Fantasy for Cello and Clarinet in E Flat Minor, Opus 8

Sure, only it'll suck big time in MIDI, as it already does in this mp3 without the rubato or human sensitivity... :whistling:

Here it is:

Not to worry Berlioz, I have a great imagination. Besides I was more interested in hearing the structure than wallowing in the great music. I think a cello and clarinet make a good couple.

I like it quite a bit. I agree with some of the others though that you may be putting most cello players to quite the test from a realistic point of view. Although I don’t play the cello so I can’t really say but a lot of those triple-note cords were pretty quick, and based on the previous discussions in this thread, it may appear that they are not easy to negotiate.

Overall I enjoyed the piece quite a bit. But I did feel that it was a bit lengthy, and dare I say, uninteresting in a few places.

I can say that I cared much for measures 540 – 593 (approximately) that particular area just struck me like it was way too far removed from spirit of the rest of the piece (my personal perceptions obviously). You did seem to make a come back to the spirit of the piece, but I just felt that the piece kind of crashed at around measure 540 or so. There were a couple other areas that seemed rather devoid of rhyme or reason and, for me, didn’t seem to fit in with the rest of the piece.

Because of the size of the piece I feel that you could afford to drop a few of the lesser interesting spots or at least shorten their duration. For me, they actually distracted from what would have otherwise been a very interesting piece.

For the vast majority of it though, I though it was great! :)

Thanks for posting the midi file. I’m glad to have had a chance to experience your work.