April 19, 20214 yr This is an ancient melody, spread from East Europe to West Asia. I love armenian chant, and I suppose I only know it in its "modern" version. I took this melody, which is, in fact, a monody, arranged it, added transition parts, harmonized and orchestrated it fully.
April 20, 20214 yr This is amazing! Wonderful orchestration and harmonization! I love how you combine all the instruments in turns giving them an interesting role. Also, I like the short chromatic bridge as it creates a really nice contrast.
April 24, 20214 yr This is great! I really like you blended the different voices and passed the melody around the orchestra. One example I really liked is the piccolo and oboe on the upbeats echoing the melody in the flute and clarinet on pg. 11-12. One question I have is why you decided to only have single woodwind players? I think in some sections where the strings have the melody the woodwinds would get lost underneath the texture, whereas if there were two players it would be easier to balance. The other thing I'll add, and maybe this is just personal taste, but I thought the brass was underutilized from a melodic standpoint. Since you do so well blending the other voices, maybe experiment with giving the melody to a solo horn, trumpet, or trombone from time to time? Otherwise, great piece of music, I enjoyed listening!
April 25, 20214 yr Author On 4/24/2021 at 7:02 PM, gmm said: This is great! I really like you blended the different voices and passed the melody around the orchestra. One example I really liked is the piccolo and oboe on the upbeats echoing the melody in the flute and clarinet on pg. 11-12. One question I have is why you decided to only have single woodwind players? I think in some sections where the strings have the melody the woodwinds would get lost underneath the texture, whereas if there were two players it would be easier to balance. The other thing I'll add, and maybe this is just personal taste, but I thought the brass was underutilized from a melodic standpoint. Since you do so well blending the other voices, maybe experiment with giving the melody to a solo horn, trumpet, or trombone from time to time? Otherwise, great piece of music, I enjoyed listening! I don’t like the flute and the oboe very much. So, I change one each two by a piccolo and an English horn. I think the balance depends on several things....
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