Two Sleep Motets (SATB)

Hello everyone!

It's been a long time since I last posted, but I've been very productive over the last month or so and I now have several recently completed compositions I'll be posting soon.

These two motets were written over the last couple of days, and since the texts were similar in tone I decided to bundle them together as "Two Sleep Motets".

The texts are from the Bible, but I specifically chose verses with minimal religious connotation to allow a wider audience to enjoy the pieces without worrying about the texts.

I hope you enjoy, and please give me any feedback you may have as it helps me improve greatly!   : )

Hi @mercurypickles,

I am going to sleep so these motets will set up a good mood for me I think?

For the 1st motet the opening is soothijg for me. The modulation to G major is very beautiful! It's very brightening! However the retransition to Eb major is not so convincing for me even with a common tone G. Lovely ending even without a function PAC there!

The 2nd one is less attractive for me. You use good flat submediant here.  I find b.31 there's a parallel 5th which is quite off for me since there are only 2 voices there. The spacing in the last beat of b. 39 to 40 maybe too wide for me as well.

Thanks for sharing!

Henry

Thank you for your feedback!

58 minutes ago, Henry Ng Tsz Kiu said:

I find b.31 there's a parallel 5th which is quite off for me since there are only 2 voices there. The spacing in the last beat of b. 39 to 40 maybe too wide for me as well.

Personally, I do not mind parallel 5ths at all. I find them quite colorful when they're used correctly. As for the spacing in measure 39, I find it creates a very open sound, which I quite enjoy.

Personal taste is what matters though, and I'm glad you liked the first one.     : )

Hello.

Very pleasant to listen to.

At times, a little Brucknerien side! (Perhaps because of your occasional and very good use of descending steps).

I listen in reading the score for my part but imagining what it could give live with an excellent pro choir. (and it takes a little imagination because hum... The samples used are a little stiff).

In my opinion, it could work very very well.

On 3/21/2023 at 6:27 AM, Krisp said:

At times, a little Brucknerien side! (Perhaps because of your occasional and very good use of descending steps).

Thank you!! I love Bruckner motets and I maaaaaybe stole just a couple of stylistic elements that I think can be borrowed without plagiarising.

On 3/21/2023 at 6:27 AM, Krisp said:

I listen in reading the score for my part but imagining what it could give live with an excellent pro choir. (and it takes a little imagination because hum... The samples used are a little stiff).

Unfortunately I can't really help the samples. MuseScore is MuseScore

Thank you for your response!