Mountains of Stowe, and The Sky is The Limit by Apostolos Paraskevas Digital Audio for Full Performance Audio at Sheet Music Direct

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Title : Mountains of Stowe, and The Sky is The Limit

Artist : Apostolos Paraskevas

Composer : Apostolos Paraskevas

Format : Digital Audio

Arrangement : Full Performance Audio

Publisher : Silver Sickle Publications

Length : 04:20

Product ID : 1187268

Genre : World 20th Century Romantic Period

Instruments : Guitar

Product Description

Mountains of Stowe, 2015 is a two-movement piece commissioned by and dedicated to guitarist Adam Holzman. The first movement I Stand Strong reflects the serenity and isolation someone might feel when surrounded by the mountains of Stowe, Vermont in the U.S.A. The second movement and the Sky is the Limit written in an ABA cyclic form is full of rhythmic gestures starting with the combination of 7/8, 2/4, 5/8 and 3/4 in the first four measures that leads to a slow movement as an attempt to sing a Greek song in those vast territories and to portray the thankfulness of being there and experience the presence of the amazing beauty of it. When asked why he commissioned this piece, Holzman replied, "My wife and I spend our summers in Stowe. We love being there, celebrate the summer and spend time outside. We have family and friends who come and share a few days with us and Apostolos is a dear friend who has been coming for several years. We talked about the possibility of him writing a piece that reflected Stowe and the mountains." When asked about the piece, Paraskevas responded, "I always write music for the person behind the instrument, so while composing every note of this piece I had Adam in my mind; the way he plays, the way he breathes the way he lives his life. The work is written for the mountains of Stowe through Adams eyes and heart and I am the vehicle who translates it."

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