Waltz suite

Hello! I wanted to share with you a waltz suite I finished. I made it for a lady who really enjoys having fun, dancing, talkinig, being herself, and overall enjoys life. I will play it for her when the time comes. But for now, I will share it here. Let me know what you think! I hope you enjoy it and it makes you feel like if you were in a 19th century ball. And yes, waltz 3B is inspired by Strauss II Die Fledermaus Overture 🙂

Ps. Ignore my lame attempt in the youtube video when I tried to make a NAXOS video with that image.

Pretty good, was pleasant to listen to, unfortunately I'm pretty much a troglodyte when it comes to writting for larger ensembles so I can't give a good critize, even less without sheet.

But for what I heard I think  you did pretty well with your themes, maybe they sound a little stereotypical of what you will hear in a waltz but somehow you managed to make them sound original, the only criticize I have is that    sisincu have multiiple insitruments, you should try to make the repetitions of the main theme a little different each timieee, that ttwill help to keep a simple piece like a waltz pretty insteresting at all times. You can hear something like this in shostakovich waltz no.2 to put an example.

Overall good work, keep composing :3.

1 hour ago, Tortualex said:

Pretty good, was pleasant to listen to, unfortunately I'm pretty much a troglodyte when it comes to writting for larger ensembles so I can't give a good critize, even less without sheet.

Thank you so much! I will share the sheet in case you want to take a look at it. The piano score on top was just for guide since I did it for piano first. Very few changes were made from the piano to the orchestra, most being just harmonic changes. 

Nicola for orchestra.pdf | DocDroid

Yep ... it definitely sounds like a Strauss waltz.  My only suggestion is maybe the brass could also carry the melody at times - with maybe a touch of variation on the theme.

Pretty much Strauss reincarnated which I think was your intent.  Good job!

On 7/18/2021 at 5:25 AM, David_DLM said:

Hello! I wanted to share with you a waltz suite I finished. I made it for a lady who really enjoys having fun, dancing, talkinig, being herself, and overall enjoys life. I will play it for her when the time comes. But for now, I will share it here. Let me know what you think! I hope you enjoy it and it makes you feel like if you were in a 19th century ball. And yes, waltz 3B is inspired by Strauss II Die Fledermaus Overture 🙂

Ps. Ignore my lame attempt in the youtube video when I tried to make a NAXOS video with that image.

 

 

David do you have a score on this masterpiece?

On 7/18/2021 at 3:53 PM, MJFOBOE said:

Yep ... it definitely sounds like a Strauss waltz.  My only suggestion is maybe the brass could also carry the melody at times - with maybe a touch of variation on the theme.

 

Thank you! I was thinking about that too. Maybe in the 4th waltz cornets or horns could carry the melody asking and strings answer. I will take that into account for the next one.

On 7/18/2021 at 5:24 PM, bkho said:

Pretty much Strauss reincarnated which I think was your intent.  Good job!

 

Awesomeee! Thank you!

6 hours ago, Patrick Hasselbank said:

David do you have a score on this masterpiece?

 

Hey thank you! Indeed I do. I will include it below in case you want to take a look at it. The piano is just for guide since I did it for piano before orchestration. 

Nicola for orchestra.pdf | DocDroid