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Hi Guys,
It's been a while since I posted on here, so I thought I'd test out all these fantastic upgrades I've seen being implemented.
This is a relatively short Prelude and Fugue I wrote a couple of years ago now. My aim was to create something fairly Neo-Baroque but with a Contemporary feel. It's instrumented for flute, oboe, harp (I think idiomatically, although I'm not that familiar with harp writing) and strings. My main concern is the harmony, especially the modulation to the major in the prelude. Any comments/criticism would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Oscar
Prelude and Fugue for Orchestra
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Posted 29 July 2010 - 03:23 PM
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Listening to the prelude now. It has indeed a fairly baroqish feel.
The modulation to the major is a bit sudden, I can imaging that this is a concern. I would have an E in stead of an E#, when moving to B major (at Rehearsal C). The next E major chord is then a bit less strange. Now it is a bit awkward.
In dat section, ms 18-21, each second beat, the 2nd violins double the violas. That seems a but unnecessary to me.
I think the fugue was a bit less interesting. Section K was really nice. And the ending also had some nice harmonic twist in it
The modulation to the major is a bit sudden, I can imaging that this is a concern. I would have an E in stead of an E#, when moving to B major (at Rehearsal C). The next E major chord is then a bit less strange. Now it is a bit awkward.
In dat section, ms 18-21, each second beat, the 2nd violins double the violas. That seems a but unnecessary to me.
I think the fugue was a bit less interesting. Section K was really nice. And the ending also had some nice harmonic twist in it
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Posted 01 August 2010 - 06:50 AM
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jrcramer, on 29 July 2010 - 03:23 PM, said:
Listening to the prelude now. It has indeed a fairly baroqish feel.
The modulation to the major is a bit sudden, I can imaging that this is a concern. I would have an E in stead of an E#, when moving to B major (at Rehearsal C). The next E major chord is then a bit less strange. Now it is a bit awkward.
In dat section, ms 18-21, each second beat, the 2nd violins double the violas. That seems a but unnecessary to me.
I think the fugue was a bit less interesting. Section K was really nice. And the ending also had some nice harmonic twist in it
The modulation to the major is a bit sudden, I can imaging that this is a concern. I would have an E in stead of an E#, when moving to B major (at Rehearsal C). The next E major chord is then a bit less strange. Now it is a bit awkward.
In dat section, ms 18-21, each second beat, the 2nd violins double the violas. That seems a but unnecessary to me.
I think the fugue was a bit less interesting. Section K was really nice. And the ending also had some nice harmonic twist in it
Thanks for the feedback!
I'm glad you felt the Baroque too. Your suggestion about changing the E is quite a good idea, so I think I'll implement that. It's funny that you found the fugue much less interesting - personally I prefer the fugue and found it far more interesting to write!
Cheers again,
Oscar
I'll go get my manuscript pad!
Slap it up an octave!
Slap it up an octave!
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Posted 01 August 2010 - 11:12 AM
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I really enjoyed this, Oscar. I don't think I've heard your work before. I didn't really get a sense of anything contemporary in this (though, at one point, I heard a small amount of dissonant counterpoint - which I loved.) It'd be nice to hear a more current piece of yours so we can see how much you've improved since this was written. Thanks for sharing it!
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Posted 02 August 2010 - 02:47 PM
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Thanks for the listen. I've put quite a bit of my work on since I first started on YC but nothing other than this since the new site went up. I've got a couple of months before I begin university so I plan to complete a load of compositions so I should be putting some more on soon
I'll go get my manuscript pad!
Slap it up an octave!
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Posted 07 August 2010 - 06:04 PM
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i love the very end, i think you know why oscar
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