JKO Compositions

The 3rd quartet as part of the "Spring" trilogy, in a Rondo form. Let me know what you think!

For a group singing competition, adapted it for fun - inspiration from The flying Pickets

@PaperComposer Thank you for listening! I had never heard Holst's opening of Venus (or the piece itself) until you brought it up and it shocked me completely because no one else I'd shown the piece to had brought it up so thanks for that insight. I guess I probably wouldn't have been able to write it in this way if I'd heard before so I'm kinda glad I'm only discovered this recently. You're kinda right in that it is in A minor - well certainly it's the home key for the majority of the piece, I didn't intend for it to be the official main key hence the no key signature was meant to signal a more ambiguous nature (it's just a coincidence that A minor doesn't any sharps or flats) so I just accepted it more as A minor as I continued writing the piece. The ending though kinda signals my original intention for no official key (or certainly not a traditional ending in the home key) so I actually find it interesting that it sounds like it should resolve to A minor for you, because for me I felt it couldn't and that it shouldn't return to A minor again once it moved to towards C major (around K/b.210). In my mind when writing it was set like that but it's interesting that you see it a different way with A minor as the key so can appreciate that. Thanks for the compliments, I really do like the pizzicato section with the cello and bass going against everyone, and my other favourite part is bar 48 - 53, for some reason that progression always gets me. Appreciate the comments!

@Joshua Ng Yeah I agree, it's only because I was writing this for an actual string quartet to play that I decided to share the melody out in sections for longer than normal, otherwise they probably would have been shorter and more interspersed throughout the piece, but yeah probs should have more 1st violin on melody. Thanks for the feedback!

@PaperComposer I think I see what you mean - I did it intentionally at times simply because I wanted to round it off by returning to the original theme I used before ending the section in the home key in that manner. But I see how that's my bad that it's a bit misleading the listener into thinking it would continue into something. I wasn't confident enough to allow the piece to flow through sections so I made it more structured, that way it would be easier to introduce a new idea and key. So yeah I totally get that I could have made it into something else i just didn't know how/wasn't intending to in that way. Glad you thought it was great though!

@gprengel Glad you like it! I used NotePerformer as the sound settings.

@Luis Hernández I"m really glad that you liked the piece even though you don't enjoy the style so thank you. I just wanted something familiar that I could base around with the dotted rhythm but perhaps looking back I should have added more variation.

This was my first time writing for a string quartet and is the first of a trilogy of quartets under the name "Spring". Let me know what you think!

First time writing for an ensemble this big, took a while, includes a small cello solo. Let me know what you guys think!