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Philip Seaton

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Farewell さようなら

Farewell さようなら 日本語の翻訳は、英文の下にあります。 A few weeks ago I said farewell to an old friend. I had my Yamaha Clavinova electric piano for over 20 years and it had moved around Japan with me a number of times. But the keys were beginning to stick. Plus, I had long wanted to...
2020年11月28日BlogPhilip Seaton
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Distant 遠くに

Distant 遠くに 日本語の翻訳は、英文の下にあります。 These are difficult days as the world confronts the coronavirus pandemic. Within the “new normal” of social distancing, it is clear that live music will take a long time to recover. In the last few months I have been editing and publishing online the sheet music of...
2020年6月1日BlogPhilip Seaton
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Church Acoustics 教会の音響効果

Church Acoustics 教会の音響効果 日本語の翻訳は、英文の下にあります。 Classical music encompasses music performed in a wide variety of venues. These include concert halls, theatres, dance halls, chamber music venues, the open air, and churches/cathedrals. The intended performance venue is an important consideration during the composition process. Often this is just a matter of scale...
2020年2月2日BlogPhilip Seaton
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Memory 記憶

Memory 思い出・記憶 日本語の翻訳は、英文の下にあります。 The autumn of 2019 was incredibly busy at work, so it has been a few months since my last blog post. Things eased up a little over the long New Year break and I was able to complete another piece: Four Songs of Love and Loss for...
2020年1月9日BlogPhilip Seaton
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Open Access オープンアクセス

Open Access オープンアクセス 日本語の翻訳は、英文の下にあります。 AndArt Music (the UK company which publishes the sheet music of my compositions) and I have made a joint decision to switch to open access publishing. Our hope is that by going open access, many more people will play and perform my music. The full Terms...
2019年9月3日BlogPhilip Seaton
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Art & Music 美術と音楽

Art & Music 美術と音楽 日本語の翻訳は、英文の下にあります。 During the summer holiday I took a trip down memory lane. I went to a couple of Proms concerts while back in London. I was a regular at the Royal Albert Hall during my teens and early twenties. I even got to the Last Night...
2019年9月2日BlogPhilip Seaton
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Writer’s Block スランプ

Writer’s Block スランプ 日本語の翻訳は、英文の下にあります。 Just when things were starting to take off for me as a composer, it all ground to a halt. In the early 2000s I received two commissions. One was from the Mill Hill Music Festival. Another was from some of the musicians who played in the...
2019年6月19日BlogPhilip Seaton
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Composer-Performers 作曲家兼演奏家

Composer-Performers 作曲家兼演奏家 日本語の翻訳は、英文の下にあります。 Looking back over the history of classical music, for me the real heart of the repertoire was written by composer-performers. There are countless examples: Bach and Handel the organists; Haydn the court musician; Paganini, Liszt, Chopin and the other great nineteenth century virtuosi … Into the twentieth...
2019年5月8日BlogPhilip Seaton
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Influences 影響

Influences 影響 日本語の翻訳は、英文の下にあります。 The CD has been on sale for a few months now. Sales are … well … slow, but I did not expect sudden interest in the first CD released by an unknown amateur. Nevertheless, I have been heartened by kind comments from people who have listened to...
2019年3月1日BlogPhilip Seaton
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Beginnings 始まり

Beginnings 始まり   日本語の翻訳は、英文の下にあります。 Everyone starts somewhere. For me it was in a piano lesson when I was probably around 9 or 10 years old. The memory of this moment is crystal clear, although I cannot remember exactly when it was. I must have spent some time that week doodling...
2019年2月1日BlogPhilip Seaton

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