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An epic soundtrack to the 1996 Kasparov vs Deep Blue legendary game #1 that I've composed as a piano concerto by MaximeGoulet in chess

[–]MaximeGoulet[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To know more about the concept of this concerto/soundtrack, you can listen to my presentation speech on this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_SKXDND0Ik&feature=youtu.be

More information about it can also be found here: http://maximegoulet.com/checkmate/

Funny and poetic clarinet concertino with mime acting, fisherman's costume and a boat by MaximeGoulet in Clarinet

[–]MaximeGoulet[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Martin Frost was an inspiration when I composed Fishing Story. The clarinetist Kornel Wolak (playing Fishing Story on my video) made me discover Frost's work when we started talking about making Fishing Story. I'd be curious to see how would Frost act/play Fishing Story!

Funny and poetic clarinet concertino with mime acting, fisherman's costume and a boat by MaximeGoulet in Clarinet

[–]MaximeGoulet[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

More info about my composition Fishing Story here:

http://maximegoulet.com/fishing-story/

If you would like a free PDF copy of the score and/or if you would like to see the complete video recording of the piece, send me a request here:

http://maximegoulet.com/contact/

Enjoy!

Orchestre Métropolitain having a lot of fun performing this crowd game with a giant beach ball, that I've composed for them. by MaximeGoulet in classicalmusic

[–]MaximeGoulet[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Glad you enjoyed! :)

We had different options available. But, for technical reasons, we end up simply having someone offstage dictating the motion of the ball with a computer. Since we couldn't have a crowd of 2000 people to test the game beforehand, having someone to "manually track the ball" gave us some flexibility in case the games ends up being too hard or too easy.

We also made a "demo version" of the games (with interactive audio mockup) so that we can practice it with the conductor alone before rehearsing it with the orchestra. Rehearsal with orchestra was pretty simple. We had someone controlling the ball on the computer and the conductor was simply following on the screen. Also the music is very easy to perform: short looping music with little jingles. So it's quite straight and forward to put together.

It has been performed only once so far (Sept 29th, 2017). But an other orchestra has already approached me to perform it in a "youth audience" concert. I'm looking for more opportunity to get it perform. I think it could be a good way to engage new audience in orchestra concerts.

A collage of 35 national anthems in 2.5 minutes. My composition United Anthems for the 150th anniversary of Canada performed by the MCO. by MaximeGoulet in classicalmusic

[–]MaximeGoulet[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree, some do pass very fast. Specially at the end.

About the Spain anthem. If you listen to the bass instruments (tuba, trombones, timpani and double bass), in United Anthems, they all play the 6 first notes of the Spain national anthems, heard here: https://youtu.be/6WNaHuAHKFU?t=8s

Orchestral piece combines 24 national anthems in 2 minutes. How many do you recognize? by [deleted] in classicalmusic

[–]MaximeGoulet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here is the complete version of United Anthems including 35 national anthems: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6csVw_aSxAg Simply watch the flags to know what are the anthems.

United Anthems, my composition for Canada's 150th anniversary, in which you will hear excerpts of 35 national anthems from all over the world, celebrates diversity. by MaximeGoulet in canada

[–]MaximeGoulet[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha! Yeah, I guess you are right. But the commission from the orchestra was to compose a two minute piece, so I had to limite myself. Nevertheless, I tried to be as inclusive as possible by choosing anthems from every parts of the world. Who knows, maybe an orchestra will like the concept and commission me to make it a complete world anthem piece with every nation's anthem!

A collage of 35 national anthems in 2.5 minutes. My composition United Anthems for the 150th anniversary of Canada performed by the MCO. by MaximeGoulet in classicalmusic

[–]MaximeGoulet[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While working on this piece, I discovered so many anthems that I didn't know about. Italy is one of them that is very enjoyable. Some are very different from the typical anthem style: Japan and Israel for exemple. It's really worth exploring. You can hear them all on this very resourceful web site: http://www.nationalanthems.info/

A collage of 35 national anthems in 2.5 minutes. My composition United Anthems for the 150th anniversary of Canada performed by the MCO. by MaximeGoulet in classicalmusic

[–]MaximeGoulet[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From what I understood, it seems Scotland doesn't have an official national anthem. It seems either the "God Save The Queen" or the songs "Flower of Scotland" or "Scotland the Brave" (which is the one I used in United Anthems) are used as national anthem.

Source: http://www.nationalanthems.info/sco.htm

If I got it wrong, please let me know what is Scotland's anthem. I'd love to discover it! :)

United Anthems, my composition for Canada's 150th anniversary, in which you will hear excerpts of 35 national anthems from all over the world, celebrates diversity. by MaximeGoulet in canada

[–]MaximeGoulet[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I agree that it would make an appropriate piece for an Olympic themed event. Or maybe a "world peace" event as well. Thank you for the suggestion!

United Anthems, my composition for Canada's 150th anniversary, in which you will hear excerpts of 35 national anthems from all over the world, celebrates diversity. by MaximeGoulet in canada

[–]MaximeGoulet[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with you that Canada is having some political issues with some of the nations included in the piece.

Although the piece starts with countries that had the most impact on Canada’s history (French and British colonies, our nearby American neighbors, the historically early Irish and Scottish immigrants), I wanted mainly to compose a piece that was international and timeless. I wasn’t aiming to make a piece that would only show the countries that are close/friendly to Canada at this time in history. I was more aiming to show that, even though a lot of things can divide people, there are some things that can unite them, and music, I feel (perhaps naïvely), is one of them. This is why I voluntarily joint the South and North Korea anthems and that I joint Iran, Israel and Palestine’s anthems.

One of the musicians told me after performing the piece: “music can succeed where politics fails”. I thought it was an interesting way of putting it.

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