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It's time for the annual Young Composers Christmas Music Event! The Brief Same as ever year - write anything inspired by a winter celebration (e.g. Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanzaa) or just Winter in general (or Summer for those of us in the Southern Hemisphere). If you want to participate, pop a comment below! You could have a look at last year's competition for inspiration if you like: As usual there are no prizes and everyone's a winner. You will however, be rewarded with a beautiful badge designed by our very own @PeterthePapercomPoser. Submissions are open now (8th December). Submissions will be included in this thread. There is no deadline, though preferably your piece should be done before Christmas or at least before the end of December. What are you waiting for? Get composing!

I kind of got bored of imitating baroque style, so I included some unconventionally resolved sevenths and ninths because they contribute a more open sound; the modulation is a consequence of me trying to make the modulations in this fugue follow that from the opening of the prelude. I wanted this fugue to be short, lightweight, and generally very open sounding (hence why it mostly only uses three voices and is registrated for 4' stops, which sound an octave higher than written). This is in stark contrast to the prelude, which is very dense, long, and convoluted.

Hi @bhelloworld420, You directly take the first subject of Bach's C# minor fugue in WTCI which is also my favourite! In b.9 I won't have the soprano in rest! There's a parallel btw. b.21 to 22. I like the stretto in b.24, nice attempt! I think you could include more movements in the piece as well to make the counterpoint more fluent. Thx for sharing! Henry