Maelstrom

Metus means anxiety... which is mostly what this piece is based upon!

New--- mp3 link --- I think the midi is better for now, though

Metus Overture --
This is an overture that hopefully will be performed by my school symphony orchestra. It is in G minor for the texture. After the exposition statement, It modulates to D minor, and I begin to vary the theme using textures/colors of the orchestra. During the soli sections after the exposition statement, there is a crazy amount of modulation, eventually landing on the semi-distant key of E minor. Through more modulation, it ends on an A major chord, setting up a soft and delicate contrasting section. This modulates to A minor, which then modulates to G minor, setting up a recapitulation. The recapitulation starts in Bb major, as previously done... this was pretty difficult to set up. It is a nearly literal recapitulation, and the B theme material is played lower in almost every instrument, giving a very dark texture. The recapitulation ends with a huge D being played by every instrument. The coda will begin soon. The coda is basically an exciting finish to this piece, starting at the end of the recapitulation of the B theme, not the beginning. Please tell me what you think.

I'm pretty sure that the score is done.
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the piece is 11 minutes and 14 seconds long

Scoring:

2 flutes (perhaps)
2 oboes
3 Bb clarinets (mabye 4)
2 bassoon (only one will play it, though)
4 horns
2 trumpet (mabye 3)
2 trombone (mabye 3)
full string orchestra

timpani

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