Silent Night
Here is a jazzy version of the iconic song. The intro has an improvisational feel to it, and then the tempo gets rather fast. – Piano solo // Length 2:14, tempo rubato, 3/4
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Happy Fingers Rag
Here is a little bit of old times, fast and happy. 🙂 – Honky-tonk solo // Length 2 min, 100 bpm, 2/4
Toy Polka
This is originally a piece from A.Lowery’s printed collection “The Elements of Ballet” for the ballet schools’ accompanists. This electronic version has more comic and cartoonish character; it is funny, jumpy, and extremely happy. – Muted trumpet, xylophone, marimba, honky-tonk duo, button accordion, percussion // Length 1:20, 121 bpm, 2/4
Habanera for Oboe and Orchestra
Blue tag = for a demonstration only; not for sale. It may feel like a windy, cloudy evening, turning into a rainy thunderstorm. The music is emotional, yet it gives you a hidden feeling of comfort and enjoyment. – Symphony orchestra, oboe, flute (orchestra stage layout by E.Dohnanyi) // Length 3:33, 120 bpm, 4/4
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Running Around
This is a very happy and playful electronic art piece; its first rough name was “Everybody Is in a Hurry to Somewhere”. You can hear a fast-ticking clock at the beginning, and then everything just starts running… The piece can work as an intro to a comedy, or a musical illustration to a sport game, or just to be a companion to any fast movement on the screen. – Synthesizers, percussion, drums, choir (background) // Length 1:42 160 bpm, 4/4
Polish Valse
This is originally a piece from A.Lowery’s printed collection “The Elements of Ballet” for the ballet schools’ accompanists. This version is for two pianos; it has the sense of romance and elegance to it, imitating typical melodic intonations of Polish folk music. – Length 1:09, 176 bpm, 3/4 (or 58 bpm, if to consider it as 3/8)
Marching Pianos
This is a piece from my printed collection of pieces “The Elements of Ballet” for the ballet schools accompanists (the “Coda”). This version is for two pianos; the character is very lively and upbeat. In the middle part you’ll find 2 very short “quotations”, a reference to two iconic American melodies – “I Wish I Was in Dixie” by Dan Emmett and “The Stars and Stripes Forever” by J.F.Sousa – as a brief wink to the tradition. 🙂 – Piano duo // Length 1:17, 132 bpm, 4/4
Bumblebee… or a Mosquito?
This a parody on a very famous classical piece ‘Flight of the Bumblebee” by N.Rimsky-Korsakov. Paradoxically, it was also inspired by the imagery and feel of a brilliant Russian animation (“claymation”) “Yesteryear’s Snow Was Falling”, which has became classic in Russia since its creation in 1983.
Knowing about the Bumblebee origins, you can easily guess what’s going on in the piece. (If you are familiar with the plot of the original tale, you’ll find the end a bit different, though. 
) If you listen to it in headphones, the effect will be at its best. – Synthesizers, accordion, honky-tonk, insect killer racket, airplane, crowd… // Length 1:29, 140 bpm, 4/4
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Brilliant Valse
This is one of the pieces from A.Lowery’s printed collection of classical ballet exercises “The Elements of Ballet” for the ballet schools’ accompanists. This version is for two pianos; the mood of the piece is very happy and inspiring to dance.
Piano duo // Length 1:15, 72 bpm 3/8 (or 206 bpm, if to consider it as 3/4)
Sparkles of Sunlight on Snow Crust
Neo impressionism? – Maybe. This is a cue with a feel of rather rapid moving through a winter landscape – maybe, it’s about skying from a hill in a snowy forest, or just driving through a backroad. You can feel the snowdrift, the texture of the sparkly crust. The absence of the metric signature adds a sense of openness.
Synthesizers // Length 1:58, 122 bpm, No signature
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