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Orchestral piece - am I finished?

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Hey guys, this is kind of a piano concerto. =) I am close to finishing it and need some suggestions on what to change. I think I need some help with dynamics cause I am not very sure where to put which.

I was thinking of changes like:

1) Write a better solo for piano from bars 34-38

2) Bars 47-54 make some changes in melody, not repeat it over and over again.

Yeah and ending is a bit rushed, its cause I realised at the last moment that my piece would be too long  if I keep writing. =D

Note: You will see some instruments that cant play chords will be playing chords, just imagine there are more then one instrument of that type. =)

The piano is the easiest to follow on the score. =)

Thanks for your time. :D

chances.mp3

CHANCES.pdf

At least you should put the cello under the violins.

About the chords in the 2nd violin in bar 47. you should add something like "div." to state that the chords needs to be played in divisions of strings.

But I'd rather see you would add some viola's (they are missing?) to play the lower two of the chord. This brings me to a next point: Orchestration. Whats with the Es flute? You need four (so say the last measures); why not write for a normal concert fulte in C or a piccolo (although I do not see need for a piccolo here), the Es flute is too rare to call for four. The amounts of instruments need to be stated somewhere.

The score seems to be in C, but where are the accidentals for the timpani? A conductor could mistake them for the horns, as they are lacking the accidentals (sometimes).

Your writing is at places rather pianistic. You give the cello and bassoon sometimes typical piano lines. I recommend you study some scores how string writing looks. The long holding notes for the horn seem to suit the imagines sound though.

I hope this helps.

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