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[Uhor]

I changed my compositional ideas and so I start a new thread with this preliminary version of a piece for Piano 4 Hands:

https://youtu.be/w9GJRXByCq4

(Please ignore the notational inconveniences.)

[krummholz]

I changed my compositional ideas and so I start a new thread with this preliminary version of a piece for Piano 4 Hands:

https://youtu.be/w9GJRXByCq4

(Please ignore the notational inconveniences.)

Oooh.... REALLY like this. Love the cross-rhythms in the outer sections and the very spare textures midway. The dynamic contrasts really work for me. How was this realised? Notation software? DAW? (I assume not actual players, but maybe...)

[Uhor]

Thank you! It was made in Sibelius + Noteperformer.

[krummholz]

Thank you! It was made in Sibelius + Noteperformer.

Exactly what I use... though I've not yet used it to write anything for piano. Good to know that such realistic-sounding playback is possible with it!

[Uhor]

Something also very tonal but for orchestra:

https://soundcloud.com/richannes-wrahms/orchestral-piece-no-0

[Uhor]

Same thing but (rather unreadable) score video:

https://youtu.be/kQSy6cYdlJc

[Uhor]

For small orchestra, this came out

Modes of Accord: https://soundcloud.com/richannes-wrahms/modes-of-accord-preliminary-version

It flows and modulates mostly between the tone centers A, C, F, G and D.

[krummholz]

For small orchestra, this came out

Modes of Accord: https://soundcloud.com/richannes-wrahms/modes-of-accord-preliminary-version

It flows and modulates mostly between the tone centers A, C, F, G and D.

I like it! It gradually develops into a livelier and livelier contrapuntal tapestry, in places very Bach-like. The ending was very much not what I was expecting though, seemingly very unresolved. Was that intentional?

[Uhor]

I like it! It gradually develops into a livelier and livelier contrapuntal tapestry, in places very Bach-like. The ending was very much not what I was expecting though, seemingly very unresolved. Was that intentional?

Your joy is welcome.

I accepted some chords in the vocabulary that would classically need resulting because of the tritone in them or have (not very conflicting) extensions, I mostly did avoid unprepared semitones or equivalent.

My intention was to end playfully in a major mode of A (think I ended up choosing the acoustic scale) since the piece begins in A Aeolian.

[Uhor]

A little experimenting this time.


Ritual prayer (for large orchestra): https://soundcloud.com/richannes-wrahms/ritual-prayer

[Uhor]

I may end up adding more counterpoint to this later, but for now:

Night, Day, Eve (for orchestra): https://soundcloud.com/richannes-wrahms/night-day-eve

[Uhor]

Some crackhead stuff which is probably not playable anyways.


Mixed Septet: https://youtu.be/-h0roOay8hU

[Uhor]

So I wrote the complete first draft of a sonata-form-like movement for Chamber Orchestra

Symphony in Gold and Silver

Exposition:
A is polychords from F, C and G Lydian.
B is dobled melodies from polychords of G, Bb and Db Dorian.
C is textures from polychords of B, C and C# Locrian.

Development:
1. a few A tutti chords to close the exposition and open the development
2. A+B juxtaposed
3. A+C juxtaposed
4. A+B+C tensely juxtaposed
5. A+B+C integrated resolutely in a "collective agreement" mode based on E Lydian, ending in a little cello solo epilogue.

Recapitulation order: C-B-A

[Uhor]

Polyphonic version for Large Orchestra

 

[Uhor]

Another one I'm proud of:

[Uhor]