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Prélude à dormir


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This is a piece I wrote a few years ago,  to be part of a larger work, but I didn’t write the rest of it.

The title translates to “prelude to sleep”. I wanted to capture those moments before you fall to sleep. So it’s a pretty minimal piece for strings, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, harp and celesta. 

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I love your harmony in this piece!  Your main thematic material is alternating on that 5th interval back and forth while you have the bass come in a 5th below that which creates just the most wonderful sonority and definitely among my favorite ways to make an interesting harmony that isn't just stereo-typically tonic-like.  Is that harp and celesta?  I love your usage of these instruments with the flute scalar runs!  I have a topic I started that talks about this kind of harmony - Ever build harmony by stacking down?  I think the piece also does a great job of describing a person who's on the brink of sleep, maybe struggling to fall or stay asleep.  I can definitely hear that in there.  Thanks for sharing!

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On 3/15/2023 at 1:45 AM, PeterthePapercomPoser said:

I love your harmony in this piece!  Your main thematic material is alternating on that 5th interval back and forth while you have the bass come in a 5th below that which creates just the most wonderful sonority and definitely among my favorite ways to make an interesting harmony that isn't just stereo-typically tonic-like.  Is that harp and celesta?  I love your usage of these instruments with the flute scalar runs!  I have a topic I started that talks about this kind of harmony - Ever build harmony by stacking down?  I think the piece also does a great job of describing a person who's on the brink of sleep, maybe struggling to fall or stay asleep.  I can definitely hear that in there.  Thanks for sharing!

 

Yes, it's harp and celesta. The harp is the time keeper, meant to symbolize a ticking clock. 

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