jrphatarfod.com - Performing Arts

Music makes up a big part of my life. I'm not a music-freak with headphone's in my ears 24/7 or a band/genre-freak who only listens to one thing and has posters all over his walls, but I believe in the social significance of music, and way it makes people feel etc, and the beauty of the artform. I know that sounds corny, but if you think of it, that's what music is; when you listen to it, to wake you up, the cheer you up, to egg you on, to revive, to relax etc. I think musicians are extremely talented people, and I would love to be in a band but have never had the opportunity. I don't really like a single type of music though, I listen to everything from Techno to Classical, Hip-Hop to Bollywood soundtracks! Nevertheless, I appreciate all forms of music.

I play piano and compose my own stuff, and have a wide knowledge of music theory (I take Music as an IB subject), and I have uploaded some of my recordings below. I mainly play classical music (as one does when learning an instrument), but I'm tending towards a contemporary music style, a bit of Jazz etc.

All of the below were completed as a part of my International Baccalaureate Music (Higher Level) Course.

Piano Performance Recordings

Recorded over the course of 2007-2009 on Steinway B-Class Grand Pianos
at the International School Hannover Region and the Musikhochschule Hannover.

"Alla Turca Jazz"

Fazil Say (Arrangement of W. A. Mozart)

"Sonata in C-Minor - Op. 10/1 Allegro Molto e Con Brio"
Ludwig van Beethoven

"Prelude No. 1 in E"
Murad Kazhlaev

"Prelude No. 1 in C (The Well-Tempered Clavichord) BWV846"
Johann Sebastian Bach

"Sarabande from French Suite No. 1 BWV812"
Johann Sebastian Bach

"In a Sentimental Mood"
Duke Ellington

"Danza de la Moza Donosa - Op. 2"
Alberto Ginastera

"April (The Snowdrop) from The Seasons - Op. 37/4"
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Composition Recordings

"An Australian in Paris"

IB Music Composition 3

Ensemble for Woodwinds, Strings and Percussion

Musicians:
Julia Bahlsen and Naomi Resmer (Flute)
Juliane Guderian (Clarinet)
Max Schober, Birgit Drüppel, Marzena Pearson (Violin)
Hae-an Kim (Cello)
Monty Gimpel and Julian Phatarfod (Vibraphone)
Andrea Johnson (Piano)

"Black Saturday"

IB Music Composition 2

String Quartet for Two Violins and Two Cellos

Musicians:
Andrea Johnson and Birgit Drüppel (Violin)
Hae-an Kim and Katja (Cello)

"Soliloquy"

IB Music Composition 1

Theme and Variations for Piano Solo

Musicians:

Zvi Menicker (Piano)