Viral Declamation

Haha, thanks mate for the comment lol, I guess my study of Shostakovich scores is showing in this one . I also forgot to mention that the final version of this is for string orchestra, obviously not chamber music any more.

Vince

W...o...w. I can't comment technically but I love this piece. I wondered if a simple subito ff in the last bar would just make the ending a bit more final. But this is really amazing, I hope you win. Lol.

Thanks for the comment Terve, I agree the ending is abrupt. I've never been good with endings....if I don't plan it out before hand, I really don't know what to do with them. Good suggestion, I also thought that having a more cresendo-like part leading up to the ending would have done justice, but well, I just never bothered. The only thing I had in mind was that I wanted to split the ending 20 or so bars with the second theme from the A section (the circus like thing I had going on), but other then that, I just ended it the way I did. In the back of my mind, I plan to have more movements after this one, but meh, that's in the distant future. I'm glad you enjoyed this one as much as I enjoyed writing it. Thanks again!

Vince

I have never gotten around to listening to this until now... I have only watched the pages grow
It is very nice though, it shows that you put a lot of time into it. I enjoyed it.

it was a little to long for my tastes (lol, i replied to three threads while i listened to it.), for this "style", but other movements would probably add the variety that might make it a little easier for me to listen to.

I congradulate to on completing this, I look forward to the next of your endevours...

DC: I'm glad you took the time to listen to it man, thanks a bunch

Vince

I forgot the main things I was going to say about this, lol. I love then length and the structure, it seemed to flow very naturally without me thinking 'when is this gonna end' which would usually happen to me with a lesser piece of 8mins - probably partly to do with it being so thematically cohesive, and yet still varied enough to be consistently interesting/exciting. And I think while it is good stand-alone, because of its cohesion it would be excellent as a movement of a larger, more varied work. In this way it sorta reminds me of the movements in Bartok's Music for Strings and Percussion (at least I think that's what that work is called, I sadly had to give the CD back to its rightful owner so I might be wrong. It's certainly called 'Music for' something, and it has strings and percussion in it ). So yeah, again, I love it.

WHY haven't I replied to this as well?

A great energetic piece, full of ideas, not long at all! I do see the connection of many towards Shosty, but in all honesty, although I can see it and hear it, it's not fair to you Vince! If I listen to more of your works I'll be able to tell more about you and your music, so keep working and keep posting.

Still this semi-modal tense and the continuous pedal point in the bass and violoncello mainly work great!

Score is really bad, but you already know that! Make it better and then search for people to play this. There should be student groups, municpal ensembles around who would be willing to play SUCH A GREAT piece of music!

Well done Vince and thank you greatly for posting it and sharing

Terve: Thanks again for the encouraging words. I'm glad you found in thematically cohesive as in I tried really hard for this piece to be that way. Many times I feel like I'm composing but I wind up improving instead, so for this one I wanted to stick to a few themes and keep at it. I think I know what Bartok piece you are talking about but I can never remember the names nor am I able to classify his work in my brain database lol. Again, I thank you for your review.

Nikolas: I do love Shostakovich and admire his work. I felt like I was being original in this piece but since I'm so amazed with Shosty's work it seems like it shows more often then not. As for the score, well, that's something I need to continue to work on as I grow as a composer. The more people point out it's flaws the better I become, so hopefully you and others will catch all the errors in my notation in the future! I'm glad someone as experienced and skilled as a composer found my work appealing, Nikolas. Thanks for the comments!

Vince

Originally Posted by thatguy

Haha, thanks mate for the comment lol, I guess my study of Shostakovich scores is showing in this one . I also forgot to mention that the final version of this is for string orchestra, obviously not chamber music any more.

Vince

The all too common taa-ta-taa-taa that is ever-present in this style of music although not as much as usual. It just spends too much time in one key repeating the same thing. The little cello theme that comes in struck me as a good opportunity to introduce a little imitative counterpoint (which would be quite interesting in the sound world youve written this in) but it kind of flattened out to something else. Then there are a bunch of different ideas thrown in (including choral sounding bits) but it all seem a bit random yet static at the same time. And we're back to the jumpy stuff which is very same sounding. It's a complicated combination of different rythms yet sounds like the same pattern repeating over and over. The transitions are very sudden.

Having said that. It certainly sounds like you worked very hard at it and I can appreciate the effort. The result, I'm afraid, is not my cup of tea. They say one can't be all things to all people. You will have your fans and detractors no matter how amazing your music is or isn't.

I understand some people like my music, other don't. It's your opinion and that's ok. I've always had a problem with transitions, so hopefully as a grow and find my own voice I can remedy that issue. Thanks for taking the time to listen, I appriciate it!

Vince