<Original> Piece performed by a real orchestra

[penguindf12]

Hey guys, I got one of my short pieces played by a full orchestra and here it is!

http://soundcloud.com/penguindf12/40-measures

[LunchBagMusic]

I am, right now, four and a half different flavours of jelly.

[the4thImpulse]

This is epic!

[sdoggingsworth]

O.O

Wow, dude.

I'd love to hear the story behind that. Way to live the dream.

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-Sprocket

[Lavender_Harmony]

I am a thousand times jelly wow. What I would do to get something of mine performed by an actual orchestra..

[Dr_Dissonance]

You're still alive Penguin! Excellent! Also this is awesome, kudos for having it performed live...were they any problems when rehearsing it or anything?

[ph00tbag]

That's pretty awesome. Was that the ending, though? I kinda had a similar reaction to the audience, where I didn't really know what to do.

[sdoggingsworth]

By the way, it's refreshing to hear a piece that isn't afraid to open up a can of Stravinsky on your ass.

Seriously good work, bro.

[Pashoo]

Dem Bassoons. All I have in my school is a concert band, so even if I could get my band to play something, no strings for me ._.

Way to take the initiative and get your music out there!

[vladnuke]

You have a better DAW than all of us.

[Navron]

There's only one thing left to do to up this level of awesome.

Create a live instrument of Massive.

Dr. Dissonance can design the electro-hydraulic pistons that will be the main driving force behind the valve opener/shutter for performer/LFO filter effects.

I'll work on the mechanized bell that can be narrowed/widened for dimension expansion.

All that's left is a person who can design a woodwind style body that gets a very deep and synthesized sound.

Oh wait, got carried away there. Your piece just inspired me to think of ways to make all the music live!

[penguindf12]

O.O

I'd love to hear the story behind that. Way to live the dream.

At the end of my orchestration class, we had an opportunity to have a short piece we wrote read by a full orchestra. So I tried to write a diverse piece with some contrasting sections, to get an idea of how an orchestra handles them... I also wrote the piece in a single night

You're still alive Penguin! Excellent! Also this is awesome, kudos for having it performed live...were they any problems when rehearsing it or anything?

Heh, good to see you Dr. D! It's been too long! I've just been off the grid for a little while, in terms of pony presence. Although, I wrote an article (based off of one of my posts on this site) and made a comic for a friend's pony zine at the Toronto Comic Festival, and I'm pretty excited about that.

Yeah, when it got played I was a tad disappointed, of course all I could hear at the time were the errors... the orchestra read through it two times, the one I uploaded is the second time. So they didn't really rehearse it, and it was not performed in any concert. They did a great job given the time restraints though, and I DEFINITELY love hearing it now that I've gotten a chance to step back a bit! The main problem areas were the purposefully-dislocated overlapping/Stravinsky-ish thing in the violins (it was way faster than the rest, and tough to "feel" given the context) and some out-of-tune clarinet in places. But all in all definitely very excellent overall

By the way, it's refreshing to hear a piece that isn't afraid to open up a can of Stravinsky on your ass.

Aw yeah!

You have a better DAW than all of us.

Teh DAW of LIFE

Oh wait, got carried away there. Your piece just inspired me to think of ways to make all the music live!

Yes! I agree!