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"well I did and there's no answer. I guess that's another composer's forum bites the dust..... (Sons of Sibelius was very nice for a few years and i even won a competition there but no-one goes there any more even though it technically is still alive)"
"no idea. It died once already (at a time when there were far more active members than now, many of whom probably never realised that Kris had resurrected it) so I wouldn't want to speculate. Still, there are very few forums specifically for…"
"I hope not but it would indeed be nice for Kris to confirm he's still around. We used to get messages about new members -- can't remember the last time that happened.
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"(1) Most importantly, the ending just "happens" and sounds completely unexpected and unprepared
Well, as one or two others have found the ending rather abrupt, I decided to add some bars building to a brief additional climax to put the ending into…"
Well, as one or two others have found the ending rather abrupt, I decided to add some bars building to a brief additional climax to put the ending into…"
"I'm not especially into ragtime so am not in a position to offer particularly pertinent comments other than to say it was a fun 3 minutes worth and I hope we get something more from you before long -- I did enjoy that clarinet quartet a while back"
"Yes, although the handful who have heard both versions overall prefer the new one, it's not always so clear cut as you say. Perhaps works which require the rhythmic incisivenesses or can show off the lovely SSO woodwind for instance are the…"
"Many thanks for your appreciation, Liz. Just to be clear, the version currently posted is not the new rendering with the Spitfire Symphony Orchestra but there were minor revisions to the coda and elsewhere from the initial posting. The SSO sounds…"
"OK - I decided that it's not possible from the point of view of balance to cut the number of iterations of the theme but I have made a number of changes, particularly in the recap which give more texture and variety. Will be interesting to see if…"
"I think we're on the same wavelength, then. That's perhaps the reason why quite a number of my works use text directly -- in fact I regard The little Mermaid as best piece to date as it goes to the heart of what I try to be as a composer.
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"the real Faure for me are the late works which are in many ways the opposite of the "salon music" (like the Romance). As I said in the introduction, the main inspiration here is the piano quintet no. 2 but listen also to the string quartet or the…"
"so perhaps the fact Rowy said it was coincidence as I now remember it is indeed originally from Monty Python.
As for fugues, I couldn't write a real one of you paid me, though my music is often contrapuntal
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As for fugues, I couldn't write a real one of you paid me, though my music is often contrapuntal
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"I once made a comment that the forum seemed to be dying but Rowy answered it was only pining for the fjords. I'm sure that this is the HS reference!
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"both times, the theme is repeated four times (with of course the second and fourth the melody given to the cello). After the first run through, I increased the variety and complexity of the treatment second time through as I was perfectly aware…"
"I guess Rowy has given it a break for the moment as well! Anyway, most interesting observations, HS, which in some ways are not so different to what I'd myself intended with this piece, though the starting point of comparison should be with Faure,…"
"I would say all my works are Romantic in some way, though the style varies considerably and I think those that pay lip service to Faure are perhaps more romantic than some others. The coda of the first movement (and probably the secondary theme in…"
Having finally acquired the last of the new VSL solo strings, I lost no time in putting them to work and the result was a piano quintet which I completed in the, for me, record fast time of ten days for a piece of this length. The great 2nd quintet…
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you had given me some very valuable feedback on a earlier orchestral work, particularly noting the absence of a cohesive theme. I have since decided to break the piece up into a full length symphony and in this context, I'd appreciate your comments about how the first movement sounds.
Thanks!
https://composersforum.ning.com/blog/please-critique-the-first-move...