Press:
"Walther is a formidably prolific composer; he writes music constantly and has a seemingly endless stream of ideas for new projects..." Roger Edmonton, The Advocate; full page article with full page photograph on Crazy Dinosaurs.
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"Easily the highlight of the concert were several arrangements by David Edgar Walther. Especially satisfying was Walther's setting of three familiar folk songs, a medley that managed to sidestep all the stereotypes with a version of Simple Gifts that owed absolutely nothing to Aaron Copeland's. Walther's touching arrangements of Long Time Ago set Mary Saunders' rich, soprano peeping through the lush harmonic haze of flute and guitar like the sun through the clouds.' George W. Harper, Beverly Times. Below are all three of the folk songs; sung by soprano, Mary Saunders, and myself, bass-baritone, with The Putnam Court Musicians: Kristin Webb, flute and Russell Southcott, guitar: Please click on the buttons below to hear THREE FOLK SONGS:
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Long Long ago (Ms. Saunders & Putnam Court)
John Henry (Mr. Walther & Putnam Court) Simple Gifts (Ms. Saunders & Putnam Court) |
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"A melodic gift like Schubert" Gerry Hancock, assistant organist at The Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City (in regards to my mass that they performed).
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"Acuteness to word values" Richard Buell, The Boston globe: in regards to my performance of The Whole Tone Cycle which you can hear by clicking on Drew's picture of me to the right: |
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"Scrooge by David Edgar Walther is one man's search for his New Year's resolutions." Deborah Cash, Boston Globe.
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Please click on the crowd to watch Scrooge. An orchestral score of the first scene will be available soon. |
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"Mozart wrote simple music with a complex form; Bach wrote complex music with a simple form; your music is complex and so is its form." John Thow, composition teacher at Boston University. (Said of my ballet: "Scaramouche and Pulcinella" which being prepared as my doctoaral thesis. His statement WAS intended to be a complement!) Please click on his picture to learn more about him: |
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"May the Darkness of the season inspire you with the Saturnian vibe
you so long towards: Slow, Sad, Reflective, Dense, Obsessive, Complex,"
Andrew Swan, husband of 27 years; creator of most of the drawings on this site.
you so long towards: Slow, Sad, Reflective, Dense, Obsessive, Complex,"
Andrew Swan, husband of 27 years; creator of most of the drawings on this site.