Ron's Talking's Compositions

[Rons_talking]

Variations on a Chromatic Theme


https://soundcloud.com/ronald-roumanis/var-chr-1?in=ronald-roumanis/sets/piano-sonata-24-opus-162

[Karl Henning]

Variations on a Chromatic Theme

https://soundcloud.com/ronald-roumanis/var-chr-1?in=ronald-roumanis/sets/piano-sonata-24-opus-162

Nicely done, Ron!

[Rons_talking]

Nicely done, Ron!

Thanks Karl.

I have prolonged a few of the ideas while making a separate work out of the ending. The Fantasy wound up sounding a bit like T. Monk and the other shorter work I call the Motor Dance...

https://soundcloud.com/ronald-roumanis/var-chr-3?in=ronald-roumanis/sets/rhapsody-monk

[Rons_talking]

New works for flute, clarinet, cello and piano (quartet)

So far, a fast and a slow...

https://soundcloud.com/ronald-roumanis/sets/outdoor-scenes-for-flute

[Rons_talking]

I've composed a third movement to the piece above....Here are all three; two short-fast and one slow.

https://soundcloud.com/ronald-roumanis/sets/outdoor-scenes-for-flute

[Rons_talking]

From the 6th string quartet; I tried to be consistent from movement to movement, but it's not very uniform. There's an atonal movement, one in the middle and one that's clearly diatonic in language

https://soundcloud.com/ronald-roumanis/sets/string-quartet-opus-164

[Rons_talking]

Here is a new quartet with winds and piano.

https://soundcloud.com/ronald-roumanis/awind-piano?in=ronald-roumanis/sets/wind-trio-and-piano-opus-165

and the slow movement
https://soundcloud.com/ronald-roumanis/bwind-quart-165?in=ronald-roumanis/sets/wind-trio-and-piano-opus-165

[Rons_talking]

As some of my recent works have been episodic in nature, I decided to make this sonata movement more firmly crafted--yet hopefully not predictable. There are two theme groups. The 32nd note semitone figure, and the ascending 4th quasi tonal arpeggio (and chords).

Here it is...

https://soundcloud.com/ronald-roumanis/sets/sonata-24-opus-166

[Karl Henning]

Keep up the good work, Ron!

[Cato]

Keep up the good work, Ron!

Amen!

As far as a work being "Episodic," all works are episodic in one sense: it is a matter if the episodes have connections of some sort.  Remember, even silence can be a connector (cf. Anton Bruckner ).   

[Rons_talking]

Amen!

As far as a work being "Episodic," all works are episodic in one sense: it is a matter if the episodes have connections of some sort.  Remember, even silence can be a connector (cf. Anton Bruckner ).   

Thanks for the input...here's the latest version of the work...
https://soundcloud.com/ronald-roumanis/sets/sonata-24-opus-166

[Rons_talking]

Here is the finale (3rd mov.) to my thorny piano sonata. It's very dense in motivic relations based upon  two harmonic structures and a propulsive rhythm that begins w/ 3/4  6/8 interplay. I was thinking Ginestera in tone but it's more like Bartok or Peterson. I spent quite some time adding some silence to the note-abundant texture. Though complex, it's short--2 minutes. Included is the 3rd. mov. score and the a-files of the other two movements. It's my shortest sonata.

https://soundcloud.com/ronald-roumanis/sets/sonata-24-opus-166

[Rons_talking]

Here's the score for sonata 24 3rd movement (see above).

[Rons_talking]

Here is my first try composing for guitar and orchestra. I shy away since there are so many guitarists-turned composers out there. But in our unfortunate reality people respond to what they can see, so I get more music cred by playing for less than  a minute rather than composing a mass or symphony.... Here is the opening...





https://soundcloud.com/ronald-roumanis/sets/guitar-and-orchestra-opus-167

[Rons_talking]

Here is the slow movement to my guitar concerto...

https://soundcloud.com/ronald-roumanis/2nd-mov-guitar-orch?in=ronald-roumanis/sets/guitar-and-orchestra-opus-167

[Rons_talking]

I'm writing a suite for solo guitar. Here's the first piece...

https://soundcloud.com/ronald-roumanis/suite-for-guitar-opus-168?in=ronald-roumanis/sets/solo-guitar-set

[Rons_talking]

Here's the final, fast movement of my guitar concerto:

https://soundcloud.com/ronald-roumanis/3rd-guitar-1?in=ronald-roumanis/sets/guitar-and-orchestra-opus-167

[Rons_talking]

Here are the first three works from mu suite for solo guitar.

https://soundcloud.com/ronald-roumanis/sets/solo-guitar-set

[Rons_talking]

Here's my first concerto for guitar. It's difficult to attain balance in concert but I tried to leave space for the soloistic lines. How does it sound?

https://soundcloud.com/ronald-roumanis/sets/guitar-and-orchestra-opus-167?fbclid=IwAR3cm6QU80FAAMhoV7aKHl-Sw97MuqloaNQtxC_Fg1yRPrfStybEWqZ09eI

[Uhor]

Interesting orchestration. Sometimes trying to lift up the guitar with contrast from below.