I stumbled across this piece I wrote some time ago for Velvet Brown's studio. I can expand it...eventually
Mark 3:17 James son of Zebedee and his brother John (to them he gave the name Boanerges, which means “sons of thunder”)
Update (2020 02 12): Piece has been rewritten and performed. Hope you'll enjoy!
That's an awesome way to phrase that Yeah, this was a part of daily sketches series (short piece everyday) but that's no excuse, I suppose. I should have had the mind to vary the harmonies. Score's attached for you!
I agree that's definitely a shortcoming. Hopefully it didn't impact the experience too much!
Nice work. Augmented 4th double stops and octaves (some of them) are a bit awkward at the speed given, but that's fine. Something that could improve the score is articulation markings. There's a few different styles that these markings could bring out a little more clearly.
More homophonic texture would be nice especially in some of the more laid-back groove parts, just because it also contrasts to the prior polyphony.
Cheers!