recording of the performance by the hall manager, which allows me to keep the improvisation as a momento of the evening. I put a few of these improvis...

Sep 19, 2012•4 min

Asleep

I composed this piece in 2006, while my first daughter was going through a period of restless nights. I happened to also be reading Kierkegaard's "The Sickness Unto Death". Both influenced this piece.

Sep 19, 2012•11 min

Improvisation from my album "Stations of the Cross"

I enjoy closing my recitals by inviting a member of the audience to join me on stage and give me a short theme on which to create an improvisation. The audience seems to enjoy this moment in the performance and it allows me to connect with them in a special way. It is usually the highlight of the evening for me. Sometimes I am given a compact disc recording of the performance by the hall manager, which allows me to keep the improvisation as a momento of the evening. I put a few of these improvis...

Sep 18, 2012•5 min
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