WOMAN OF WINDSWEPT YEARS - Symphony Orchestra (Sosnowski)

[F. ZAWADZKI-DELISSEN]

David,

As always, a very nice score.
The beginning is very beautiful : strings are delicate ans splendid.
Of course, your use of the piano is always justified and gives to your score its light.
Thank you for writing your music and sharing it with us.

Best,

[rbowser-]

David--I've been enjoying the new piece so much, and shared it last night when I was over at a friend's house.

I've been wishing I had something Brilliant to say in reply to such brilliant music. lol--Words are seeming superfluous. The impressionist landscape this paints is so rich, and I love to go back for another look/listen.

Gunther said something on this thread that spoke for me also, "...it invites me to leave the material world and let me float..."

What a great Sunday--I've started the day with all sorts of music here at The Listening Room. Playing your piece again, David, is the icing on the cake.

Thank you!

Randy B.
(rbowser)

[suspenlute]

Thank you for the wonderful MOTHER'S DAY present, Mr. Sosnowski. I trust the release date of this one is no accident. Anyhow it's great work as always. I liked the alto (?) flute parts near the middle especially.

-Chris

[LHong]

David,
Great, colorful composition and well done rendering!
I really enjoy it as usual...
Thanks,

Long

[etLux]

Hi Ron,

As always, thank you for the kind comments, my friend.

David,

There are so many gestures that, by now, are familiar in your work: the bluesy slides at just the right moment, the outbursts of the solo piano as it emerges from the orchestral texture, and an underlying lyricism. The opening reminded me of Catherine in Winter - the same subject, perhaps?

Yes and no, I think, Ron. My wife Catherine and her mixed
relationship with winter was at the center of the earlier piece.

This one looks at... gosh, it's easier to write the notes than
explain, but I'll give it a shot:

Initially I had thought to do a series of three nudes, studies
along the lines of some of the best works in classical sculpture
and painting. (I probably still will do those pieces.)

But as the ideas developed, I realized I was not looking at
the outside of a woman, but at the inside -- what is it that
makes a mature woman what she is, what is at the core of
her? Certainly my dear wife had much influence on that;
but also other fine women of quality and substance;
some whom I know, others whom I've met only in the pages
of books.

There's a "certain something" -- a beauty and strength and
complexity and simplicity and character all entangled together
in a woman that only arises with the passage of years -- and
yet completely denies the ravages of time; making them all
the more stunningly radiant and ravishing because of it,
instead.

The way the piece evolves into a more complex fabric, then pulls away, yet always with a forward momentum is a pleasure. And such an ending - it would have been tempting to have a kind of lush "resolution", but clearly, here, the wind is still active, sweeping, and promising growth yet to come.

As always, I rethought that ending many times. But it
seemed most fitting to leave it ringing with possibilities
yet to come.

This is just a first impression. I'll have to come back again, listen some more, and then, perhaps be coherent...If you haven't already figured it out, I really enjoyed this. Writing of this sort demands active listening -which means repeated listening, and that is something I intend to do.

How well a piece "wears" is particularly apropos, when
one considers the content of this one... lol. Ron, do let
me know how this one holds up on a second hearing.

As always, thank you for sharing your gifts with us. As always, the pleasure is all ours.

Ron

Many thanks, Ron; you're always one of my kindest
listeners...

My best,



David
www.DavidSosnowski.com
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[etLux]

very beautiful, David. of course, there's no surprise there.

Many thanks, Michel. Given my great admiration for your own
writing, your kind remarks are all the more appreciated.

one detail that I found particularly beautiful was the pp violin entrance on the high flute note in the beginning.

the woodwind theme in the opening also, with its lovely leaps.

very, very, atmospheric.

Unlike Ron, I cared less for the bluesy effects... but I'm really not a jazz man at all. I liked the delicate, almost pointillistic effects. And the way you tease with a rich entrance in the low strings that quickly fades away just as we expect a surge of string sound.

You know, Michel, curiously... I am not at all much of
a "Jazz man", myself, either. Nor do I think in the least
in terms of Jazz during the writing; not at all -- it never
crosses my mind. But the feel of it is undeniably there;
stamped all over this piece (and others).

I'm afraid I don't have a good explanation for that... lol.
If you have any idea where that comes from, Michel,
I'd be interested in your observations...

Forum:

I was quite impressed with Michel's recent clarinet concerto:
http://northernsounds.com/forum/showthread.php?t=53058
Don't miss it! Absolutely superb.

All my best,



David
www.DavidSosnowski.com
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[etLux]

Another Etlux piece to learn from.
I don't know how you do this David...

Cool, very cool
Dan

Thanks for the good word, my friend.

Is there anything specific I do that I could perhaps fill
you in a little on?

It absolutely definitely couldn't be anything in the
rendering, of that I'm sure... rofl -- we all know who
the master of that is!

Always my best,


David
www.DavidSosnowski.com

A student of Kurystration...

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[pianodoc]

David:

Thanks for posting this work. As usual I thoroughly enjoyed listening.

I was quite struck by the gentleness contrasted with strength that was evident throughout. Your sense of timing is magnificent.

In terms of the blues content, I certainly appreciated your use of instrumental devices that were reminisent of Jazz use of instruments - but I felt that the emotional content of the piece is the way in which I hear the "blues" in this composition. The sense of loneliness and longing but with strength and hope certainly represent the spirit of the blues.

Take care.

David Mauney

[jsp2]

Terrific work, David! (... as usual)

The slower progression is reminiscent of your older arrangements. Yet I can immediately recognize many of the Sosnowski signature sounds. ( love the distant high octave strings... and splashes of piano)

....Really enjoyed the climactic build at 4:35.

Great work! Your compositions are always fun to analyze.

~Jeff

[trentpmcd]

Very nicely done, as usual. And, as usual, I am very impressed with your musical vision. A little less abstract than the last couple I've heard from you, but just as thought provoking.