Archishman Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Here's a Fantasy. Even late romantics, when they wrote fantasies, had some kind of form. Chopin's Fantasie is distinctly a rondo. Mine's formless. I have tried to keep it through-composed and episodic, akin to maybe a Hugo Wolf lied. Episode I in F major: A cantabile section, melody in the bass. I stole this style from Lohengrin and I proudly admit it. Episode II in F sharp minor: This was born out of an improvisation so will feel the way. A theme materializes that goes to D flat and back to F sharp minor. Episode III in D flat major: Simple cadences, Mozartian in attempt. A candenza section left open in there. Episode IV in D flat major: The triplets are back. Maybe a bit cliche. Trying to imitate trombone lines. A brief interlude in an A major French sixth. 6-4 return in D flat. Recalls a candential motif from Episode I and makes it bombastic. Finally, ends recalling the absolute beginning. I am thoroughly disappointed in the software of course and it comes nowhere near the way I originally intended it to be played. It could play it if I practiced it. But at 20 or so pages, I simply don't have the time. Apologies. Hope you enjoy all the same and have the patience to give ear to one of my longer works. sincerely ~Archis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luis Hernández Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Ep. I. Interesting, very beautiful and the rhythmic motive is nice. But it's restless, a little bit of contrast would be OK. I think some parts are quite difficult having in mind the right hand is in endless tremolando and has to do other things. Ep. II is even better, for me. A bit of anarchy in themes and development (but you told that in your post). What I don't like very much is that there are many octave-doubling in the bass. I think that's good to emphasize some parts, but so long..., it seems you don't know how to improve that part (I don't think it's the case, of course). The second part of this episode is very beautiful. Ep. III Very smooth modulation. (You shoud have written a cadenza!). I think this melts with the final part, also smoothly. Ep. IV Tha part in A maj is good as a contrast, in general the motive here has more variation. I think it's a very good work, I enjoyed listening to it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monarcheon Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 I. I agree with Luis on variation. I know episodic format focuses on a certain pattern, but the variation in pattern is what creates music flow. It does a good enough job here with the shifting tonalities, but consistency has a gray area. II. From 101 on, I kind of lost interest in this particular episode. What you had built was so lovingly mysterious but gradually lost that to a something a little more basic. I was expecting more of this from III from your description. III. Great modulation into this portion. Loved it. The modern take on old harmonic form is great here too. IV. It's not so much clichéd as it is just begging for change a little bit. Callbacks to original motifs is just objectively good music writing, but the reason why Sonata-allegro form works so well is that things change... in this case, I think making them a lot more dramatic both in terms of volume and range (maybe in harmony too a bit) would help it from feeling so similar. Overall, ambitious and well-executed work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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