|
There are a lot of things I love about this piece. That building opening chord, followed by a moment of silence before being taken up again and morphed harmonically, really whetted my appetite to hear more.
The harmonies and moving parts in places like measure 13-20 and 60-63, and even the dissonance of places like around measures 28-30, are movingly beautiful, especially sustained as they are.
I love the colour change when you have the trombone and horn exchange the same notes in successive phrases.
The only thing I really didn't like about this piece was the ending. In my opinion, if you're going to build quickly to a dissonant climax like that after such a long, lyrical reverie, you'd better be going someplace else - like a contrasting section (I agree with Daniel, by the way, that this would be great as part of a larger work); or the climax itself could be the contrast, but make a denouement back to the lyrical material and end much as you began. But after all that loveliness, an ending like that disappointed me.
Even so, I enjoyed listening to this very much.
|