[zledm007]

I'm looking for some ideas for a recital I've got coming up. I'm looking for a very dark piece to fill out my program. Any ideas? Thanks.

 

[Kevin]

Plac Saxofonu by Otmar Macha

La Malinconia by Henk Badings

Actually, many of the Eastern European composers tend to write dark works.

 

[The-A-Sax]

Yes!! Malinconia.I think its wonderfull how someone can put crying to music. In every line you can hear someone cry in a different way, Also Cavatina by Henk Badings is a nice "dark" piece.

 

[evsax]

There's the Dimitri Terzakis Der Hölle Nachklang. I don't know, is the title "Echoes of Hell" dark enough for you?

 

[NatureColor]

Schmitt's Legende sounds dark to me. Or Debussy's Rhapsody?

 

[Wonder woman]

Ryo Noda's Mai

The program notes that go with it explain how the piece depicts the life of a
Shogun Warrior who struggles with the dillema of disgracing his family. He ultimately chooses to kill himself.

 

[J.Max]

Ryo Noda's Mai

The program notes that go with it explain how the piece depicts the life of a
Shogun Warrior who struggles with the dillema of disgracing his family. He ultimately chooses to kill himself.

I'd go with Mai also. Dark, scary and with lots of cool technique.

 

[VaudvilleSax]

hmmmm..... dunno if ya'll consider this dark enough.... but what about
Warren Benson's "Aeolian Song"?

 

[BlueLight]

Gavambodi 2 scares my pants off and is just a great piece all around.

 

[prodigal]

Dark, scary?

...or dark, moody? I like the call on Aeolian Song, but what about Lilith?

..different darks. . .

 

[ste1390]

2nd BlueLight on this one. Gavambodi 2.

 

[tracy285]

Mahler's Rucket Song is very dark.

 

[zledm007]

thanks for the help! I'm gonna take a look at a couple of them. The Noda really intrigues me. I've played his 1st improvisation and loved playing it. Good times.

 

[zledm007]

I performed the Noda at a recital this weekend (not the one I was planning on playing it for, that's in may, this one just kinda came up.) It was a really interesting (and successful) performance.

The audience was split half and half. Half didn't know what to think, and the other half was really intrigued. There was uncomfortable laughter at times, and one lady even said something in the middle. It fit too; after the first altisimmo section she said "that's exactly how I feel!" and then I came in with the multi phonic stuff. It was kinda like, ok, thanks for sharing, now I'm going to musically punch you in the face for talking during my piece. It all kinda worked. I'll have a recording of it, but I almost wish I had a video of it just so I could watch the audience. Any other stories of performing this piece?