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Concerto per violino, archi e bass continuo in b minor "Paradiso e inferno". written 20.06.19 - 25.06.19. Been some time since i wrote a concerto, so here is my summer contribution. Three part concerto written in the late italian school. I. Allegro - paradiso: 4/4 time, livly tempo and fugures, high in the register of the violin (Heaven it is!), the triumph key of d major. II. Adagio - cadere dalla grazia (fall from grace) 4/4 time. slow pace, rethorical use of rets, b, minor III. Vivace - inferno, 4/4 time, fast pace, slaming fugres, chromatic downward passages (going down to hell), b minor Please tell me what you think SimenN

Composition completed on 12/16/2015 You also can watch this piece here -

Hi all, I've not posted anything here for quite a while, been busy with other things, but I've also been working to finish my first fully orchestrated piano concerto. The first movement was posted here about a year ago, but the second and third movements are new. The first movement has also been edited and hopefully improved as I added a short cadenza that I felt was missing from the first movement, as well as changing the odd passage here and there. Anyway, I'm pretty pleased with the final edit. As always, any comments are welcome and gratefully received.

Hello! This is the first symphonic work composed by me that is performed by an orchestra. There are some minor mistakes in the music, since it is a youth orchestra playing it and there was - as usual - little rehearsing time. Nevertheless, I am quite satisfied with the result! Tell me what you think and feel free to subscribe. 🙂 - Maarten Bauer

Hi, Here is a short and lyrical piece for Violin, Clarinet and Piano. My first idea was a song for Sopran and Alto, but I choose violin and clarinet instead, that's why the range of both instruments are in the sopran and alto resister. I'm looking forward to your feedback.

I can tell the mistakes 😂!! This piece is a brilliant one, that moment of 1:54 really makes me feel incredibly stressed (in the good sense, at least I bet you wanted that sensation there), I can hear the fear and the agitation on that part. I love it!

Composition completed on 12/30/2015 You also can watch this piece here -

I think there might be a problem of concept. If you want to write baroque counterpoint you must follow its rules. You can do any kind of counterpoint, but don't pretend to write in baroque style being out of it. I don't mean it's wrong, just a matter of what you want to do and .... doing it. One thing I see in this example is more parallel than contrary or oblique motion.

I've posted these before but I though I'd share it again as I made some minor edits since it was last posted on some of them. This is a set of six pieces dedicated to my daughter that I wrote around the time she was born four years ago. The keys of the pieces (loosely) spell out her name. They have a pretty large range in terms of difficulty since I initially set out to write short simple pieces suitable for an intermediate level piano student but over time, they evolved to become more thematic in nature loosely depicting a childhood scene. Here's brief description of each one: No. 1 in C major - A simple sonatina movement, perhaps depicting a child's first steps on their own. No. 2 in A major - A waltz-like piece, perhaps hinting at a young child dancing with her doll (my daughter loves to dance). No. 3 in B-flat major - A fast scherzo somewhat capturing the happy chaos of young children playing together. No. 4 in B minor - A hybrid rondo-variation form. The A theme is supposed to depict the child in various moods over the course of the day as he spends the day with his mother, starting off a little grumpy when he wakes up and ending quietly as he is put to bed. No. 5 in E minor - A set of simple variations on "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" which used to be my daughter's favorite song as a toddler. Not surprisingly this is her favorite one. No. 6 in G major - A march celebrating the transition from childhood to young adulthood.