Fantasie Glorieuse - For Symphony Orchestra

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Published 2023-01-01
Hi guys, happy new years to you all ❤
Yep, here's the huge project. I spent just over 2 years writing this one. And it was worth it. It's my biggest project to date.

Ok I know it's nearly an hour long, but like I can promise you it's worth the listen lol
Can't make you though

A HUGE MASSIVE ASS thank you to SpockAndStep for helping me with the mixing. There was a long process of exporting it into XML, importing into sibelius, exporting the noteperformer audio, sending it to her so that she could put it into ableton and mix it so the balancing and timings were right. bc a lot of the time it was very badly balanced w noteperformer, and well musescore audio just didn't work. I promise I actually balanced it well in the orchestration lol
You can find her here:
linktr.ee/spockandstep

So it's split into five movements each with its own mood and feel. Scored for a huge symphony orchestra, choir and offstage brass. Look out for theme development. here's the shit mus- sheet music.
drive.google.com/file/d/10oGr9NywGQQRj35bgr3_D2x6P…

It'll be on musescore too so you can have a look there lol.
There isn't much else to say but that it's been an amazing journey w you all and thank you for all your support it means the absolute world to me.
Subscribe here and on musescore too, (profile link can be found on channel page).
Enjoy!

aceplayer

All Comments (9)
  • @SpockAndStep
    This project will always hold a special place in my heart. it's such an emotional, and honestly fascinating journey to partake in listening to this.
  • @daarcomposer
    This is glorious indeed. I love the first movement a lot.
  • @tomasnejezchleba
    Man how is it possible that a masterpiece like this has so few views 😭 I fell in love with your composition (and your other works too)! This is exactly how I want to compose one day... It is truly one of the best pieces I've ever heard and I thank you for this musical experience 🎉 I really hope this will be played by a real orchestra once (I'm buying a ticket right away ✨)
  • That was a very enjoyable hour of music. I can definitely hear the Mahler influence, though this is still decidedly in your style. The soundfont is nice, is it noteperformer?
  • Alright, it seems, that there're some issues with Musescore, so, I'll paste my comment here. Dear Aceplayer, Thank you for this work! You're an awesome orchestrator. You have a huge ability in creating big modern orchestral compositions in that style of John Williams and so on. The composition itself is very expressive, and it's well seen, how much work have you put into it. I was going to complain about its transparency, by which I was going to mean its undirected, fluid going by, BUT: a) this is a fantasie, so, this is a necessary atribute of it, and it fits the whole architecture of the piece really well; b) you demonstrate your capacity of writing well-structured scherzo with directive melodic line in the 3-rd movement, so, hands up, I'm beaten and don't argue :-) . Still there's a pair of moments to discuss -- I don't disagree with them, but ask to think about them once again: maybe, you've already chosen the best solution, but maybe there're another opportunities to consider. Here they are: 1) m.170 -- this entrance of brass seems OK, but jumps out from the previously heard a little bit unexpectedly; 2) I believe, the secion from m.262 is for strings tutti, not soli; if so, I'd doubt about m.299 -- flaggioletti in 2-nd violins tutti in fast tempo may be difficult to play well in real orchestra; if you really wish to use flaggioletti here, I'd recommend to give them to the 1-st violin soloist, although this may cause a problem to be played against the tutti parts in m.298 and 300; another possible solution would be to give all this part from m. 298 to m. 303 to solo instruments; 3) m. 351 and further doesn't sound for me like Tempo I, it sounds faster, which creates an excessively rushed feeling. Is it just an error with playback? Or maybe just my bad, I may be mistaken, obviously. 4) m. 400 -- Contrafagotto is a very heavy instrument, that needs a lot of air to be played, which usually makes its parts not very flexible. I'm not especialist, so, I'll just ask, if the player would be able to perform fluently this fast solo passage. Maybe, he would; 5) m. 547 -- I'd try to use Clarinetto instead of Oboe -- just to try, if this would be better or not; 6) you probably know better, but is it convenient to change the timpani's pitch right during the performance, like you advice in m. 695 and further? Just interested, how much time and effort does it require? I have always imagined, that they are tuned before the performance with camertone or smth like this, but I may be profoundly mistaken. That's all from me. A really miserable quantity of notes for such a big composition, but sorry, I was too concentrated in enjoying the music to write down something else. :-)) Again, your orchestration is very brave, it freely uses all the spectres of the orchestra, and they are very well combined. Your style reminds me the one by John Williams, to be honest. I'd especially like to thank you for the wise use of percussion: it isn't excessively cautious, but at the same time it isn't excessive -- it's a really good sign for me, that it's done right as necessary -- and with a big creativity. Please, keep going! I encourage you to continue learning and developing your skills -- and not only in these epic huge orchestral works, but in other genres too. All the best wishes to you and your family in the New Year! Sincerely yours, Ivan P