Conducting my Violin Concerto

Hi everyone, thanks for your kind comments - some of you express an interest in seeing more. There is about 5 mins more following the bit on the video, I'll try to upload it if i get a chance.

I do also have other compositions if you're interested. Check out my myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/josephtwist

I wrote this piece in undergrad and I conducted the uni orchestra. And thx to Miranda the legend playing violin!

Hope you like it! :)
Feel free to comment. Ta.

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• violin
• concerto
• conducting
• composer
• orchestra
• classical

[spissiga]

No thank you. you' ve been very nice in forstering a serious debate, as opposed to "pezzajay," who is only capable of insulting...Anyway you are right, clearly all these ideas are very subjective. And in response to sazza1980 I say that he clearly misunderstood my comment, not too mention having himslef a pretty stiff idea of what aesthetic should or should not be. I do not oppose references to the past per se, I oppose falling into revival.

[twistiejoe]

No worries mate. Personally, I think that revival is a good thing - I do believe it can work. As long as it is not a "pastiche" and still has something personal about it, it can still work, at least to me and possibly sazza 1980.

I've heard a bit of Smartzis, but it's not really my cup of tea. Check out Graeme Koehne and Ross Edwards if you're interested. I'm big fans of their work. You might like Michael Smetanin. Some of his stuff is pretty crazy.

[spissiga]

i do not seek to win this battle here, and you are right eclecticism is the warhorse of the 20th-century, so everything is possible. But it seems to me that in all fields conservatism is ill-advised, as it leads to stagnation. The point is not trying to reproduce in your music the same feeling you had when you were listening to Chopin as a student, but to develop and propose some entirely new feeling, a new experience, unknown to the masses.

[twistiejoe]

On your point about "all-fields of conservatism" being "ill-advised" - forgive me if I'm taking it into an unnecessary context, but as an example, I am quite the opposite of conservative politically - my politics are VERY social. As a result, I enjoy writing music for communities to be inspired by in the current age, particularly my vocal music. My influence of pop music and Jazz works very well in this regard, therfore. I just thought that was also an interesting point.

[twistiejoe]

In the end, thank you for this dicussion - I have actually enjoyed it even though we clearly disagree. As I say, it is subjective, I think.

[spissiga]

But your choices (incorporating jazz etc.) are already known to musicians. They are something that people have done for decades, starting from Gershwin or the French. So unless you were able to create a style so personal that sounds completely new, then I can notsee how that can be worth pursuuing. And then again this is the old classic battle between progressives and conservatives, between atonal and tonal, between experimental and traditional.

[twistiejoe]

Again, great points. I do think the whole concept of our disagreement is a bit subjective, however. We may have to just agree to disagree - as you said this discussion is a "classic battle." However, on the point of the importance of "newness" in musical style - do consider that Schoenberg once said: "In 50 years children will be whistling my tone rows." Well it's be well over 50 years since the introduction of atonality, and it ain't happening!

[s4050326]

@fiddlinmatt mate! wait till you hear the next bit - the bit that isn't there - i played in the recording and love this to bits..

[Spartakino]

wonderful ,wonderful ....very good conductor honest and very talented....very good instrumentation ....inspiration!! ....congratulations !

[minari5]

i entirely agree, an excellent example of this would be Bach and his use of Vivaldi's themes in the Brandenburg concertos. that is more than just techniques, its note for note.

[Ankhsnammon]

Caro signor Boian!!!!

soltanto oggi ho potuto vedere ed ascoltare il vostro video.

grazie d'inviarmelo..e...mi permettete un'opinione,giovane maestro?

siete un vero romantico!

BRAVO!

me piace MOLTISSIMO!

Nina Galantha,vostra devota amica ed ammiratrice dall'Argentina

[fiddlinmatt]

man, 1:49 on is just gorgeous.

[pezzajay]

oi dont show that spissiga anything

and he recons hes so good he can fucken

find them himself

public schooled bitch

[spissiga]

hi i would love to check these composers out, but i can not find any soundclips online. do you have a link which I could use? given what I read, I am particularly interested in Smetanin.

[spissiga]

I notice you guys are Australian. What do you think of Philip Samartzis? I think he is great.