"Thanks - I appreciate your comments!  I agree that the slow movement and the development of the first movement are the most effective sections."

"Thanks for listening, and for your comments!  I can see what you mean about it starting to sound like Average Generic Classical Theme, though I think I'm more of a fan of pre-Beethoven Classicism than you, so perhaps I'm less sensitive to that. 
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"Yeah, I see what you mean.  Maybe I will try it with a ninth chord."

"Thanks for listening, and for your comments!  That chord in bar 166 is a dominant seventh, and I think making it a ninth by raising the clarinet to concert G might sound strange.  But I can see how the dissonance with the seventh in the violin might…"

"Thanks!  This audio is from Noteperformer running through Finale, which I've largely been happy with (definitely an improvement over Finale's native Garritan), but I have been thinking about investing in a DAW with better virtual instruments.
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"Thanks for listening.  This is a bit different in style from what I usually write (which is more Classical in style).
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"I tried a version with a little more variation in the accompaniment, but I'm not sure it accomplishes much.
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"Again, I appreciate the opinion, but - while I certainly would never call myself a good composer - I did not write this very simplistic string accompaniment because I didn't know any better.  It was a choice - perhaps a bad choice! 
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"I appreciate the advice, though I assure you I'm aware that there's more to music than a melody plus chords.  This movement was intentionally written in a very simple style.  But you're quite right that it probably goes too far in that direction.  I…"

"Yeah, I kept it simple intentionally, but I may have gone too far.  Maybe I'll change the accompaniment pattern to arpeggiated chords or something for the sections where the oboe has the melody."

"Agreed, the fast movements are definitely a bit messy, and if I could have spoken with the performers, I'd have suggested taking things a little more slowly to get a cleaner performance.  I also agree that I should have notated dynamics a bit more…"