celloman99 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 I am just composing this for fun (not for my composition lessons). It is supposed to be depicting some sort of nature-themed idea (hence, Nature Documentary); however, that is just a working title for now. The piece is pretty much through-composed, other than a hint at an A B A' type of overall form. If you have any comments or ideas, please let me know! Thanks MP3 Play / pause JavaScript is required. 0:00 0:00 volume > next menu Nature Documentary > next PDF Nature Documentary - Score Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giacomo925 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Hi! I like very much the passage on bars 22ff., the winds and plucked strings work very nicely together. Also the harmonic color is nice, as it is in bars 30-31, quite moving. My only criticism would be around measure 41, as the entrance of the clarinet sounds a bit abrupt to me. Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Reiger Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Nice piece! Your melodic writing is lovely, and I think the strings-woodwinds-piano combo works very well together. My main criticism is that the orchestration seems pretty sparse at times. I think it works well in some places (like bar 56 until the end), and it's nice to contrast sparser bits with lusher ones, but I think it would be nice to have more of a background texture going on in more places, to really convey the 'soundworld' of the nature scene you're trying to evoke. You might want to add more woodwinds and/or a larger string section to help with this (up to you of course). Other comments: I'm not a huge fan of the repeated woodwind notes in the opening, and that woodwind unison in bars 62-63 would sound better as a chord, IMO. Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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