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Thanks Peter, once again, for your comments. It was a big piece for me and took a long time, I wasn't trying to mimic the exact birds, but I did take a lot of walks birding when the pandemic hit, and this piece was my impression of those experiences.

Thanks Peter, I really appreciate your comment. The balance of simplicity and complexity is definitely a goal I want to reach with everything. I'm new to this site, but would be interested to hear something of yours!

I like this piece. As the previous member has said it has a simplicity about it which is really endearing and engaging. It reminded me of Spiegel im Spiegel by Arvo Part in its development. Its really nicely executed as well. Thanks for sharing it. Good luck with the Youtube channel.

I feel like there are many elements which contribute to a kind of general feeling of being lost musically in this piece. The most important thing I think is that the main melody should always be brought out (unless the piece you're writing is a contrapuntal showcase like a fugue which thrives on polyphony and independence of multiple voices which this piece doesn't do). Very often the melody is drowned out by lots of extra (and sometimes much more unnecessary sounding) notes. Like the almost constant alberti bass you use in this piece doesn't really work well - it makes it sound like a note salad (and also it keeps the piece's forward motion which I think was your intent but there are lots of other ways of doing that). The melodies are also quite often disconnected from each other and I hear many run-on phrases that keep going on and on and cycling through different harmonies as a kind of default way of just finding a way to keep continuing further and further without much logic. Towards the end you also introduce 16th notes which kind of come out of nowhere and have no relation to previous material. On the other hand you do build a nice retransition back to the introductory material that creates a nice crescendo and sounds very dramatic. Thanks for sharing and keep it up!

I love the simple piano introduction and how the violin slowly joins in the lines. It seems to come from the same universe of sound as Erik Satie's pieces. This however seems somehow more substantial than that. I think this piece does a very good job of balancing simplicity and complexity. Everything in this piece is carefully considered and artfully executed. It would have been easy to turn this piece into something kitschy but you created a beauty. Nice job and thanks for sharing!

I think this piece does a great job of establishing a mood and sustaining it. You're obviously rhythmically skilled because you don't seem to feel the need to stick to your originally 5/8 ostinato theme which changes often to 6/8 and 4/4 in the contrasting section in the middle. I feel like the kind of energy and development you use in this piece is reminiscent of minimalism even if you don't establish and transform ostinatos that continue throughout the whole piece. The melodic rhythms in the piece are actually quite birdlike and bring to mind nature. It's as if a bird composed this piece and used the technique of melodic mining to use their natural "speech" patterns to produce melodies. The return to the original material from the start of the piece feels pretty natural to me. The piece progresses quite naturally and logically to me. And the use of winds and piccolo specifically makes the piece sound very birdlike. Thanks for sharing!

beautiful piece and wonderfully performed. Would to get a copy of this piece to play-Ballade in F-sharp minor sheet music how can i purchase a copy from you valdez

I listened to this twice, and liked it more after the second hearing. Here are some comments, both pro and con, hopefully constructive: PRO: You build some really nice textures over your repeating ostinato patterns. There’s enough variation in these textures to keep things interesting and create motion. The changes happening around 2:00, 3:00, 4:30, and 7:05 are especially good. The orchestration is colorful and makes me want to listen more deeply. There may be more there than meets the ear (which coming from me is a big compliment, BTW). If you’re willing to share the score, I’d like to see it. The piece is pleasant and upbeat. Assuming that’s what you were going for, it’s successful on that level. There are some brief moments of darkness or potential conflict, but these serve to contrast with and highlight the brightness of the rest of the music. CON: While the piece has a lot of energy, the energy feels mechanical and not at all birdlike. The music doesn’t fit the title, and I think you’re actually doing yourself a disservice by implying that the piece is supposed to be representational or evocative. It doesn’t succeed in that sense, even though it does stand on its own as a purely musical thought. The repeating ostinato patterns that work so well in the first half of the piece start to get tiresome in the second half, and the harmonic flow becomes blocky and predictable. The cynical voice in my head started wondering whether all those ostinatos were really the result of conscious artistic decisions or just over-enthusiasm for copy-and-paste.