"“...Brilliant CD played fantastically!
It was wonderful to feel the power of the organ combined with your complete commitment to the instrument and the music of all the composers. It was a sensational experience to hear music that started out as little doodles on the guitar being given such a extraordinary treatment. I'm a big fan of the sound of the organ which is a complete world in itself, especially in dedicated hands”.
“...a marvellous musician!”
“...Meditation on Horizons is very interesting, particularly as you had changed the harmonies to good effect. You've made a lot of a track that was only one minute thirty seconds long originally”.
STEVE HACKETT
Marco Plays "Hands of the Priestess" for Steve Hackett
Marco Plays "Horizons" for Steve Hackett
STEVE & MARCO:
Steve Hackett talk about Marco and Progressive Music
Photos from Dusk Day 2008:
Steve & Marco in the Orvieto Cathedral
“I KNOW ABOUT THIS GUY...VERY VERY GOOD AS WELL I'M TOLD".
(Rick Wakeman)
NEWS :
CD "New Horizons" - The music of Steve Hackett (Genesis)
YOU CAN BUY IT DIRECTLY ON MR HACKETT'S LABEL WEBSITE: www.camino.co.uk BEST SELLERS OF MONTH! (June 2008)
“What Marco Lo Muscio presents is my ideal of music: entertaining and meaningful. Prog-rock played on pipe organ: why nobody else thought of something so cool before?!? Marco is a keyboards ‘maestro’; his arrangements are warm, and respectful of the original. A real pleasure to listen to, both on CD and live”.
Corrado Canonici (Director of “World Concert Artists”, Double Bassist, Manager of Keith Emerson)
PROGRESSIVE MUSIC AT LONDON WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL:
"The Book of Gandalf": Music from "Lord of The Rings"
INFLUENCE:
Classic (BACH, Debussy, Ravel, Satie, Messiaen, Jehan Alain, Jean Langlais, Ligeti, Vaughan Williams, ecc...), Jazz, Progressive Rock (Emerson, Wakeman, Hackett, Genesis, King Crimson, Van Der Graft Generator, Reinassence...); Michel Colombier, Jan Garbarek, Keith Jarrett, Ludovico Einaudi, Wim Mertens, Chick Corea, Friedrich Gulda, Nikolaj Kapustin, Arvo Pärt, Ennio Morricone, Sakamoto, Howard Shore, Philip Glass,Dead Can Dance, Bjork, Graham Fitkin, Aaron Jay Kernis, Billy Cowie, Rautaavara, etc...
KEITH EMERSON: FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN (Arr. Lo Muscio)
LIST OF MY SOME RARE CONTEMPORARY TRANSCRIPTIONS:
STEVE HACKETT:
From "Bay of Kings":
n° 1 Bay of Kings
n° 3 Kim
n° 6 Petropolis
n° 8 Cast Adrift
n° 9 Horizons
n° 15 Skye Boat Song
From ”Momentum":
n° 1 Cavalcanti
n° 2 The Sleeping Sea
n° 5 A bed, a chair, a guitar
n° 9 Variation on a theme by Chopin
From “Voyage of the Acolyte”:
n°2 Hands of Priestess Part I
n°7 The Lovers
From “Guitar Noir”:
n° 10 Walking Away from Rainbows
From “Midsummer Night's Dream”:
n°5 Set Your Heart At Rest
n° 18 All Is Mended
KEITH EMERSON:
From “Keith Emerson - Emerson Lake & Palmer":
- Clotho from “The 3 Fates”
From “Keith Emerson - Emerson Lake & Powell":
- Touch and Go
- Step Aside
“Keith Emerson – Emerson plays Emerson”:
- Interlude
From “Keith Emerson – Pictures at an Exhibition”:
- Promenade I and II
- The Sage
- Old Castle & Blues Variations
From “Keith Emerson - Tarkus”:
- Part II “Stones of Years
From “Keith Emerson - Trilogy”:
- Prelude and Fugue before Endless Enigma
- The Endless Enigma Part II
From “Keith Emerson – Works Vol. I “:
- Jazz Fantasy from “Piano Concert n.1”
- Fantasy on Fanfare for the Common Man by A. Copland
TONY BANKS:
- Firth of Fifth
ANTHONY PHILLIPS:
- Lutes' Chorus
RICK WAKEMAN:
- From "Six Wives of Henry VIII":
n° 1 “Chatherine of Aragon”
n° 4 “Jane Seymour”
ARVO PÄRT:
- Fratres from string quartet
- Summa from string quartet
- Für Alina from piano
- Spiegel im spiegel from cello and piano
- "Es sang vor langen Jahren"
JAN GARBAREK :
- Molde Canticle Part I & Part IV
- The Creek
- Parce mihi Domine da "Officium"
KEITH JARRETT:
- Adagio (Final) Part I from "Scala Concert"
- Over the rainbow from "Scala Concert"
- Blues from "Paris Concert"
- The Wind from "Paris Concert"
- Adagio and Blues from "Roma Concert"
- Danny boy from "Roma Concert"
- Heartland from "Bregenz Concert"
- Song: “The Cure”
- Staircase part III
- From "Book of Ways": Pieces n° 9, 15, 17, 18.
From "Dark intervals":
- Hymn (n° 2) Americana (n° 3)
From "The Melody at night":
- I loves Porgy
- Meditation
- From “Invocations”: Part V – Recognition
- From “Spirits”: Piece n° 15
- Dance from "Violin Sonata"
BRAD MEHLDAU:
- Bard from "Elegiac cycle"
LENNIE TRISTANO:
- Requiem in memory of Charlie Parker
CHICK COREA:
- Star Island from "Voyage"
- Picture n°8 from "Piano Improvisation"
- Cristal silence
RYUICHI SAKAMOTO:
From "BTTB":
- Energy flow
- Aqua
- Sonatine
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS:
- Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
- From "Job-a masque for dancing": Part n° 7
- Prelude from "Fantasy Quintet
BJÖRK:
- Overture from "Selma songs"
- Song from "Post": "You've been flirting again"
- Song from "Debut": "Human behaviour"
BILLY COWIE:
- "La Chanson bien douce": n. 3, 5, 22.
DEAD CAN DANCE:
- "De Profundis" and "Ascensions" from "Spleen and ideal"
HOWARD SHORE:
- Pieces from "The Lord of the Rings"
...and also my original music edit by:
ERREFFE MUSICAL EDITION:
Pleasecontact mefor concert propositions, or artistic projects, or if you have interest in my music, or transcriptions, or CDs. Thanks!
Recital at Kings College in Cambridge: STEVE HACKETT and MARCO Photos
Recitals: Kings College Cambridge,
Blackburn and Westminster Cathedrals:
UK 2009: Concert with John Hackett
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MARCO LO MUSCIO
was born in Rome on October 23 1971. He graduated in Piano with full honours (“Cum Laude”) at "L. Refice" academy of music guided by Maestro Tonino Maiorani. He then perfected himself (in three years) with the great pianist Sergio Fiorentino attaining the Diploma of Advanced Studies at the academy "B. Cristofori". He graduated in Pedagogy ("Cum Laude") to the University of "Rome Tre" (degree thesis on Keith Jarrett), and he perfected in organ with Prof. James E. Goettsche (Main Organist of St. Peter’s in Vatican). Marco is specialized in the French, English and American repertoire of the 1900s, in Bach's repertoire and in the adaptations and transcriptions of ancient and modern music (K. Jarrett, A. Pärt, Vaughan Williams, K. Emerson, R. Wakeman, J. Garbarek, St. Hackett, etc…).
He has held more than 600 concerts for world best festivals in important cathedrals and concert halls like: Cambridge “Kings College Chapel”; Oxford “Exeter and Queens College Chapels”; Russia: “Great Philharmonic Concert Hall Shostakovic” in St. Petersburg; Cathedral, Gnessin Academy and Baptist church in Moscow; Volgograd (Stalingrad) Philharmonic Hall; Vilnius (Lithuania) “Christopher Summer Festival; Tallinn (Estonia) “International Organ Festival”. Finland: Organ summer festivals in Åbo/Turku, Lahti and Mikkeli; Åland XXXI International organ festival; Scotland (Edinburgh) in the Cathedral of St. Giles; Zurich in the Cathedral of S. Peter and Paul; Copenhagen in the Holmens Kirke (the church Queen of Denmark); Iceland, Belgium, Ukraine, Czech Republic; Norway: Bergen Organ summer festivals in Maria and Johannes Kirken; Oslo Røa Kirke International Festival; Italian Institute of Culture in Oslo; Sweden (Götheborg Cathedral),Germany (Munich), Switzerland (Zurich), Poland: “Gdansk(Oliwa) and Frombork Festivals”; Sorø International Music Festival in Denmark, France (Strasburg, S. Räphael, Obernai Cathedral); England (Westminster Cathedral in London, Chester Cathedral, Hull City Hall, Lichfield Cathedral, Blackburn Cathedral,…);Riga Cathedral (Latvia) “Riga Dom Festival”; I.U.C. “Great Hall of Sapienza” in Rome; Festival Pontino and Festival Euro Mediterraneo; in Vatican in the presence of Pope Giovanni Paolo II; Florence (S. Maria dei Ricci), La Verna International Organ Festival, Festival of historical organs in Valsesia, Pienza Cathedral, “Dusk Day 2008” in the Orvieto Cathedral, Cantù International Organ Festival, etc…
He has worked and played with and for international artists such as: Goffredo Petrassi, Mario Luzi, Aivars Kalejs, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Giulio Sforza, Steve Hackett (in the Orvieto Cathedral, and Kings College in Cambridge), Corrado Canonici, ecc…
Marco is the organist of National Canadian and St. Alexander churches in Rome. Is also Artistic Director of the “International Organ Summer Festival in Rome”. His CDs and DVDs have been broadcast in radio and television: RAI TV, SAT 2000 TV, Vatican Radio, Amolini TV Russia,...
The last CDs of Marco dedicated to Progressive Music and edit and distributed from Drycastle and Camino Records has had a large success of reviews in international Magazines in USA, UK, Finland (Colossus), Italy, Poland, etc...
Marco is much active also like composer, and these compositions for organ and piano are published from Erreffe Musical Edition. The music of Marco will be played this year also in the "Annual Festival of New Organ Music" in London. The next plans of Marco preview the collaboration with Keith Emerson and Steve Hackett for some CDs dedicates to their transcriptions (article appeared also on Classic Rock Magazine in London), and for 2009/10 has already been invited to play in in Moscow House of Music Great Hall, in the church of St. Nicholas in Prague, in the church of Le Saint-Esprit in Paris, in the St. David Summer Organ Festival (Wales), in the Sheffield (with John Hackett) and Westminster Cathedrals, in the International Organ Festival in Tallinn, in Helsinki in the Church of Rock, etc…
Steve Hackett: Horizons (Arr. Lo Muscio)
Marco Lo Muscio: Meditation on "Horizons"
"To Steve Hackett"
Marco Lo Muscio Plays Hackett & Emerson's Friend Space (Top 40)
Marco Lo Muscio Plays Hackett & Emerson has 763 friends.
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Ciao Marco, ho appena visto il video su Youtube di Horizons nel Duomo di Orvieto...emozionante, really amazing job!! Ho visto recentemente a Lugano Steve dal vivo in elettrico..grande concerto, grande persona umana as well...bella soddisfazione per te!! Grande!, Take care, Mauro Lake
I hope you had a good flight to Rome! Was a great pleasure to meet ya in Baden-Baden, and your CD is superb - the organ works are mostly impressive! Keep in touch, very much hope to be at your concert in Wiesbaden later this Summer. Best prog regards, Andrew:)
how are you doing, hope all is well! Feel happy and honoured to share a job on "Ilias" with you. Wish you a great weekend and creative week, drop by if you have time! Many prog regards, Andrew:)
ciao Marco! Come stai? come vanno i tuoi progetti musicali? ...per me è un bellissimo periodo...ovviamente sempre con le sue difficoltà ;-)...Comunque sono felice perchè sono usciti due miei nuovi cd prodotti da una etichetta americana davvero fantastica (Transparency) Spero di sentirti presto...Un bacio
Alessandra
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