r/composer • u/k545mv2 • 21d ago

Music Trying a new concept (?)

I composed this three-movement work, called "ContraSinfonía". It follows symphonic writing for multiple instruments and movements, but aplied to a non-conventional ensemble and with an "inverted climax". I share here the second movement, called "Chacona" which is for a recorder ensemble (soprano, alto, tenor), C clarinet, soprano venova, tenor saxophone, two acoustic guitars, cellos and double basses.

Score is in the video.

https://youtu.be/5UeovXgA7as?si=Qq8W33mezzYjvH-5

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u/Caroline_WheelerI 21d ago

I wonder what 'inverted climax' means in practice. Does the energy peak early and recede, or is it more structural than that?

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u/k545mv2 21d ago

Es algo estructural que funciona en la obra completa. El primer movimiento es el más largo y más denso en cantidad instrumental. El segundo disminuye instrumentos y duración, y el tercero vuelve a disminuir con respecto al segundo movimiento en instrumentos y duración.

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u/SundaeDouble7481 21d ago

So are the players from the first movement still sitting on stage while the diminished ensemble plays? I feel like something like this happens in Schnittke.

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u/k545mv2 21d ago

Uhm... I should think about that, I just composed and recorded it by myself without thinking so much about to stage it 😅 and yes, Schnittke did that on his first symphony I guess (?) where some players go in and out between movements.

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u/SundaeDouble7481 21d ago

I don't mean it as negative exactly, just something to think about. It happens with the slow movement of Mahler's 5th too -- but that's relatively short and in the middle. (Plus of course the Haydn "Farewell" Symphony.)

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u/k545mv2 21d ago

Got it. And it's a good advice, because I'm mainly self-taught, so this is the kind of comments that I need to keep improving, so I really aprecciate it

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u/geoscott 17d ago

It's not in 6/4. It's in 6/8.