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I can't believe that no one has commented on this yet.
...Honestly, people, have ye no sense of musicality?
This is among the most beautiful of pieces to which I have ever listened to. Absolutely, hands down. The only pieces surpassing happen to be by Mahler himself... I'm not going to go into a detailed breakdown (mostly because I listened to it last night before disappearing to bed, and my computer refuses to play it again at the moment), but allow me to say a few general things.
The harmonization was incredible, and absolutely reminiscent of the gently dissonant beauty that Mahler so delightfully employs. Many congratulations! The addition of the Harp to the (incredibly) varied strings alignment was amazing.
The orchestration was brilliant, though I found myself dodging back and forth to follow what was happening when. It'd be a hellish nightmare for a conductor to sight-read. But hey - most of Mahler's music was a hellish nightmare to read - period. In other words, this isn't necessarily a bad thing.
Finally, at the moment I don't remember specifically what themes I was able to pick out... but I remember feeling as though I was practically swimming amongst the harmony. At times, it got the better of the melody, but in this form, that's honestly okay.
I remember also feeling that the score was incredibly cleanly written. Such a nice thing - so many scores around here have serious need of revisionary mountains. Anyways, yours was excellent. Very to the point, indicative of MUCH more than most serious composers take the time to point out.
In short, I loved it. I've bookmarked your links; I hope you don't mind. The next time I'm feeling kind of down, I think I'm going to come and listen to this. It was absolutely wonderful; Mahler would have been proud.
Keep up the excellent work,
Dallas
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