"Epistrophe" (sonata for 'cello and piano)--Mvt. 1 Pesante: Lento con tristezza

hmmm...not sure about the bassoon sound. I had the playback set to bassoon at one point because it at least had some "spin" to the line instead of sounding like an aural ice-pick. Just now, though, I looked at the score and saw that playback was set to cello. Oh well.

Okay, bpopw750, after our discussion in the chatbox on 3/14, I took the liberty of orchestrating a small section of the beginning as an example. See this .pdf file. (forgive the formatting and any score issues, I just threw this together...)

MIDI file here.

Wow...that actually does sound ok! I didn't think that the piece would hold up that well when orchestrated (granted, that's just a small bit). I liked how you kept the heavy-pulse feel but also some forward motion. The enhanced rhythms kept things from being monotonous, and the additional dissonance (and just some of the countermelodic lines) colored things well. Thank you for showing me how it could be done. I certainly would like to do this, but I think I'll wait 'til I have the whole piano/cello sonata version completed first. A crystallized, essential accompaniment that has been fleshed out over the course of the movements will prepare me to expand well to expand to orchestra, I think. Thank you for your very practial take-it-to-the-next-level comments last night and for giving the time required to demonstrate this orchestration.