Markus Boyd Posted September 11 Posted September 11 Thought I would share this as an ongoing project. I will be jumping into the development section soon. This is my first serious work for full scale orchestra. As many will know from my other work I tend to focus on chamber music. I hope it is engaging (I have been experimenting a little how I can keep the listener on edge with sudden, unexpected harmonic shifts and contrasting dynamics). 1 Quote
PeterthePapercomPoser Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago Hey @Markus Boyd! What a brooding introduction in A minor! The transition to the main theme in A major seems a bit wonky though. The chord four bars before the Allegro begins (I can't see the bar number in the video) is a German 6th of V (a C, E, G, A#). In the classical style, this chord should resolve to V 6/4 or II, tonicizing the V - E major. Maybe you could draw out the transition into some kind of longer macro-tonal scheme to arrive at A major more smoothly? It really seems sudden and tacked on right now. Especially since that high E in the Flute goes to D# before resolving back to an E on the downbeat of the Allegro .. it definitely sounds like it wants to resolve to V. But I really like the style of this classical symphony so far! It's not quite Mozartean nor Haydnesque .. it's all your own with an idiosyncratic use of space in the orchestration that neither of the aforementioned composers practiced! I especially like the Cello and Viola line in bars 52 - 55. Another bar that bothers me is 99. Correct me if I'm wrong but it seems like the chord there is a suspended 7th chord? D, Fx, A, C is how I see it spelled which makes a D suspended dominant 7th chord. I am not sure how I would resolve this chord. Perhaps I expect the chromatic motion in the Bassoon to go from D#, to D down to C#? But overall this is coming along quite nicely! I'm looking forward to hearing the development section next! Great job and thanks for sharing! Quote
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