New Symphonic Poem - Angel Meadow

[adrianallan]

Here it is on Youtube in 2 parts:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZyTEka5UQc

part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp551c28rAk

However Youtube does some hideous compression to the original sound, so the link on the first post is the best.

[mgj32]

Hi Adrian,

A bit Victorian. Agreed. The composersforum version is superior. Agreed. I very much like the music. I am not a huge fan of program music, but some of my favorite compositions are just that, though in most if not all cases I have forgot what a specific passage or theme is supposed to represent. I mean, I know The Moldau is about a river, but the details long ago got lost in the music. Anyhow, "Angel Meadow" is quite compelling.

all best,
mgj

[Sherry C]

Hi Adrian,

Angel Meadow is indeed compelling. I've switched back and forth listening to it with and without the visual. It works well either way. The video does add an element of explanation, but I think the music stands quite well and communicative on its own. Once again, your use of instruments in their proper places, as it were, moves the music without becoming muddled at all. Great job on the orchestration and how it communicates the theme with this piece

ttfn,
Sherry


p.s. Re. the Victorian behavior of the forum screening software. That's actually a default behavior, and we've kept it. We want our forum to be inviting to even our youngest musicians (my own kids read posts here and listen to music such as yours ). While your use of d--nation is certainly appropriate in context, alas the forum software is not intelligent enough to distinguish between appropriate and superfluous usage. Therefore, it errs on the side of caution. I don't think our communications are any less effective for the want

[adrianallan]

Thank you both for listening.

Yes, of course I knew it was the software at "fault". I was just surprised by its prudishness.

Over time certain swear words become less extreme - as in

"frankly my dear I don't give a -----".

Now who would have considered "Gone with the Wind" a movie worthy of censorship ?