7 Sins - Acedia (Sloth) & Ira (Wrath)

I'm absolutely terrified of posting these up. Coz I know they're not great, and there's far far better things to listen to on this wonderful forum. But just a couple of listens would suit me down to the ground. I've written a 7 Sins suite, one piece of music for each sin. Sloth and Ira are probably my two favourites (aside from Greed, which I posted up a few months ago), so I'm sharing these in MP3 form with you guys.

I'm not going to post up a score, because I admit, I don't take GREAT care in scoring, so the pro's out there will rip it to shreds. I believe the music I make is to be heard, not read.

And I've already thought of the first reply I'll get: "It's very reptative." I'm sorry about that! I just find something stimulating about repetative music, if you can do it right. Steve Reich is not stimulating, it drags on for too long and does not build well enough. There's more than one riff in each piece, by the way, it does vary in some respects.

Well, here you go, courtesy of E-Snips, Acedia/Sloth (Clarinet, Bassoon, Viola, Cello, Timpani) and Ira/Wrath (Oboe, Trumpet, Violin, Viola, Cello, Voice [Tenor], Piano, Timpani).

Sloth: Sloth - eSnips, share anything

Ira: Ira - eSnips, share anything

Many thanks,

~ADZ~

I believe you've posted some other sin a while ago?

A pity a score isn't here...you shouldn't be afraid of said criticism, it's there to help you in becoming a better composer, not flame you.

The 'repetitive' didn't annoy me at all, nor did it create boredom.

In Sloth, I liked the melody and the sluggish development. Could have used a better ending, maybe?

In Ira, I didn't quite understand the orchestration (tenor voice?). Yes, very repetitive...and the wrathful mood wasn't quite convincing for me.

Cheers!

I think I saw a performance of this during the summer. It was a concert for members of a music camp.

I'd post the name, but I'm not sure you'd want it posted on the internet.

Was the camp acronym three letters long and it starts with A?

...what? If that's a joke, it's gone right over my head. If it's serious, I have no clue what you mean. Sorry.

And manossg, thanks for the tip, I'll see what I can do with Sloth. And yeaa, I don't tend to stick to any particular strict orchestration. Which is why, if my suite ever did get performed (god forbid!) there'd be large sections of the orchestra with nothing to do for several pieces. Yea, I like them to sound good before I put in all the nitty-gritty extra thinking. Music comes first.