contributions to an analysis of the sensations

this composition is named for the title of a book written by Ernst Mach, written during my favourite period (lately), 1900-1905.

"Contributions to an Analysis of the Sensations"

cloudy sun #2

A composition with a cityscape.

"cloudy sun #2"

"The Clearest Theme": (Ballet des fleurs)

Theme for the closing of Act 1 of the opera being written.

"The Clearest Theme" (Ballet des fleurs)

pavane for a live piano player, from Oct of 2009

This piece contains in it a letter to another singer,

and speaks of the perspective of the piano self-accompanied singer.

"pavane for a live piano player"

resurgnence

in the pressing of the longer versions of compositions,

the material recorded in the season of this jazz video keeps coming up.

resurgence

the interpretation of dreams

I don't always know what I am driving at, while composing: searching, that is for sure. Last night I dreamt of going to some place where likeminded people were hanging out, that I hadn't wanted to go to, and though in ways I belonged there, it transformed itself to somewhere entirely different. These are difficult times for me.

Here is a excerpt of a piece from February of 2010. Note the picture of Charlie Parker on the cupboard door.

"The Interpretation of Dreams"

le jardin sauvage

I'm going through the pieces written when I was first planning the opera. I received the translations of the lyrics into Swedish, first, and began searching for the moods of the themes, the melodies, the chord progressions. This was on a disc containing such titles as "Fog", "Grasp", "Exploratory Prose".

le jardin sauvage

check the new website

links to charnie guettel, as well as recent music,

can be found on the new website

charnieguettel.com

Studies in Modernism

The ongoing project this year is to compile CD's of the longer versions of the compositions.

This video was an excerpt from a sequence of sessions with titles such as "Colonialism", "Socialism", 'History", "Categorization", "Expression". To purchase write to

charnie_wish@yahoo.ca.

"Blue Modernism"

a very gentle blues

the newest blues, the newest video.

a very gentle blues

a piece in the spirit of Last Year at Marienbad

I am going through the longer versions of compositions from the last two years, and preparing compilations for sale. The music videos posted on Facebook are selections from longer compositions. For example this video is from a longer recorded take pressed on March 8 2010

Last Year at Saranac Lake

more studio scenes in early spring

a continuation of the theme

more studio scenes in early spring

studio scenes in early spring

a selection from composition "Fully in the Present"

studio scenes in early spring

"The Clearest Theme": (Ballet des fleurs)

This is in the opera in progress:

"The Clearest Theme" (Ballet des fleurs)

"Tune for Art Pepper"

Jazz tune written in the spirit of alto player Art Pepper,

illustrated with photos of people Jenny (my father's mother)

knew more than a hundred years ago.

"Tune for Art Pepper"