I've never been a fan of overmilking. I feel doing something close to the 1812 might kill the sound after a while. I also had planned to make it longer but never managed to do so. I'll have to look into my dissonace phrases. I would hope I didn't put dissoance for it's sake, but sometimes mistakes do slip in. Thank you for bring that to my attention. Did I write 5 three tremolo markings? I thought I only wrote 3. I should go back and check. Hehe, and yes a lot of string players do end up saying that to me. I cannot explain why.
Don't worry about not being an atonalist. I didn't write this piece as one, I merely used dissonace as a way to flavor tradition music. You have been very helpful.