Yours portly released a new album earlier this month, Heptadic Structure. It’s an exploration of pieces in 7/4, 7/8, and 7/16 time. Each piece is twenty-one written measures, for a total of 147 measures across the seven pieces. Math is fun!
You can listen to and/or purchase the album at the following links:
This week I’m featuring the third track from the album, “Balladic Processional.” It’s a tuba solo with harpsichord accompaniment. I boasted on Facebook that it’s the “best tuba and harpsichord piece ever composed (because it might be the *only* tuba and harpsichord piece ever composed)”; that was incorrect. There is piece by Mack LaMont called Seven Movements for Harpsichord and Tuba. It’s worth a listen in and of itself.
Regardless, I really like “Balladic Processional.” I hope you will, too.
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