Trio Sonata in F minor - Adagio.

Though not a fugue per se, I find this vaguely Purcell-ish sonata movement contrapuntally imitative enough to qualify as one of my personal favorite pieces in my production. I am rather unsure as to how a roughly two-minute long non-fugato movement with repeats is supposed to share ranks with my 2nd fugue in B minor, the Anno Domini 2020 fugue in G minor or the Halloween fugue in G-sharp minor, yet somehow my subjective unconscious seems to point in such a strange direction. Probably just me being nonsensically whimsical.

Enjoy!

Video link: Trio Sonata in F minor - Adagio. - YouTube

Despite I never get enough of fugues (I expected one without actually checking the name of the piece) when time lets me consume them, I equally like almost any other baroque-like pieces, and honestly you never disappoint. I liked the combined sound of these three instruments you chose this time, I also liked the development of this piece all the way to the end, and indeed I believe there's nothing here that be worth criticizing. I don't see any issue or any stuff I didn't like but perhaps —and only perhaps— the very beginning of the flute part. It just didn't convince me too much rhythmically speaking, just the very first three notes, then that feeling of uneasiness abandons me and I completely enjoy the piece.

In any case, congratulations, and thank you for uploading this work here. Again, you never disappoint.

Kind regards,
Daniel–Ømicrón.

Dear @Fugax Contrapunctus,

I really enjoy all the stuffs you post here. It's not a fugue this time but I don't think it should rank lower than your fugue. They are different approaches but the music is right. I think you can actually compose more non-fugal composition!

Thanks for sharing!

Henry

First off, my kindest regards to @Omicronrg9 and @Henry Ng Tsz Kiu for their kind words and comments. Thank both of you, dearly.

Secondly, I have gone on to make an arrangement for a slightly different group of instruments: where the original version featured a flute and a violin as solists, their parts have now been rewritten for oboe and cello, plus some additional minor corrections and melodic changes here and there.

In comparison to the first iteration of this piece, does this newer arrangement sound better to you all than the original? Should that be the case, I would be most grateful if you let me know down below. Thanks in advance.

Listening to both in a row, you'll see the result right here. Just the timbre switch and the transposition to G will make it feel (because of course it will sound) different to me.

• The samples seem to have their volume balanced, and they're less convincing than the ones you have for violin and flute, specially for the oboe/flute pair. While I could perfectly listen to the flute voice at the beginning and thorough the piece, it costed me a little more to follow the oboe; the harpsichord eats them more in this second iteration.

• I can see that you have, say, "fixed" some "mistakes" like the one at M5. I usually don't question those but I can see that in this kind of piece these dissonances might be better avoided. So, good job 👍

• What do you think of the combination of Flute + Violoncello?

• The ending being in G minor convinces me a little more. It felt more powerful.

Kind regards,
Daniel–Ømicrón.