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Author: adrianallan
Date: 2012-08-06 00:12
I want to share with you my latest piece - a reverie for clarinet and piano
I hope that you like this; any comments or suggestions much appreciated
Running time 8 mins
Soundcloud mock up
http://soundcloud.com/adrianallan/reverie
PDF file
https://www.box.com/s/3852b3db9bba8bafb23e
sorry about this repeat thread
tried to delete but can't!
Post Edited (2012-08-06 00:24)
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Author: cigleris
Date: 2012-08-06 09:44
Sounds interesting, if you'd like to send me a copy I'll happily look through it. Always looking for new works by living composers.
Peter Cigleris
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Author: adrianallan
Date: 2012-08-06 15:33
e-mail sent
If anyone else wants the latest version of this e-mailed to them, please let me know - several improvements made since the links posted here.
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Author: jvanullen
Date: 2012-08-06 20:52
I'd love to take a look at it! Currently programming a recital and I love new music.
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Author: adrianallan
Date: 2012-08-07 15:52
Sent about 4 of these out now - anyone else want a copy, please message me.
Any feedback also appreciated as writing music is always a continual learning process.
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Author: oldvter
Date: 2012-08-08 16:05
I would love to take a look. I am programming a recital for January also.
Thanks!
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Author: MarlboroughMan
Date: 2012-08-08 16:33
Nice piece, very much in the English Pastoral vein, and reminscent of Vaughan Williams, Finzi, Howells, Bliss, et al.
For what it's worth, I hope someone will really be able to update this style--perhaps your work is a starting place. The trouble with the style, for many composers, is that, while beautiful in itself, it can lead to a type of emotional stagnation--almost a wallowing. Vaughan Williams, more than any other, avoided this problem--if you are a fan of his symphonies, you'll know how. He could bathe in the melancholy countryside with the best of them, but knew how to be steely stern with his emotions (his one act opera Riders to the Sea shows a bit how), and wasn't afraid to saw a piece open from the inside with an uncompromising inner violence (the scherzo of the 6th symphony comes to mind).
I've only heard this one piece of yours, but it demonstrates a sensitivity to many of the musical values that the earlier "English Musical Rennaisance" composers also held dear. If you haven't already dug very deeply into RVW, I'd encourage it--he was able to take this emotional world and expand the style to something encompassing a tremendous amount of human experience. You might find inspiration, and more--a point of departure for even more work.
Best of luck, and thanks for the piece.
Eric
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The Jazz Clarinet
http://thejazzclarinet.blogspot.com/
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Author: adrianallan
Date: 2012-08-11 12:58
Thanks so much for the detailed reply. Yes, I suppose that I am influenced by that pastoral vein, but perhaps make the obvious mistake of seeing this as the "character" of the instrument, or the safest way to write expressive music for it.
I play a little myself, and as I improve I will perhaps move away from that, and have the instrument squeeking around the altissimo register as I explore the instrument's possibilities.
I'm on holiday now, but have logged into a McDonald's Wifi to post a few more e-mails off to interested people.
Thanks
adrian
Post Edited (2012-08-11 13:03)
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Author: adrianallan
Date: 2012-08-11 13:07
oldvter - please pm me or give me your e-mail an I'll send you a copy; unless you are "Bob" in which case, i've already e-mailed you.
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Author: adrianallan
Date: 2012-08-25 18:13
Attachment: reverie clarinet and piano12.pdf (116k)
I have had some valuable feedback here and elsewhere and re-arranged many sections of the piano part, which were too static.
This is the re-done mock up using nice samples
http://soundcloud.com/adrianallan/reverie-new-latest-revison
Score is above
parts on request
cheers
Post Edited (2012-08-25 18:15)
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Author: MooreMrcs95
Date: 2012-08-25 20:24
it sounds really great. I would love to play it at a recital.
Clarinet player in high school
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Author: adrianallan
Date: 2012-08-25 20:46
please do; I only write music with the hope that sometime people will play my pieces (I've had a few performances of other pieces so far, which is much appreciated)
- pm me if you want the pdf for the clarinet part alone.
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