Fugue in C minor - 4 voices (in homage to Bach) original composition

[themeandvariation]

Hi Friends,
 This is  my latest composition.. Even after finishing the writing, it still took me a week to play it.
(It will still need to sink into my bones a bit more, but i believe the impression is quite strong.)
It navigates to the distant key of B minor at around the middle, where the theme is inverted in the soprano  while playing with the theme Uninverted in the bass..
There are perhaps 4 'stretto' passages, the most obvious one being at the end.
This piece was quite challenging to write, with many drafts…
I am very interested to get feedback..
All comments are very much appreciated, and if anyone has any helpful criticism, i am all ears..
Thank you for listening.

https://soundcloud.com/upinsmoke-4/fugue-in-c-minor-4-voices


 

[josh93248]

I really lack the knowledge and ears to make an informed judgement...

But that said this is my favourite piece by you yet  And I don't really have any criticism.

A wonderful mixture of baroque with modern touches and pianistic approaches. Really good. I would love to hear more work in this vein, if you so wish theme. Good luck and keep em coming

And an awesome ending too

[themeandvariation]

I am glad you liked it..

Your description was something i was focusing on while writing - those qualities in particular.
(You totally read what i was going for).
I may write a prelude to go with it, but, i would write a few others (or more) before attempting another fugue.. and so tricky to play - (with emotion and mind) . I will attempt another recording in a week, after it has settled more - and perhaps with a little less rubato 
Thank you so much for listening Josh.

[ajlongspiano]

Wonderful job!

[themeandvariation]

Thanks aj   
That means a lot - as i know you put yourself in the throws of composing as well.
I appreciate you taking the time to listen.

[dcstudio]

Nice sequencing... cool. lots and lots of Bach-ness...

I also enjoyed the overall presentation very much--might I suggest using the picardy third in the final cadence? IMO it would really add to the Baroque-ness of it...lol.  

just a thought...it sounds great just the way it is..    

I love the original compositions we get here at PS...it is by far my favorite thing about this forum...hearing music being performed by the composer--there is just nothing like it.  

  We should have an original composition.. competition or showcase of some kind... so many of us here play our own music.

or--and I like this idea better... we write something and then have another member play it--see how we interpret another's original compositions.  that would be kinda cool  ( I am calling "dibs" on ajlongs--prelude in A minor right now...)

or---pick one original composition and we all play it and post our interpretations.

or-- we could compose a theme and variations using a member's original work...

or--arrange another member's original composition in a different style

I really think something like that would bring these beautiful works to many more members here...  it might inspire them to try and play some of these pieces---maybe it would even encourage a few of them to try composing...  

plus is would be lots of fun  

what do you think?  

[ajlongspiano]

Solid idea.

[josh93248]

Good Ideas DC, hopefully something along those lines can be started.

[dcstudio]

well cool..    so I will post this as a topic and see what happens

let's hope we can get the ball rolling

[themeandvariation]

I am glad you enjoyed it dc! 
Curious, the Picardy 3rd-- switching to the major as the last chord.. I do like that idea in some situations… Not sure about with this one though.. But I do appreciate you thinking about the compositional structure.. With the last beat i was at first going to fill in the (Cminor) chord, but i realized that the minor sound was already  implied, so i chose something more severe - all lines ending on the note c. I was also attracted to the simplicity of a single tone end..

I like your idea of a showcase.. (not really attracted to the idea of a competition).. I'll respond more on the thread you started with this subject.

Thanks so much for listening dc.  

[dcstudio]

I am leaning way more towards showcase, too.

and to be honest-- I just wanted to type "Picardy third"....you know,  too show you my vast knowledge of Baroque terminology.  I thought maybe it would impress you...lol besides how often in life is one offered the opportunity to make such a suggestion?...  really..lol. After all those theory classes  I couldn't resist.

[themeandvariation]

@dc
 it worked. i was impressed

[dcstudio]

   .... yeah   what can I say...  I just seem to have that affect on folks.  lol.

now there's a bunch of people out there who are aware of this mysterious Picardy third thing... and we defined it for them and filled that gaping hole in their musical vocabulary.


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