Anatolia

[jcorelis]

A piece for non-standard mixed ensemble; hard to fit into any recognized genre, but I suppose the instrumentation (flute, violin, viola, cello, contrabass, oboe, clarinet, and percussion) makes it more or less classical.

The audio file was generated with software as a demo.

Audio file available on YouTube: 

Audio file available on SoundCloud.

Audio file and streaming score available on MuseScore.

Comments on any aspect welcome.

[Rons_talking]

I like this once it gets going. It has a nice ethnic feel. I'd make the opening less scale-like which is too predictable and unworthy of the music that follows.

[jcorelis]

Thanks for the comment, and for liking most of it.  The introductory passage is modelled on the convention of taxim, which is characteristic of Middle Eastern music; this is an introductory passage which states the modal scale being used and then explores the scale with an improvisation on it.  Maybe this won't be attractive to listeners unfamiliar to this style of music, but for a piece to have an authentic Middle Eastern feel, it really helps to have an introductory taxim.

[Szykneij]

Beautiful! The closing bars and final chord are both effective and affective.

My favorite Turkish restaurant is called "Anatolia" and I'd love to be listening to this while eating my Tabouli and Kibbeh.

[jcorelis]

Thanks for the comment, and for liking it.