symphony concertante piano, organ and orchestra

[PeterG]

Andy,

Thanks so much for sharing this. I liked the themes and melodies and obviously writing for a larger emsemble gives more opprotunities to expand and explore variations. I like it. You inspire me with this, thanks !

Peter

P.S. it will take me years to be able to play the piano parts in your music, that is clear to me....

[Andy]

Originally Posted by PeterG

Andy,

.....writing for a larger emsemble gives more opprotunities to expand and explore variations......

....

gosh, thank you PeterG

i agree that the large canvas has large room to develop. it is a LOT of work (for me anyway) to tie it all together, though.

we try to make the music say something. we try to convey the emotion of the events that inspired us... music is a swell language for doing that, no?

thanks for the encouragement!

andy

[Andy]

Originally Posted by Majesty

Beautiful!!!!

I love those organ entrances.

Great piece!! Loved all of it!!!

HAHA thank you Majesty, for the grand encouragement from one of my FAVORITE writers on this forum!

i am ALWAYS looking for a reason to drag the organ into the party..haha... but it sure dramatically increases the logistics of pulling it off live, though.

we can dream...

thank you
andy

[high_school_bassoonist]

Brilliant work andy!!! , very very nice . Bellissimo

[Andy]

haha thank you very much mr high_school_bassoonist!

andy

[some guy]

Andy, you said a while back that you had belonged to other forums in which the music was way too atonal for your brain.

Which forums are those? I've been strolling about several forums as well, recently and found nothing but tonality. No sense even that "atonality" is not the only category other than "tonality" for music to be in. This forum is definitely the worst for that, but I'll definitely stick around for your answer. I would really like to know of forums in which people do indeed do other things beside tonal ones.

Neat trick using the "hundred years before you're known" as the price you pay for choosing tonality, by the way, but it's cheating. Choosing tonality is neither brave nor progressive--it's regressive. None of you will be known a hundred years from now because you chose tonality. You'll only be known if you wrote music worth listening to.

[Andy]

Originally Posted by some guy

Andy, you said a while back that you had belonged to other forums in which the music was way too atonal for your brain.

of course:

both of them are part of LiveJournal

composers_forum and
composers

i just went back to composers_forum today, as a matter of fact and the few examples i saw there seem to show a tolerance of us smaller brained writers...so perhaps they have changed.

i appreciate the comments

andy

[reith]

Originally Posted by some guy

This forum is definitely the worst for that, but I'll definitely stick around for your answer. I would really like to know of forums in which people do indeed do other things beside tonal ones.

There's nothing against posting atonal music here though as a forum we're more broadly interested in music than just composition. I'm happy to comment as far as possible on "atonal" music though matters of structure and scheme are those of the composer which may communicate nothing to me...or another listener...in the absence of programme notes to appreciate if not understand what's happening.

Choosing tonality is neither brave nor progressive--it's regressive. None of you will be known a hundred years from now because you chose tonality. You'll only be known if you wrote music worth listening to.

I know that an intuitive classification exists: tonal and atonal, but I fail to understand them, existing as they do in the minds of academics and their inducted students. I've heard very little atonal music outside twelve-tone, total serialism and electroacoustic though I know there's some about. As to fame, a bit of a moot point. Perhaps one of the million contemporary composers will become famous a la Beethoven's level. The Society for the Promotion of New Music is full of composers who'll never see the light of day outside the Society/college and the specialist audiences they provide. I dare say that neo-tonal composers will stand as much chance in the stakes!

I certainly don't compose to be known in a hundred years time. Just for now and tend to write what I have to write! However, apologies for off-topicking - point has to be made - back to Andy's work!

cheers.

[some guy]

Thanks, Andy. I'll give LiveJournal a look.

And I'm with you, Reith. Tonal/atonal seems intuitively to make sense, but I've never found it terribly useful way to think/talk about music.

And yes, get back to Andy's music, with MY apologies, too, for going off-topic!

[rjholtmus2]

Andy -

WOW! WOW! WOW! What an exciting piece! This is one I could listen to over and over again. Being both a pianist and an organist it is really thrilling. You will probably flip when I say I like is almost as much as the Saint-Saens Organ Symphony and that is one of my all time favorites.

Oh, did I say WOW!

Keep the good work. Too bad somebody like the NY Phil couldn't get this into their repetoir.

I am new to this forum and I look forward to hearing more of your works as I scan it further.