Jeff Hijlkema | 'My Mare' // Using BBCSO Core only // #oneorchestra @jeffhijlkema | Uploaded December 2023 | Updated October 2024, 10 hours ago.
Those who visit my channel frequently might know by now that I’m a huge BBCSO user. Through the years I’ve learned sailing this amazing orchestral soundship. For this composition ‘My Mare’ I only used BBCSO Core, creating a orchestral piece based upon a lovely Celtic melody called the ‘My Horse’ theme, provided by my dear fellow country man Harry Koopman, who heard it somewhere on the radio, decades ago. Also the fugue theme in the middle is a spin-off from the main theme. That original 'My Horse' main theme is to be found at 1:34. I challenged both Harry and myself to create a orchestral piece around this theme. With the rule of only using BBCSO Core and one ‘non-Core’ instrument. This became my pallet:
Flute 1-2
Oboe 1-2
Clarinet 1-2
Bassoon 1-2
Trumpets a3
Horn
Horns a4
Trombone 1-2
Trombones a3
Tuba 1-2
Harp
Glockenspiel
Piatti
Timpani
Violins 1
Violins 2
Violas
Celli
Basses
Sopranos (Eric Whitacre Choir)
Tenors (Eric Whitacre Choir)
For mixing and mastering I had the opportunity to use some of my recently purchased plugins: The Avalon 737 & 747, and the Manley Massive Passive. All adding tube warmth, presence, body, detail and energy to the orchestral auxes and stereo bus. It all makes the piece more alive in my opinion.
For reverb I this time only used Liquidsonics Cinematic Rooms, adding a 2 chain send reverb:
1. Score stage
2. Rear Large Hall.
Both full mix and around -9bd setting in Cubase (different amounts on the several orchestral sections).
Consider listening on decent speakers or headphones to get the full stereo experience.
Be well,
Jeff Hijlkema
Those who visit my channel frequently might know by now that I’m a huge BBCSO user. Through the years I’ve learned sailing this amazing orchestral soundship. For this composition ‘My Mare’ I only used BBCSO Core, creating a orchestral piece based upon a lovely Celtic melody called the ‘My Horse’ theme, provided by my dear fellow country man Harry Koopman, who heard it somewhere on the radio, decades ago. Also the fugue theme in the middle is a spin-off from the main theme. That original 'My Horse' main theme is to be found at 1:34. I challenged both Harry and myself to create a orchestral piece around this theme. With the rule of only using BBCSO Core and one ‘non-Core’ instrument. This became my pallet:
Flute 1-2
Oboe 1-2
Clarinet 1-2
Bassoon 1-2
Trumpets a3
Horn
Horns a4
Trombone 1-2
Trombones a3
Tuba 1-2
Harp
Glockenspiel
Piatti
Timpani
Violins 1
Violins 2
Violas
Celli
Basses
Sopranos (Eric Whitacre Choir)
Tenors (Eric Whitacre Choir)
For mixing and mastering I had the opportunity to use some of my recently purchased plugins: The Avalon 737 & 747, and the Manley Massive Passive. All adding tube warmth, presence, body, detail and energy to the orchestral auxes and stereo bus. It all makes the piece more alive in my opinion.
For reverb I this time only used Liquidsonics Cinematic Rooms, adding a 2 chain send reverb:
1. Score stage
2. Rear Large Hall.
Both full mix and around -9bd setting in Cubase (different amounts on the several orchestral sections).
Consider listening on decent speakers or headphones to get the full stereo experience.
Be well,
Jeff Hijlkema
