Johann15

Very interesting topic Well, here's my list: Bruckner's 7th Symphony Dvorak's 9th Symphony Bach's Fugue in A Minor, BWV 543 Brahms's 3rd Symphony "Caccini's 'Ave Maria'" by Vladimir Vavilov

Sorry :facepalm: Score: http://www.box.com/s/f0rpr8envkzomrbqa5v5 Audio: http://www.box.com/s/z9lo6xrpqpm5htagfqvg

The score http://www.box.com/files/0/f/178808691/1/f_1349476335#/files/0/f/178808691/1/f_1349472485 The audio file http://www.box.com/files/0/f/178808691/1/f_1349476335#/files/0/f/178808691/1/f_1349476335

Ok, thank you for the clarification. I play viola and violin.

If I were to write, say, a duet for Flute and oboe, over string tremolo, I would write high for the flute, and mid to low for the oboe? And the clarinet can be low and powerful like a bassoon, high and fluttery like a flute, but it's best for mid range in solos? Also, can I think of the wood winds as the "infantry" of my orchestral "army"?

I use Finale 2010, and I prepared a score. As for form, would an overture be fitting?

Have you written for orchestra ? Kinda (I very recently made a pitiful attempt at a symphony). How do you feel about writing for orchestra ? looks very difficult, confusing, nah looks easy ... ? Looks beyond difficult, to the point of pain and frustration. You feel you don't know how to start ?, how to use instruments ? I start very similar in all my attempts (timpani intro, brass, etc.); I have absolutely no clue on how to use woodwinds, but I (at least, I think) am fairly capable of using strings and brass (and timpani). You feel you do know the instruments and stuff just you haven't written anything yet ? I feel I know how each instrument should behave with the rest of the orchestra, but, those ideas get lost in translation. What kind of Orchestral music you like ? and would like to sound like that ? Virtually all (tonal) types (like, I love the booming orchestral scores like Brahms's 3rd mvt 1, and the quite serene scores like Mahler's Adigietto); I would love to sound like that. Do you have orchestral scores ? Have you studied them ? No; I've glanced over a few scores online, but nothing extensive.

I'll join the First Quartet (If you don't mind).