Visions of a Renaissance

This tone poem is about the hope to revive the economy of Detroit

Visions of a Renaissance

Great! I couldnt hear the harp very well most of the time, but I just imagined the things (especially glissandos) you wrote to add to the character of the piece. This was wonderfull. You caught me off guard I must say, because in the beginning when it is just the string section I was like where is this headed towards? At around 0:25 it began getting interesting and after that it just became ever more intriguing. I liked the differences in style, like the swing part at 0:54-1:00, which seems to come out of nowhere but fits nicely there, as well as the more romantic part at 2:10-3:00. Who performed this?

THANKS!!! It was a reading session by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra!

With such a music economy can't do nothing but revive and grows stonger than ever. Really a great piece very enthousiastic. At first I was surprised because I undestood "Renaissance as the era before baroque" ,not as rebirth

I had the same misunderstanding first. :)

I liked the piece

I had the same misunderstanding first. :)

I liked the piece

Understood! Most people think of Detroit as the Motor City but it's also called the Renaissance City!

Very good work here. I must say, my only comment really was in the sparsity of your orchestration - I like that in this piece. It really is a lively piece - with lots of distinct influences. Thanks for sharing this!

Overall excellent work and very good orchestration. And man how lucky you were to get this great reading from a world class orchestra. I'd LOVE to know how that worked out. First off the opening was excellent and the build and sharing of the monothematic material among choirs handled very well. The B theme quite lovely and for the most part you voiced some of those 7ths very well - not that easy. Good transition back - though reservations about the orchestration. Ending was pretty good but truncated - the runs and sequences could have gone on longer before the sudden drop in texture and then big brash ending.

here are some small things - in your slow section you begin an imitation - and more contrapuntal lines to begin the transition back to your A material. The problem is the tuba with the low flutes sounds clumsy and really does not enhance the contrapuntal goings on. I admire the challenge you set up, however, something double the low flutes would helped - may oboes in the strong register to support the flute lines?

Also, I hear a few odd notes - possibly wrongs notes toward the end of the A section and more in the B section - like 9ths in the bass that didn't belong.

I THINK they were just slips - but if they are meant to be I think you should revisit them.

The influence of Hindemith is very strong as well a slight slight influence of all people Leroy Anderson who was an extremely clever composer . Listen to the Typewriter song and think - man what a novel use of Three Blind Mice (and note it is note obvious). And aside fromt his novelty song he wrote some other stuff less "novel".

Here is another one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPTrk9zMVXQ&feature=related

granted his musical elements are quite lightweight - but man he could orchestrate them well.

Hi!

I enjoyed this a lot! It sounds like some sort of cross between 50's music and movie music.... don't get me wrong, I enjoyed this a lot!

The only problem I had was the harp writing: harp cannot play that triplet passage, and cannot sustain for as long as you asked. I think the harp could be used without those, and still sound great. I really enjoyed this!

Great work! I hope to hear more soon :)

Heckel

Wow! I like the way this piece takes me trough all kinds of imaginary places and shifts me trough time! I am a fan of this work! Though sometimes is a bit to chaotic for my small brains . I really enjoyed the listening!

Heckel, I would have to disagree about the harp only because the harpist played it beautifully (maybe I'm biased!)

This is excellent!