Symphony in A Major, 1st Movement

www.aeskape.com/mvt1.mp3

It's written for a small symphonic orchestra: piccolo, flute, oboe, clarinet in Eb, clarinet in Bb, bass clarinet, bassoon, horn in F, trumpet, trombone, tuba, timpani, general percussion, string section.

This is my first foray into true classicism. It's based loosely off sonata-allegro form...i did the best i could without sacrificing my own freedom. I did sorta a introduction, then an exposition/development of three themes, then straight into the recapitulation of those themes in different keys, then i wrapped it up into a coda. i didn't follow any of the rules for key modulation that are given in sonata-allegro form, i just modulated to whatever felt right ;). there IS somewhat of a pattern to my key modulations.

This took me three weeks to complete, off and on work, and is sequenced using FL Studio and GPO (i don't have enough RAM to run GPO live, and it takes too long to get the dynamics right in sibelius).

finally, the file is pretty big, it's 7:10 and 10 megs, so be patient. Any critiscism/reviews are welcome and desired :]

As always, A Major lends it itself to some of the most delightful music. I love this key.

Anyway, I liked your music. I found that it is sounded rather medieval. To my hears this comes off as quite interesting for a symphony, as I have never heard that style applied to the genre before.

I will say that I enjoyed your development of themes, although I found that they were rather weak at times. This often lent itself to a loose development. However this is a minor criticism: overall a good piece of music.

Well done - I look forward to hearing from you in the near future.

thanks for the review :). i do have a question though, what do you mean by "weak"? do you think i didn't develop them enough?

and i didn't mean to come across as medieval-sounding. if i did to you, well...that's always good i guess :D

thanks again for the review.

Well, it's nice. I felt that any limitations were those of the medium that didn't allow a full range of dynamics or balance at times. The contrast between the two themes came over well!

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