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Hi everyone! I'm writing a pastoral-themed partita for solo violin. Here are the first two movements, which portray leaving the city for a long trip into the country, and the first moment of tranquility upon entering open country. Many more movements to follow, each one a short vignette from the trip. My goal for this project is to write music that will appeal to anyone who has ever enjoyed exploring one's own country, and bring out the sense of wonder that comes from getting out into the wide open spaces. I like to picture a violinist actually performing this second movement outside in the high desert, with the wind and the sun and the single violin voice singing a solitary song. All feedback is welcome.

This is a piece I started on in Fall, 2020. I sort of forgot about it for a time because a different project took priority for me. However, I want to make a few final changes to this and call it a completed piece. One of the changes will be the title: I plan to call the piece simply "Baptism". This was suggested by my organ teacher. He said it would help to make the piece seem more useful to a church organist as it could be used for any topic relating to baptism in general, not just the baptism of Jesus. I would love to hear if anyone has any suggestions for the piece, as I am about to start revising it.

The sliding is very intriguing! It reminds me a bit of a sitar. Have you ever considered incorporating some Eastern harmonies into your music? You could use that slide technique to great effect, and create something that sounds really unique.

Thanks for the feedback, I'm glad you enjoyed it! I agree with your assessment that this isn't very concerto-like, but 'concerto' seemed like the best word to use... perhaps 'Suite', 'Popular Suite' or something might actually be more appropriate to reflect the compositional focus of the work (which isn't developmental per se)? The 5th movement has cameos from the 2nd and 4th movements in the slow piano solo near the end, it's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment really... the glissandi are taken from the 3rd movement. Also, you're right about the divisi notation! Best do that in future for the sake of the performers...