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Thanks Henry. Yes, this movement is more baroque in its style, but also has elements of early classical. I experimented a little with the minor mode towards the end of the exposition, with which I tried to create an ominously charged sentiment but which returns to fresh pastures. Ultimately the style is idiosyncratic of baroque and classical idioms, and the slow movement provides a reflective contrast to the more vibrant firs movement. On your comment regarding form of the third movement, I had in fact considered writing a rondo but the ideas I currently have do lean towards sonata form. It was quite common for all movements of wider works to be in sonata form in the classical era, with exception to dance oriented ones (minute, scherzo). I suppose whether or not that becomes a detracting factor depends on how well it is executed.

Good time of day Jean, Wow, this once again a really good setting of a really good poem. I really love your voice too. With regards the music itself, the use of dissonance is lovely, and definitely gives the piece a very autumnal feel. Well done on another great art song, I hope to hear more from you in the future. Nga Mihi, Arjuna

I just recently learned about how to calculate the golden mean of any given length or duration and decided to check whether some of my own music has any kind of significant change at that point. In my case I don't think it does! LoL But it's always a happy accident when one finds that one has accorded with nature in some special way by being proportional with the golden ratio. I think your second piece there is also pretty close! 242 * 0.61 = 147