Gary Casucci
Professional Piano Player - Gary Casucci, Renewal Suite Part 6 - New Heavens and New Earth
These are excerpts of the composition to hear and download full mp3 and sheet music go to:
https://garycasucci.bandcamp.com/releases
Also check out my website http://garycasucci.com/
My vision for “Renewal” was simple; in the same way George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” captured the spirit and sound of his day, I would attempt to capture the spirit and sound of contemporary Christian worship music of my day. The harmonic structures and melodic phrasing are indicative of this musical genre and indeed the musical key itself is the acoustic guitarists’ friend, E major!
Its structure is similar to the Baroque Suit; a collection of “dances”, (spiritually speaking) with the same key signature and technically it is similar to the Romantic Etude; teaching pieces that merit public performance. Ideally it could serve to elevate the musicianship of pianists and guitarists in local congregations.
In general the philosophical message of the music is based on a Judeo – Christian worldview and more specifically Reformed Christian theology. My goal was to bring musical expression to an aspect of the purpose of God in redemption known as renewal.
Thank you to St. Andrews Church in Newport Beach, CA. for allowing me to use their beautiful sanctuary to film and record these videos, you guys are awesome!
My sons, Nick and Mike, did an outstanding job shooting the videos.
Nick's youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiE3cPj78jl_8FgxKiLp47A
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