Concerto for Viola, String Orchestra and Harpsichord - Capriccio - by Ronald Royer

This is a truly exquisite piece that I listened to on Friday and it prompted me to invent a new drawing style. It is a piece based on Baroque music (specifically Bach) and will soon be performed in concert.
The capricio is a fast piece with a solo viola - which is wonderful as we violists never get enough credit for starting the "violin" family (That's right violins!!! And it should be called the viola family!!!). Such a BEAUTIFUL piece!!!

I believe this is the 21st picture in my musical illustration series that I started this summer.

Also... I would like to take the time to mention that today is Mozart's birthday!!! :-D Always wondered what he would write if he were alive in our century...

Suite Hébraïque Rhapsody

This is a beautiful piece for viola/violin and piano (I think everyone should hear it!). And funny thing - my friend Melody helped me quite a lot on the backgroud, which represents the "piano" accompaniment in the piece, and at the moment we will soon be playing a duet in which she will be playing the piano, and I the viola! :-)

Note: this picture is drawn in pen on blue paper and the white is pencil for highlights

Vase Mystery

At night, I was lying in bed and happened to glance over at a vase full of flaming red flowers in my room. In the darkness, the silhouette looked like a beautiful girl with her head down and with her hair flying behind her. I quickly drew a sketch of her in bed so I wouldn't forget what I'd seen and then fell asleep. Later, I altered this image to my liking (for one thing, the dark vase I morphed to appear to be a dress). The shape of the flowers I kept, but only the outline - for the hair. This is not the first time something I've seen has struck me as mysteriously like something else, however, I believe I have never yet been as intruiged by such a happening...

Tartini - Concerto pour violin et orchestre en la mineur

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BivOfAPUl9w&feature=related <--- This music is saintly. It is probably the purest music I have ever heard (other than perhaps Lacrimosa) - simply sounds like the singing of angels at heaven's gates. It is impossible to convey the beauty of this music through words, yet I have tried to do so through this picture (I believe all know the expression "a picture is worth a thousand words")