Chevauchée Maléfique (for Wind Band)

It's a Tribute to Jacob de HaanMusic for Piccolo - 2 Flûte - 2 Oboe - English Horn - Bassoon - 3 Clarinet - Bass-Clarinet - Soprano Saxophone - 2 Alto Saxophone - Ténor Saxophone - Baryton Saxophone Piano 2 Tumpet - Flugelhorn - 2 French Horn - 2 Tenor-Saxhorn - 2 Trombone - Euphonium - Tuba - Timbale - Vibraphone/Xylophone/Glockenspiel - Batterie - Other percussion

Chevauchée Maléfique (for Wind Band)

Quite a work you have here. Thanks for sharing, and welcome to YC. I'm unfamiliar with Jacob de Haan, aside from what I just saw on his website, so I can't really tell how this is a tribute, but I think you have good ideas anyway. I like the switches between fast and slow sections. It seems a bit brass heavy in the fast sections and a little thin overall, but that may just be the midi.

Comment dit-on chevauchee malefique en anglais?

Thank you !

Chevauchée Maléfique is ""Evil Ride"

This mp3 is a version with "Finale 2005" and Flugelhorn = French Horn = Tenor Saxhorn also Euphonium = Tuba.

This is great. I don't know who Jacob de Haan. But I enjoyed listening to this entirely! Nicely crafted and enjoyable to listen to. I was supposed to write something for wind orchestra too. But I haven't been doing it. Oh well, I hope I could start!

Thank you !

You have an amazing way of making harmonies that make the piece seem extremely grave. I'm not finding the right words, but your use of all your instruments and harmonies/melodies definitely paint the picture in a very sad mood at the beginning, which is what you were going for I think - based on the text for speed at the beginning. I felt your fast part was also amazingly written, and extremely fun to listen to, but that it wasn't so 'evil' as in your title. Another suggestion, your transition after the raising flute notes was pretty bad, I think you need to keep the mood instead of starting over randomly. Overall though it was spectacular, definitely a ten out of ten! Great work!

You have an amazing way of making harmonies that make the piece seem extremely grave. I'm not finding the right words, but your use of all your instruments and harmonies/melodies definitely paint the picture in a very sad mood at the beginning, which is what you were going for I think - based on the text for speed at the beginning. I felt your fast part was also amazingly written, and extremely fun to listen to, but that it wasn't so 'evil' as in your title. Another suggestion, your transition after the raising flute notes was pretty bad, I think you need to keep the mood instead of starting over randomly. Overall though it was spectacular, definitely a ten out of ten! Great work!

Thank you ! I go to think about the transition (sorry for my very bad english...)!

So, I love this work. Sorry it took me a month to tell you, but I've been extraordinarily busy lately.

I'll take you from beginning to end and give you my reactions along the way.

At first hearing this, the beginning trods a bit. I feel like it could be a little shorter and the introductory ideas could be more fleshed out. It's hard to hear intricate details in a midi mock-up, but try to imagine how these lines will be heard and how performers will play them. Even the opening pitches in the Clarinets and Tenor Saxophone could swell dynamically or be attacked differently. You could even tremolo between two low pitches in the Clarinets between concert pitches F and C in the lower register of the Clarinet while the Tenor Sax does dynamic swells on a concert Ab in its higher register (or you could even get away with another tremolo between D and G with the Tenor Sax to complete a 4x5 Quartal harmony instead of a diatonic F minor triad). The beginning, in general, is going to need some work. It wouldn't hurt to bring in some other colors (low Flute or even Bass Flute would sound REALLY COOL at the beginning, if you have a performer for it). It's perfectly fine to bring in portions of that Oboe/English Horn solo that occurs later in the work here at the beginning, just to foreshadow the material more.

Fast section. OMG! Huge improvement from the beginning, like night and day. Where you have a great deal to flesh out in the beginning, your faster section is rock solid. I have nothing to add in terms of suggestions, because the material really, really comes together well.

I don't have time to comment more, but I think if you work out some of the opening material more with material from the faster and slower sections, you'll be able to convincingly begin the work with more bite and interest. Well done!

-AA