Allegro for Flute and Keyboard

I had developed many of the ideas in this work back in 2018 but having recently revisited it I found myself unsatisfied with the result. Curiously, while I have been an ardent perfectionist for as long as I can remember, and I believed the standards lived up to my expectations at the time, there were numerous errors! It just shows how irrational perfectionism can be around skills that essentially develop with experience. One by-product of perfectionism can also be that one leaves many unfinished works that had hit a brick wall. in some ways, this was one of them. This exercise in revisiting such projects was enjoyable and I will need to dig out more unfinished works to look at. 

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It is a work that I liked quite a lot.
Although this style close to classicism is not my favorite, it has caught my attention.
One thing I've noticed, or it's my perception, is that the format is rather free, it sounds like a little fantasy. The beginning has a 4 bar phrase, then another one with a similar response, but it starts to evolve without stopping until the second part. This one is also very free.
All in all, it sounds very good.

33 minutes ago, Luis Hernández said:

It is a work that I liked quite a lot.
Although this style close to classicism is not my favorite, it has caught my attention.
One thing I've noticed, or it's my perception, is that the format is rather free, it sounds like a little fantasy. The beginning has a 4 bar phrase, then another one with a similar response, but it starts to evolve without stopping until the second part. This one is also very free.
All in all, it sounds very good.

 

 

Thanks, Luis. 
I think you’re right about that, although I still use sonata form as a fundamental reference, particularly tonal shifts. 
The second subject, which is relatively late in the exposition, starts at bar 33. This is after a shift to the dominant has already occurred at bar 22. I consider this more an extension of the form than a deviation from it. The recap returns to this as per standard practice. 

 

@Markus Boyd

Yes....
The point is that it sounds very coherent both stylistically and for the transitions between parts, which are always fundamental.
To me it reminds me of what Bellini did with the melodies, he prolonged them, lengthened them....

Hi @Markus Boyd,

I like this Baroque piece in a Baroque Sonata type 2 form. I like the interactions between the two instruments.  Personally I think in the beginning of the development section you can modulate away from D major earlier after staying in the key in the 2nd subject of the exposition, but I like those modulations you make after that. It's a joyful piece and thx for sharing!

On 12/28/2024 at 11:51 PM, Markus Boyd said:

One by-product of perfectionism can also be that one leaves many unfinished works that had hit a brick wall. in some ways, this was one of them.

Me too, I have lots of unfinished works too!

Henry

On 1/1/2025 at 1:20 AM, Henry Ng Tsz Kiu said:

Hi @Markus Boyd,

I like this Baroque piece in a Baroque Sonata type 2 form. I like the interactions between the two instruments.  Personally I think in the beginning of the development section you can modulate away from D major earlier after staying in the key in the 2nd subject of the exposition, but I like those modulations you make after that. It's a joyful piece and thx for sharing!

Me too, I have lots of unfinished works too!

Henry

 

I’m curious what you mean by baroque sonata type II. That’s not in my lexicon! 

1 hour ago, Markus Boyd said:

I’m curious what you mean by baroque sonata type II. That’s not in my lexicon! 

It’s one of the sonata type in Heposki’s Sonata Theory, which begins the development of with the 1st subject but in the dominant key for a major key work, and when the tonic key returns the 1st subject would not be repeated but rather than the 2nd subject’s themes would be played in the tonic key.

Henry

Markus--

  I liked this piece!   Somewhere between late baroque and early classical--definitely in the manner of C.P.E. Bach--- too edgy for his papa!  Your counterpoint is very pleasing.   

   I had started a flute sonata last year and gave up after 10 bars--beyond me then, for sure.  Counterpoint /Baroque writing is a skill set that demands tremndous dedication and focus--and you do it very well!

       The sound set is very good, also.