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Week 5: Gabriel Prokofiev

Sleeping Beauty by Gabriel Prokofiev

 

This has been written rehearsed, recorded, and then mixed in just a few hours. To be honest, I nearly gave up several times; I've been so busy lately so it was really tough to find the energy & time to squeeze this in... BUT, somehow (especially due to the excellent playing of Olly Coates,the cellist) it has turned out quite nice. Just a simple, little sketch inspired by:

Tchaikovsky "The Sleeping Beauty":

No28b. Pas de deux: Adagio.

I used the main rhythm and harmony of the original as my starting point. So it should be quite recognisable.

Downloads
Gabriel's Promcast
GabProk-Tchaik-weddin6-BNC.mp3 (mp3 file, 5.5MB)
Gabriel talks about his piece
Gab-promcast-tchaik1.mp3 (mp3 file, 2.3MB)

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