Ruta del sol. (Route of the sun.)

it would be really appreciated if someone gave feedback or even analysis on my newest work for string Orchestra.

Audio from YouTube with score
 

Conductor and performance notes if you need them 

Based off of MesoAmerican folklore and ancient dances and rituals will add flavor to any orchestra with many themes that are discovered having a soft slow section and ramping it up to a crazy end.

I enjoyed this piece. Has some nice changes of pace, and good use of percussive effects. (Especially liked the seed shaker.)

The melodic lines sounded quite Oriental at times, due to the pentatonicism. 

The cello tremolo between two natural harmonics seems like it would be very difficult to achieve. I'm not a cellist, but wonder whether this is actually playable?

In Bar 3 and Bar 20, it looks like you're doing two different types of pitch bending simultaneously on the cello. Wondered how this is supposed to work? Don't think I've ever seen those two symbols together before.

Thanks for posting,

Alex

Yeah, for the pitch bending I first started off with jazz notation, but then the playback didn’t support that so I had to like use the guitar pitch bending and what not I’ll probably update the program notes explaining what to do when you see that all that is, it’s just simply a slight pitch band at the end of the note
 

I tried to perform the Tremelo with the two harmonics in the cello. It is possible if you try enough, but it’s really torturous to start off and it’s supposed to be on two separate strings. The position is really easy though, as both of the harmonics are in the same place so you could bar.  So it’s possible if you’re really good at string crossings.