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This is something I decided to work on for a very limited amount of time over the past two days for the Christmas Event this year! It's a variations piece on the famous Polish Christmas Carol "Gloria in excelsis Deo". Those eponymous words are actually in Latin, but the rest of the carol is in Polish, and I made sure to go in and include all the proper accent marks and special characters which is actually a little tricky to enter into Musescore. This is one of those rare pieces that I wish I had Cantamus for, since it would increase the realism of the piece to have the actual words sung, especially when the Tenors and Basses are in canonic imitation with the Sopranos and Altos. I would really appreciate any comments, critiques, feedback or even just observations that you may have. Thanks for listening and Merry Christmas!

Well, all my variations projects tend to snowball into giant projects and I didn't want that to happen with this piece. I just wanted it to be a short Christmas diversion before going back to my main variation work that I'm working on right now which is much more substantial. It's possible that I'll pick this piece up again in the future. Thanks for listening and commenting!

Like Henry, I would have liked the piano to come back, but as is it serves as a nice intro to the piece. I'm curious on the form. It feels unfinished to me, like you were experimenting with reharming a tune you knew well. Why only two variations, and why the ones you chose? I'm assuming it's because you were having fun with a just for fun thing we do here, but maybe you'll add variations in the future? Is it because variations can get stale after a while? Doesn't matter really. You have a way with harmony, and this was no exception. Well done mate 👍

I love the simplicity of this, but it's interesting musically too. I've relistened a few times now, and each time I caught something new. Arvo Part is someone I've revisited here and there, and you inspired me to go back once again. Thanks for sharing

Did you delete it? It was probably miles better than my first

This is a wind quintet I've just finished (my first attempt at writing for wind quintet). It incorporates more "modern" (20th century) harmonic techniques than much of what I write, particularly an emphasis on quartal and quintal harmonies, but it's still firmly tonal and based (loosely) on Classical formal structures. It's in four movements, and the whole thing's about twenty minutes long, but even if you just listen to one movement, I'd really appreciate any comments or feedback. Thanks!