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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