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Hi, that's a Elegy in memory of my grandmother. She died 29th October. Elegy String Quartet in Dm.mp3

I composed the theme of Ophelia's painting, a masterpiece of John Everett Millais. Ophelia is one of the characters in Shakespeare's play 'Hamlet', who was caught up in the tragic situations of the work and became mad, drowned while making a flower crown by the stream. Ophelia in the painting looks so beautiful at first glance, but the sadness and tragic situation of Ophelia impressed me! So I combined the beauty of the painting with the tragic situations of Ophelia and expressed it in this piece! Death of Ophelia mp3.mp3

^^^ I didn't read your post because you're on my ignore list but I inadvertently read a sentence or so in the topics slot on the home page. Glad to know that you learned something from me. Music, like all communication is down to semiotics in the end.

Cool piece! The thing that stuck out the most to me was the amount of time that all parts were in rhythmic unison. It creates a very specific sound, and if that's what you're going for, then great! But it can also be nice to have rhythmic independence between the parts, whether that be in a polyphonic way or even a more varied form of homophony, with accompaniment that sustains and swirls beneath the main melody line.

This is a very skilled presentation. I seldom listen to a presenter's work - preferring to listen to sections here and there; however, I sat through the entire work. The first movement is pretty straight forward ... and carries you along nicely. The second movement - has it's moments and there is where I have some comments: the various motifs are quite lovely, yet they move about to different musical moments - some "jazzy" and some more pastoral and others yet different in feel. Also for some reason lots of the material sound somewhat familiar to my ear? The third movement similar to the first is straight forward and full of energy with a Russian tinge at moments and at other times Sibelius in the brass - the mood is flexible; however, once again I hear a bit of this and that - which also sounds familiar to my ear. It seems you are pulling ideas from many sources. I also heard a bit of a classical feel in the first movement - again fluid ideas. I especially enjoyed reviewing your orchestration. Bravo on a very good and substantial journey! Mark

Oh wow, this is super rad. You put a ton of work into this and it shows, extremely well done. The beginning I think is flawless