Day 6 - Mammals and Human Beings, from "The Creation"

This is my first uploaded composition here. This is part of a much larger work that I'm in the middle of, about the creation of the world (from the perspective of Genesis), for a symphony orchestra. The final work will have 7 movements, one for each day, and each movement will capture the mood of what was created on that day, and be unique from the other movements in style, rhythm, orchestration, etc.. Other things that I'm putting effort into are flow of each individual movement in relation to the whole piece, and each day will connect to the next in a different way (think Dark Side of the moon transitions... for example). This is the piano part (not reduction) of Day 6, when mammals and human beings were created. I have general ideas about the orchestration of this, but have not had time to begin it yet. Ultimately the orchestra will provide extra support and color to the piano, but the piano will contain most of the music in itself (so this movement will be a quasi piano concerto).

Some notes about the midi playback of this -

1. the trill in the first few bars is meant to sound steadily increased. the way it's notated is not to be taken literally, but the MIDI does, and it sounds terrible! - please ignore that.

2. everything up to the repetition is supposed to sound quiet and pretty staccato, then after 1:45 it should repeat with pedal and more liveliness - an effect the midi doesn't capture, and can sound boring. the middle slow section should be very pedaled, as is the last "recap" at 3:55.

3. lots of other nuances that midi cant capture, mostly in different ways to shade the repetitive bass lines - but i suppose we all suffer from it.

hopefully i can record myself playing this soon at good quality. i recently played this at this arts festival, i have yet to receive the audio recording of it, and if it's good, will post it here. let me know what you think, and what you find (if at all) that relates to Day 6's creation. thanks, hope you enjoy

Day6_piano.mid

Day6_Piano.pdf

Day6_piano.sib

I think it was a pretty clever piece.

The descent from the high treble against a steady bass in the opening creates the picture of something coming from heaven to earth. Maybe it's God turning his attention to the earth to create life on it.

The middle section against staccato bass is so lively it almost had me moving to it. I could imagine all the animals being created and scurrying about in a flurry of activity.

Then, at bar 73 something notable is happening. All the animals are curious and look on quietly. Man comes into existence! Then it's one giant party again. At bar 137 the day is draws to a close and everybody goes to sleep.

It was a fun listen.

Thanks for posting.

I can't wait to hear the orchestral arrangement!

Thanks for your comments. yrogerg: While composing the piece, I didn't write it with your types of descriptions in mind, but rather a general mood of that day. Looking back though, I was able to backwards interpret it similar to the way you did (therefore I'm not sure if I subconsciously intended for all of it, or if it's somewhat by chance...). Either way, I'm glad you could hear it like that.

I don't know what to make of the lack of comments I received here so far. I'll just have to wait it out more.

I don't know what to make of the lack of comments I received here so far. I'll just have to wait it out more.

I'm relatively new too but that seems to be the way it is here.