A theme i've been playing with for ages cropped up again today. It's for the bassoon and i'm wanting to eventually form it into some sort of orchestral suite.
When i orginally composed this, i has the idea of a contrabass plucking notes underneath it, and maybe a form of percussion supporting it, however i'll play around with it and try to upload something D:
Wrote this for my course using early serialism techniques, my prime tone row is:
Bb, D, E, G, C#, C, A, F#, F, G#, Eb, B.
I used my tone row to determine only the pitch order i would use. The rhythm, dynamics, timbre and which row i would use when was chose at my own accord.
This was written for orchestra; Piccolo, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, 2 Trumpets in Bb, Violin, Violas, Cellos, Bass, Contrabass, Timpani, Triangle, Gong and Bass Drum.
Original intention for this was a ballet, however i turned it more into just a suite for easy listening. I used two flutes, violin, harp, sitar, orchestral bells and a timpani, as it has a gentle feel to it.
This is Shiftipig, a folk group from Hull, England. There repotoire includes traditional music of various countries around the world including: England, Ireland, Egypt, Russia, Scotland, France, Germany and many more!
I recorded them at Hull College for my course, so feel free to download it.