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You know I have problems with 'atonal-esque' pieces in general, and my main concern with this piece is that it doesn't appear to be melodically driven (in the conventional sense). However, the effect you have created is fairly remarkable.
The first section really does stir me, it triggers something I can't quite put my finger on. I think its the fact that it's actually a scary piece of music to listen to, and I think that if this were performed by a live orchestra, would be even more so! I rarely find music 'scary' in this way without there being some kind of accompanying picture, and I think music generally doesn't trigger this particular emotion.
I think there are moments when you've gone too far in my opinion, but the second section to me sounds like a brilliantly successful orchestration of a gamelan orchestra. You've made fantastic use of the orchestra here no doubt. Was there some microtonality in this section or possibly the bit before?
As I said this is remarkable, however I am glad that I can return to the relative safety of Rachmaninov and co.!
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