Alex Oliver Cawley's Page

"Hi Ingo Thanks for taking a listen. The piece wasn't really supposed to be that long or at least I did not have in mind to write a long piece for solo flute. I am happy with the length of course it is just that wasn't my intention. I very…"

"Hi Julie  Thanks for the comments, it is nice to hear from someone with a lot of experience with the repertoire. I think I will leave it as a solo piece but I just wanted to put the question out there as I think it is something to…"

"Hi Alex, I enjoyed the piece very much and I think you and Andrew both did a great job. I like that you accepted the challenge of a longer monophonic solo and I think it works well. I think you could have introduced more abstract passage work, short…"

"Hey Alex- I'm a great fan of solo flute pieces and have studied them extensively.  I was the musical partner of a very knowledgeable flutist for over 20 years and we played most of the great flute/piano repertoire.  We also explored…"

"I've only ever written solo wind pieces like this as exercises (or for specific players) and I've found it too often becomes just a test of how interesting the composer can make a single line. This is good for a couple minutes but then my…"

"Hi John  Thanks for this, I will make of note of them. I'm basically aware of the mistakes in the score in general because I saved it as a pdf and then my computer deleted the original so I'll have to retype it at some…"

"Alex, I don't normally go for solo flute, but I liked this and am curious about the title?  You seem to know a lot about writing for the instrument, so I hope you don't mind some niggling comments about notation fixes you should make…"

"Hi Lawrence Thanks very much, I believe Special Bicycles is my favourite as well! All the best Alex Oliver Cawley "

"Hi Bob Thanks for commenting, I appreciate your comments on my playing. I agree that the interpretation of another pianist would be invaluable and I would be interested in one day hearing it but at the moment I will have to settle for my own. I…"

"Hi Gav Thanks for your comments, as far as the pieces having anything connecting them all together they aren't meant to be related other than just being five pieces for the piano composed one after another. I'm obviously interested in how…"

"Very nice work.  I especially enjoyed the Bicycle.  I am trying to think of another composer with a similar style maybe Bartok?  You might work in some melodic themes, but this style is not unusual in the modern repertoire.  Keep…"

"Alex, Presented here as a group, it is not difficult for me to think that they are more alike than they are un-alike. And they are fine pieces played by a fine pianist.  I am not surprised to hear you don't have complete scores. They do…"

"Hi Alex, I hear a lot of cascading ideas and you are certainly a fine pianist. While it struck me that there were moments that seemed quite lovely in places throughout the pieces, I found it hard to grasp on to anything which coheres the pieces,…"

"Hi MM Coston Thanks for the feedback, Lady of the lake is based on a bit of music my girlfriend wrote and then I developed, I feel like it is the most straight forward so I'm glad you enjoyed it. "

"Hi Alex, Of the five, I best liked "Lady of the Lake" because it sounded to my ear as most distinct from the others and there were some moments in that one that struck me as quite lovely. The others sounded to me to be overflowing with…"