September 2010 Blog Posts (15)

Vibrastinato (Octoccata part 3)



("Octoccata Freeway" by Christopher Stewart based on this Interstate Shield)





« Vibrastinato, » the third movement from « Octoccata, » gets its name from the combination of vibraphone and ostinato, and features an abundance of…

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Added by Christopher Stewart on September 29, 2010 at 3:49pm — No Comments

Igorchestral (Octoccata part 2)



("eight" by timlewisnm)





« Igorchestral, » the second movement of « Octoccata, » has been thus named because of the inspiration for the music, and the selected arrangement.…



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Added by Christopher Stewart on September 28, 2010 at 2:03pm — No Comments

Octoverture (Octoccata part 1)



("1898 New Zealand stamp 8 pence blue" by The Crown)







« Octoccata » is an instrumental suite clocking in at a little over 16 minutes. The title comes from the combination of…

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Added by Christopher Stewart on September 27, 2010 at 1:21pm — No Comments

Procession (Juggernaut part 3)



("Ratha Yatra Festival in Puri, India" by James Fergusson)





The third part of « Juggernaut, » entitled « Procession, » evokes the arrival of the juggernaut before it unleashes into a frenzy of…

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Added by Christopher Stewart on September 23, 2010 at 1:02pm — No Comments

The Mechanics Of Karma



("A free body diagram of a mass on an inclined plane" by Mets501)



Will the island turn into an archipelago ? More poetry today...



How long have I hankered

For the right way to go

How far have I wandered

To know what I now…

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Added by Christopher Stewart on September 22, 2010 at 9:30am — No Comments

Surface (The Dam part 6)



("Surface Tension" by darkmatter)





In « Surface, » the sixth chapter of « The Dam, » the protagonist/narrator is gradually returning to activity after having transformed into who he feels like being, and will ultimately reach the…

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Added by Christopher Stewart on September 21, 2010 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Outgrow

A poetic island in a musical stream... entitled « Outgrow » :





That which you can't abide

Embrace as if a friend

Once you two have allied

No thing will make you bend



That which you can't escape

Welcome as a teacher

You will never espouse

More talented lover



That which you won't challenge

Can't ever make you wise

But that which you surpass

In freedom makes you rise



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Added by Christopher Stewart on September 16, 2010 at 3:18pm — No Comments

Sooner Or Later



("Multiac Nylon" by poligraf)





Today’s music does not comes from Poligraf’s catalogue as such. Rather, it is a piece for solo guitar that I intend to publish on an album of about ten acoustic compositions, all arranged…

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Added by Christopher Stewart on September 15, 2010 at 3:04pm — No Comments

Resilience (Juggernaut part 5)



("Stone Wheel Juggernaut" by Serge Lachinov)





The fifth section of « Juggernaut » is entitled « Resilience, » which is defined as :…



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Added by Christopher Stewart on September 13, 2010 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Rapids (The Dam part 3)



("Stromschnelle" by Gerhard Rießbeck)





In « Rapids, » the third part of « The Dam, » the protagonist/narrator is being carried from a mostly uneventful and rather disappointing river…

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Added by Christopher Stewart on September 9, 2010 at 4:19pm — No Comments

Come Back



("Magnetic field of two bar magnets with unlike poles" by Alexander Wilmer Duff)





« Come Back » dates back to the epoch of The Fall Children, the band that was supposed to be but never really was, and whose unexpected but timely demise cleared the…

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Added by Christopher Stewart on September 7, 2010 at 3:16pm — No Comments

Stonecutter (revisited - with poetry)



(Detail from "Quarryman at work" by Unidentified Artist)





« Stonecutter » is intended as an anthem to perseverance and is based on one of my favourite citations, one which has helped me on several occasions, the following quote…

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Added by Christopher Stewart on September 6, 2010 at 1:35pm — No Comments

A Space Where We Can Be (In Our Space part 2)



("Fugue" by Wassily Kandinsky)





The central theme of « In Our Space » is the idea of building, of perhaps finding or reaching, a space where one is free to simply be themselves and do as they feel they…

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Added by Christopher Stewart on September 3, 2010 at 1:13pm — No Comments

Lepufology Master Class



("Emblem 45" from Atalanta Fugiens by Michael Maier)



The Lepufology Project is the story of Jack Babbitt, regarded as…

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Added by Christopher Stewart on September 2, 2010 at 10:45am — No Comments

Derelict (revisited - with poetry)



("The Sea of Ice" aka "Polar Sea," aka "The Wreck of Hope" by Caspar David Friedrich)



« Derelict » is the fourth chapter of « Lifeforce » and is a completely instrumental section intended to…

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Added by Christopher Stewart on September 1, 2010 at 11:50am — No Comments

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