I Sing the Mighty Power of God for Band

Hey everybody. This is a piece I wrote about 4 months ago, but I haven't had time to get posted yet. It is a sort of "theme and variations" on and old 1600s hymnsong.

It starts out with a brief fanfare, and then right on to the statement of the theme over and ostinato rhythym. (This piece is full of them.) With a few time signature changes. After this, it moves into a minor key with saxophone solo. Later joined by clarinet and oboe. Then we move into a sort of woodwind fugue treatment. After this, we go once again into a fanfare style by the brass under upper woodwind flourishes. Then we are treated to a full band chorale, followed by an ending fanfare.

I was wondering if anyone could make me an mp3 of this. (I don't have the software.)

Any comments/reviews will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Price Walden

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I Sing the Mighty Power of God.MID

Good job on this one.

I've always liked the tune of this hymn, you do a good job varying it up with the different things you do. (Going into minor ect...)

A few parts sound more like the hymn with a modern twist and you mess with the rhythms a bit in parts but it makes for an interesting listen.

Thumbs up! :thumbsup:

Nice piece. The beginning was very much like the overture of a musical, and that was cool but then it went as minor and I didnt like that part. It lost that overture feel that you should have kept going, from mes. 85 on it got cool again. The wind part was really awsome. You might want to rethink that unison section, you might want to add harmony that can be heard. The very end was very overture like. Overall nice piece I just think that middle part needs a BIG cup of coffee. Good Luck.

I could feel the begining of a fugue at measure 58, then I was let down at measure 62 :(. Just my humble opinion. I would have developed a short fugue there. Otherwise, I'm VERY IMPRESSED!!

I'm rather surprised at how good a MIDI of this sounds. Anyway, I can't really think of much constructive criticism. It was good, kept me interested the whole time, and instrumentation is great. I was impressed.