Remixing this dancing and marching music from Strauss was fun. Fast paced music like this lends itself readily to a percussion interpretation.
Naturally they were arranged for a full orchestra and some simplification of the instrumentation was required. For example in the Champagne Polka the steel drums again worked surprisingly well with the string parts and and the ocarina replaced the wind sections with some support from a synthesizer pad while the marimba carried much of the melody and a woodblock the punctuation.
By contrast in the blue Danube Waltz a Pancarina brings a breathy Andean touch to an old favorite.
The streaming sample today is a lofi clip from the Champagne Polka.
Naturally they were arranged for a full orchestra and some simplification of the instrumentation was required. For example in the Champagne Polka the steel drums again worked surprisingly well with the string parts and and the ocarina replaced the wind sections with some support from a synthesizer pad while the marimba carried much of the melody and a woodblock the punctuation.
By contrast in the blue Danube Waltz a Pancarina brings a breathy Andean touch to an old favorite.
The streaming sample today is a lofi clip from the Champagne Polka.