Okayyy here we go.
Movement I: Classic. I don't have much I think you should change here. I think the accelerando is a little out of place, and I think you could have had a section of much less similar texture. Instead you had an out of place coda of that nature
. Then again, these are miniatures, and there isn't a whole lot of room to develop in such a time frame that you have given yourself, but you could have expanded that. For 2 minutes, the only thing I think that needs to be commented on is the, at least, interesting structure
.
Movement 2: The first thing I noticed was that the title really matched the piece. Nice celesta, too
. I think the runs would have been done better with woodwinds and this piece you should re-orchestrate for full orchestra (just as a fun side project...arranging is good orchestration practice, too!). You had some different textures and moods in this one, which I liked. The dissonant chords seemed a bit out of place, but perhaps they were meant to portray something I didn't catch, (the listener always has to take that into account
).
Movement III: The mellow beginning is very misleading. I was about to make a comment about the harmonic and textural similarity of the movements, but...I LOVE the element of surprise, and you forced me to throw that comment in the trash! This is the most brilliant of the movements I have to say. The movement harmonically and literally was very very well done.
I loved this small work of yours, Mitchell. I just wish they were bigger! You could have done so much more with them (maybe you will soon enough or someday?). Then again, I've always been a giant wedding cake type of composer. Sometimes, you have to write a belgian chocolate if you know what I mean. And you have done so very well!
Nico