Suíte Lacustre (Lake Suite)

This is a suite made of some new and not-so-new material. The name "Lake Suite" (Suíte Lacustre) comes from the surname of my friend Deborah Lago (lago = lake, in Portuguese), to whom this suite is dedicated.

The movements are:

1 - Prelude
2 - Cantabile
3 - Elegy
4 - Ricercare
5 - Interlude
6 - Toccata

Wonderful.

Of course there are no flaw points, so I prefer to say something about the wohole work.

One of the things I like is that you (usally) use Forms. I think they are important as a frame for a composition like this one. Most people say that Forms are old-fashioned and don’t spend an hour studying them. They’re wrong. Studying Forms, in their basic structure and functionality doesn’t take much time, and the possibilities open new ways. Forms are as a tool, we don’t need to stick exactly to what they were in classic times. For this reason, I love the structure of your “Suíte Lacustre”.

Besides, this is something I’d like to ask. The way yu work harmonies are really inspiring. I’m always sarching and trying other harmonic systems arousing from exotic and synthetic scales. Do you follow a system like that, or similar, or you treat tonal harmony freely?

Best regards.

Luis.

Thanks a lot for the compliments^^

4 hours ago, Luis Hernández said:

One of the things I like is that you (usally) use Forms. I think they are important as a frame for a composition like this one. Most people say that Forms are old-fashioned and don’t spend an hour studying them. They’re wrong. Studying Forms, in their basic structure and functionality doesn’t take much time, and the possibilities open new ways. Forms are as a tool, we don’t need to stick exactly to what they were in classic times. For this reason, I love the structure of your “Suíte Lacustre”.

Yes, I do like forms. Especially structures from classical music genres.

4 hours ago, Luis Hernández said:

Besides, this is something I’d like to ask. The way yu work harmonies are really inspiring. I’m always sarching and trying other harmonic systems arousing from exotic and synthetic scales. Do you follow a system like that, or similar, or you treat tonal harmony freely?

I don't have "a system", but I kind of get inspired by impressionist harmony, especially "Ravel, the god". Other than that, I just try to be free and experiment^^