Hi Folks. It has been a while since I posted, but I thought some of you might enjoy listening to a new piece of mine based on the letters of my name, it being a musical cryptogram. Of course, this is a continuation of an old tradition, one of the earliest examples being by J.S. Bach in his Art of the Fugue (B-A-C-H). The piece uses a full symphony orchestra. It begins with a statement of the theme followed by 15 variations, the last a fugue.
Enjoy!
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there's an infectious sense of fun which comes across very well I think here and the instrumentation sounds highly individual. My main issue is probably with the rendering which seems rather synthetic and perhaps lacking in the contrasts needed to make it quite as easy follow as perhaps it should be. But most definitely a worthwhile listen!
Hi David
I'm glad you enjoyed the piece! Yes, this was definitely written in a light-hearted frame of mind. It was a fun experiment for me. I'm glad the underlying sense of fun is conveyed to the listener as well. Thanks for your comment.
If you'd be interested, I could send you a copy of the score via email. Perhaps the rendering would become more apparent. I don't believe the samples used by my notation software are as bad as some seem to think. Let me know if you are interested.
Ken
thanks for the offer but perhaps I'll just focus on listening again once or twice when things should become clearer. Which library(ies) do you use out of interest.
The musical samples I use came with the notation software: Notion 6.
OK - that might explain why I didn't recognise them. It's a while since I heard anything composed with Notion.