ENTANGLEMENT - Symphony Orchestra (Sosnowski)

[swinkler]

Excellent job David!

A tremendous study in development from a small amount of material. Very affective orchestration as well.

Brilliant as always.

Steve Winkler

[Raymond62]

I had a 2nd time listening to this piece. Filled with unanswered questions. The last measures seem to me as if he would say: don't bother it all comes to an end. Still a great piece.

Raymond

[RichR]

This is powerful stuff! So simple, so assured. It builds on inner emotions and I love it!

The thematic motives are so simple yet lead your ears in extremely interesting directions. This is a spider web of emotions indeed!

And the conclusion - shivers, real shivers

Thanks for this awesome piece!

[GrahamKeitch]

Another masterpiece, David! I detect in this, a mixture of styles that both blend and contrast with superb effect. I particularly like the more romantic writing for strings and horns that provide a more expansive and at times powerful backdrop for the soundscape. This is something I've enjoyed in other works of yours such as Woolgathering - and is used to great effect in this latest offering.

As always, beautifully rendered and a great treat for all your 'fans'!

Kind regards, Graham

[Rhap2]

David:

I became "entangled" after the first few seconds of play......lol

Yes, a very beautiful composition indeed. Loved the serenity of
it and, again, as always, the way you intersperce your instruments
in such a way as they seem to talk to the listener.

The ending is very powerful. It is a true reminder that "less" is
really more. Cymbals and the low brass were a complete surprise
but added so much to the elegant nature of the piece.


BRAVOS, David

Jack

[pianodoc]

David:

Very nice work indeed. I always appreciate the way that you manage to acchieve more with less. This is certainly true here both in terms of the musical materials and the instrumentation. I like to look carefully at your scores to see how you voice dissonances to arrive at such power.

The thematic material in Entanglement is very attractive and, as usual, the way that you use the different sonorities available to you is masterful.

Thanks for posting this for us to listen to and learn from

David Mauney

[nikolas]

WOW David!

Another chance to say thanks for the e-mail notification! It works a treat!

On your work now!

(always thanks for the scores as well, which you, so kindly and generously provide).

This is a fascinating work, with every sense of the word! While not fast paced or anything it captures the audience (or my ears, take a pick), on the first few bars and those semi-tonal harmonies on the strings. The main motif is wonderful and works great in all instruments. The recording is fine as well, and you have mastered GPO and Finale to a great extend (I will be asking for help shortly )

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I do have some comments on the score, should you wish to correct it.

page 3, bar 10, tpt: I would assume that the melody would be better spelled as DG#A, etc... It is a chromatic move upwards, and the augment 4th seems quite reasonable there.

There are many collisions in various elements, some legato slurs (bar 11) touch tuplet definitions, or are even upside down (bar 34, fl).

A lot of legato markings also seem to be missing (the 32nds for example in the woods, I wouldn't suppose you want them detaché?). Notes on the strings being divisi or not (bar 42, It's impossible to keep a triple note to the violins for such an extended time, and at ppp dynamic).

I hope I did not bore you or bothered you with my score notation comments.

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Looking foward to your reply, as well as your new pieces.

Nikolas

[Cass Hansen]

David,

I was hoping that your hiatus here for the last two weeks was do in part to you being totally immersed in a new composition. I'm so glad I was right!

And what a composition. I absolutely love it...one of my favorites now of yours, although I have many.

It's definitely more transparent than a lot of your works, but beautifully constructed with aural wonder. It kind of reminds me of a single movement for a concerto for orchestra, such as Bartok's, with all the instruments getting a turn to shine.

The thematic material, a blend of "Unanswered Question" of Ives and the, what I call the Morse Code repeated note theme just sent chills down my back. (Especially the oboe's diminuendo).

Also liked the beginning with the violin single note pizz and the ending with the single note percussion sequence, very effective.

Thank you so much for bringing me into a beatific state. Really, music just doesn't get more beautiful than this.

With much admiration,

Cass

[GaryBric]

David,

Hark...another work by Sosnowski !!!! Great opening and grand sounds throughout, expansive and colorful. Nice production. Thanks for sharing it with the forum.

Gary

www.garybricault.com

[rpearl]

David,

This is a wonderful piece - similar to others of yours, yet individual, as well. I like the conciseness of the material - the wide arching chromatic line, and the serene sustained chords in the strings creating two contrasting, yet co-existing worlds. In places you achieve both a sense of movement and stasis, and that is quite stunning; it's kind of like the ideal of minimalism - changed, yet always familiar. And, very beautiful. That last is the most important thing.

Thanks for sharing this.

All the best,