Alexander Lim

Dear community, here is a piece I've written for piano and strings in D major. Although it can act as a first movement for a larger work I'm going to keep it as a standalone piece. Concerto type pieces are not my forte and it took some effort to finish it. YouTube link (with score) https://youtu.be/J3uEQtesCdo It's actually in sonata form: 1st theme D major: bars 1-57 2nd theme A major: 58-89 development: 90-157 1st theme D major: 158-196 2nd theme D major:197-228 ending: 229-254 Enjoy!

Dear community, here are two short pieces I completed for solo piano. 1) Piece for Piano in F major, L1a https://youtu.be/FRlum_SaoSg 2) Piece for Piano in A minor, L2a https://youtu.be/SfvGUGrWroY The F major piece is a bit of a work out for the right hand. The first 4 bars are modelled after Bach's Prelude in C, Book 1 of WTC but with a harmonic modification in bar 3. Then of course I go off in my own direction. The right hand plays the harmony throughout with left hand having a sort of melody every so often. The A-minor piece is mostly 2-part counterpoint with both hands competing with each other to play the main theme though I think the right hand wins in the end. Middle section is in C major with both hands now behaving themselves and taking it in turns to play the melody. Incidentally sections A and D are both invertible counterpoints of each other (that copy paste function came in handy then!) They are called L1a, L2a because there are string versions, L1b and L2b, which I'll also post at some point. The F major piece is originally for piano but later scored for strings whereas the A minor piece is originally for strings but then scored for piano. Enjoy!

It's definitely a 3/4 piece. Your rescoring for 3/4 also 'looks' better which is a good sign. Good piece by the way. It sounds complete as it is. However, if you wanted to extend it, it looks like a very good basis for a set of variations.

Thanks for listening and reviewing. I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Hi there, Here is a piece I composed for Orchestra. It's likely to become a slow movement for a symphony in G major or possibly the slow movement of an A minor symphony I have coming along. YouTube link: https://youtu.be/JrOU6vBNYAw Score (pdf): 072b Orchestral in C.pdf The movement is in Sonata form. 1st theme in C major: A, B, C 2nd theme in G major: D, E, F development: G-R 1st theme in C major: S, T, U, V 2nd theme in C major: W, X, Y Ending: Z, AA, BB Enjoy!

I've heard quite a few of your pieces now. Your melodic and harmonic sense are definitely improving with each piece. This latest piece you've definitely upped your game. Well done!

Wow that was a really nice piece. You clearly know what you're doing in this style of music. Good use of dissonance and excellent contrapuntal writing. It had an overall calming / relaxing mood to it. It takes a lot of skill to maintain this type of music for over 7 minutes especially as you don't wonder too far away from g minor (which is absolutely fine). My interest was maintained throughout so well done.

Thanks. That's most encouraging!

Hi there, here is my piece for orchestra in G major. Youtube link: https://youtu.be/-n2Hc9rTlmk It will most probably become the 1st movement of a future symphony. It's scored for 2 Flute, 2 Oboe, 2 Clarinet, 2 Bassoon, 2 French horn, Timpani, Strings It's in sonata form: 1st theme G major (bar 1-40) 2nd theme D major (bar 41-64) development (bar 65-166) 1st theme G major ( bar 167-200) 2nd theme G major (bar 201-256) I've just purchased GPO5 and still working out the best way to use it with Finale. I've been having some difficulty with strings playing short notes. Just can't hear them! I've worked out that you can assign different instruments to different layers. So I use, for example, Violin KS (GOS) for the long notes and Violin Staccato for quavers. I'll be interested in any suggestions regarding this issue. I've not composed for a while but got back into it because of the pandemic. I've finished about 8 pieces (single movements only). This is the first one I've fully orchestrated. The others are also orchestral in nature but have been scored for strings only as I was just getting back into the rhythm of things. I'll post them in due course. Enjoy

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