Quintet for oboe, strings and piano - score and live recording

Hi,

I'd like to share with you a short piece I wrote for piano, strings and oboe. It's the third movement of a larger piece (the slowest one). Attached are the score and a recording made with my brothers and sisters during a rehearsal. Please let me know what you think of it,

Best regards,

Paul

• nicely written- its clear that your intentions for this piece was ambience and mood with a focus on harmony. This was conveyed well. 
• Since this is part of a larger work, I cant comment too much stylistically since it needs context.
  • m9-19 was well written with the voices interacting nicely. I wish that there was more interplay between lines in the later half of the piece.
• In regards to timbre, it felt like I needed another WW (maybe flute). Something to bring more warmth to the composition, and to balance out the heavy mid register (violin, viola, oboe).

Likeable and pleasant. A nice combo. Well-crafted harmony if on the conventional side.

The failing was in the recording unfortunately but the music and message got through well enough. Did you have it set to automatic recording level? What mic did you use?

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On 4/10/2021 at 6:29 AM, kwokon987 said:

• nicely written- its clear that your intentions for this piece was ambience and mood with a focus on harmony. This was conveyed well. 
• Since this is part of a larger work, I cant comment too much stylistically since it needs context.
  • m9-19 was well written with the voices interacting nicely. I wish that there was more interplay between lines in the later half of the piece.
• In regards to timbre, it felt like I needed another WW (maybe flute). Something to bring more warmth to the composition, and to balance out the heavy mid register (violin, viola, oboe).

 

Thank you very much for your comments, I don't really have much room to change the orchestration, since it was meant to be played with my siblings. I don't know if I would be confortable writing for flute, oboe and strings, wouldn't it make to many solo instruments in comparaison with the accompaniment? The heavy mid register may also be due to the fact that the violon isn't really given the opportunity to use its higher register, I will keep you remark in mind for the remaning movement to be written (the second one).

On 4/10/2021 at 2:16 PM, Quinn said:

Likeable and pleasant. A nice combo. Well-crafted harmony if on the conventional side.

The failing was in the recording unfortunately but the music and message got through well enough. Did you have it set to automatic recording level? What mic did you use?

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Thanks for this comment. Unfortunately I don't have any recording equipment, therefore it was recorded with a smartphone, hence the poor quality...

23 hours ago, PDdLB said:

Thank you very much for your comments, I don't really have much room to change the orchestration, since it was meant to be played with my siblings. I don't know if I would be confortable writing for flute, oboe and strings, wouldn't it make to many solo instruments in comparaison with the accompaniment? The heavy mid register may also be due to the fact that the violon isn't really given the opportunity to use its higher register, I will keep you remark in mind for the remaning movement to be written (the second one).

 

• Its great that you're writing for your siblings, its a great chance to hear your music live. What I meant by adding a flute and mentioning the heavy mid register is that you've tended to write the instruments in overlapping registers. I wanted you to consider whether or not you wanted to open the range of the piece more for variety. 
  • Its not so much a problem, but just something to think about.
    • overly tight writing only becomes a problem when it is used too much (this can be an effect...) it can become tiring to a listeners ears.
• I'm excited to hear your next movement 🙂