{"id":42200,"date":"2018-03-02T06:01:08","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T11:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=42200"},"modified":"2018-02-23T19:12:48","modified_gmt":"2018-02-24T00:12:48","slug":"your-pick-of-piccolo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2018\/03\/your-pick-of-piccolo.html","title":{"rendered":"Your Pick of Piccolo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Somehow if one Googles \u201cpiccolo\u201d the top result will tell you that \u201cPiccolo is a very tall and muscular Namekian\u2026\u201d For those interested in the musical instrument, some results along those lines do also follow shortly after. There is in fact a lot of really wonderful music for piccolo. One example is Daniel Dorff\u2019s \u201cSonatine de Giverny\u201d:<\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Another is Michael Daugherty\u2019s \u201cThe High and the Mighty\u201d:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g-8KCvZ2LE0?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And here\u2019s Willard Elliot\u2019s \u201cFantasy for Piccolo and Piano\u201d:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sY5bEMO_mWA?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>All of the above pieces are ones that I discovered relatively recently, through <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2yqllsv\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the album Take Wing featuring Lois Bliss Herbine on piccolo<\/a>. But a longstanding favorite of mine is Lowell Liebermann\u2019s Piccolo Concerto:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UveLRjNRSf8?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-HFt5lPOjjg?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3xHmfjAg--I?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I also got to hear and appreciate the importance of the piccolo in the context of the orchestra or wind ensemble as a whole, in performances of John Williams\u2019 music that I had the privilege of hearing performed live \u2013 in one case in a performance by a local high school wind ensemble, in the other in a performance by the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, conducted by none other than John Williams himself! If you\u2019re interested in seeing photos from that latter event, you might want to connect with me on Facebook and\/or Instagram. I shared quite a few photos, not just of John Williams and the orchestra at the end of the concert, but also myself among various cosplayers from the Star Wars universe.<\/p>\n<p>The piccolo is certainly an underappreciated instrument, just as are many at the opposite end of the spectrum. But leave out the piccolos and the tubas and you will immediately hear just how impoverished music can sound without the highest and lowest registers.<\/p>\n<p>For those who are interested in both meanings of Piccolo, I did come across <a href=\"https:\/\/blackhellcat.deviantart.com\/art\/Piccolo-Playing-Piccolo-160316766\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a picture of Piccolo playing the piccolo, created by artist BlackHellCat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-42215\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/719\/2017\/11\/piccolo_playing_piccolo_by_blackhellcat.jpg\" alt=\"piccolo_playing_piccolo_by_blackhellcat\" width=\"519\" height=\"378\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Take-Wing-Bliss-Herbine-Piccolo\/dp\/B00067BWMM\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&linkCode=li3&tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&linkId=a103e7e6d9a347f4ee1665f386bd152b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=B00067BWMM&Format=_SL250_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=jamefmcgrshom-20\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=jamefmcgrshom-20&l=li3&o=1&a=B00067BWMM\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Somehow if one Googles \u201cpiccolo\u201d the top result will tell you that \u201cPiccolo is a very tall and muscular Namekian\u2026\u201d For those interested in the musical instrument, some results along those lines do also follow shortly after. 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