Sojar Voglar Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 This is one of my recent choral pieces. It is gentle, easy-going piece in simple tonal language with some extended harmonies. Not much else to say about this music. Just listen and comment if you have time. Thanks! PDF ave verum corpus natum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pateceramics Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Between the cluster chords and the freely repeated text sections, this reminds me a lot of Whitacre's "Cloudburst." I like that it's all very accessible note-wise. Anyone who has a group that can tune well should be able to put it together very quickly for a concert. Beautifully done! Thanks for the video! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monarcheon Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Really lovely ending to this song! I get this is mostly about color, but I was expecting a place with wider range for texture and volume as a kind of textural climax, and I see your forte sections as a means to that end, but it's a bit of a limited range, in my opinion. But that's possibly a personal thing only. Very good writing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maarten Bauer Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Beautiful, restul and emotional colours! Well done and thank you very much for sharing this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Quince Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Hi Sojar, Lovely choral writing! I love the colors you get with the cluster chords and the free notation. A couple of comments, though: 1. If I'm reading your score correctly, mm. 44-47 are the climactic moment of the piece. But, echoing @Monarcheon, there's an anti-climactic feel to them. Looking back to Hindemith's principle of managing tension through dissonance, a lot of the color chords fall into groups III and IV, but the climactic passage contains only group I and II chords, which are less dissonant (and in Hindemith's theory, less intense). Here is a listing of Hindemith's chord categories, for reference: http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~pdhesterman/old/analysis/hindemith.html 2. Rhythmically, the string of quarter notes starting m. 35 is unsatisfying after the rhythmically dynamic tenor/bass chant in mm. 23-32. It would add a lot of unity if a little of the rhythmic energy from the chant carried over into the next section, even if it's only in the form of a couple of dotted quarter/eighth pairs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkatona Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 A very nice composition. I love your use of cluster harmony and rich texture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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