Emiliano Manna Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 I'd like to wish you a very merry Christmas with this short medley for Chamber Orchestra quoting/variating four famous Carols: O Tannembaum, Deck the Hall, Stille Nacht and We Wish you a merry Christmas! :D (Sorry for the condensed score!) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monarcheon Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 So charming! :) The first time change into the Tannenbaum was awkward to me; a metric modulation would have been better. The reason why a chromatic passing tone isn't used in O Tannenbaum is because the same can't be done in the parallel figure, but that's up to you. The grandiose I - V in the Presto section should actually resolve once in the same dynamic because otherwise the novelty an quick-paced feeling of the movement fades a little bit. The second fast section of the Deck The Halls's bassoon part is awkward with the C naturals. I know what you're doing and it almost works, there's just a lot of other things going on at the same time. The changes out of Silent Night and into We Wish You A Merry Christmas are abrupt as well to me. F natural and F sharps in the final section are handled much better than in the Deck The Halls section, but a lot of untrained people will consider this strange. The end is very abrupt. Ending on "2" of the second phrase is a bit strange, don't you think? Anyway, these are all nitpicks on a very expertly crafted and lovely symphonic movement. Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emiliano Manna Posted December 24, 2016 Author Share Posted December 24, 2016 20 minutes ago, Monarcheon said: [...] Thank you again for your always serious and detailed insights, extremely useful for "fine tuning" issues. Happy Holidays! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dchrisanthako Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Yes, the changes between the sections are a little abrupt, but so are many transitions in rhapsodic-quoting pieces like this. Your talent and ability are obvious from the first moment so if I were you I would make the "quotes" less important and give more space for development-variations, to make it sound less like a random selection of Christmas tunes and more like a free fantasy based on them. Other than that it's really charming and briliant. You've put a smile on my face :) And that"Polka" section ROCKS!!! Merry Xmas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishyfry Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 There's nothing I can point out that hasn't already been said, but I'd like to thank you for this lovely little medley and wish you a late Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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