Marc Deflin

Very nice work, sounds huge 🙂 Which soundbank(s) do you use ?

Hi all 🙂 On vacation doing little treks in the eastern Vosges mountains in France, I profited by my late afternoon free times to give a first try at a woodwind quartet. Here's the result study. I merely structured it as A B ... A B 🙂 and there are one or two harmonic attempts in it. Regards

Really enjoyed your piece, @Kvothe Nice melodies, expressiveness, and a story telling writing ; that's what I like in music 👍 Regards

Not bad 🙂 Indeed there's a dark, melancholic mood surging out of it.

Hi @Henry Ng Tsz Kiu I really enjoyed listening to the first four movements : sounds are awesome, melody pleasant and the writing very subtle. About the last two movements, I guess the writing becomes a litlle bit too complicated to my taste. Congratulations for this piece 🙂 Regards

Thanks for reviewing @Henry Ng Tsz Kiu ! 🙂 Just because I like them and to create unity in the opus 🙂 Regards, Marc

Hi 🙂 Here's the third and last movement of my first complete string quartet. It's a moderato which starts quietly in the main D Major tone, before modulating in its first theme to a strong A Major viola-leaded melody. Then both main themes from the first and second movements are sequentially reexposed. Follows a happy interlude in D major. Whereafter first theme comes back and developments bring us slightly as a conclusion to the final exposure of the principal theme of this string quartet (the one from the adagio), first hinted at in the background by the viola. Thanks for listening ! 🙂 Regards, Marc

Hi @MJFOBOE I enjoyed your march. This instrumentation reminded me of the Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary by Purcell, though your work is of course in a happier - more glorious mood. This work might be see as not complicated, but it's surely efficient and pleasing. Best regards, Marc

Hi @Henry Ng Tsz Kiu Thanks for reviewing 🙂 Well, I guess the bare chords in the A section are indeed intentional, they give a strong, rigorous - bare - tone to this first part, aimed at evolving towards a more flourished, lyrical part when switching to D Major for the main theme. You're right about the harmonisation errors in b.16 and b26, I missed that. Your last remark about the transition towards the end in D Major makes sense ; I had wondered a little bit about it must admit, but finally let it like it is. Best regards, Marc

Hi forum 🙂 Here's the second movement - adagio - of my first string quartet. It's a quite even piece, structured A B C A' D C. The A' is the first A theme replayed lower in a clear G Major tone, whereas the original A is more thought about as in a B minor b9+6 (written in a G Major key for commodity). The main theme of the first movement is hinted at on bar 28 (beginning of C theme) : That's all ; hope you'll enjoy 🙂 Best regards Marc

Nice and joyful work 🙂

Great work @Fugax Contrapunctus, counterpoint master 🙂 You set a nice drama mood here not devoid of hope as I feel it. Would be a great opening - though rather short - for a larger, epic opus. Thanks 🙂

Hi @Willibald I enjoyed your work. It's pleasant to hear some - nice - music in this demanding style 🙂 I'm a fan of harpsichord, which you handle well here. Regards 🙂 Marc

Hi @Fugax Contrapunctus I loved this work ; this is both a cool technical exercise and a well written theme 🙂 Thanks for sharing

Hi @Henry Ng Tsz Kiu and thanks for your kind comment ! I'm really glad you enjoyed this first movement. You're right about the motivic themes ; I might have been influenced by a short menuet for string quartet that I had written just before as a training in order to learn to use Dorico which i recently acquired. Have a nice day !