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What sound did you use for the tin whistle?

You have some really nice things happening in your work: a good sense of phrasing, ebb and flow harmonies, chromatics, open and simple textures, a story to tell, and ok orchestration (tends to be thicker than it needs to be). But what you don't have that you severely need is counterpoint. It would not be hard to revise your work to at least accept the two part type. Because your textures are very clean, you could easily do three part. Your work would certainly benefit if you were able to do this . . .

That is such a great take on that song, full of fantasy, sensitivity, never predictable harmonies... very good!

What sound did you use for the flute

This is so good! I love the sense of melancholy you've brought to the song, and the contrapuntal lines with their gentle dissonances. It's convincing and moving. I'm almost feeling inspired to try something similar!

I love the end result, Paul. The structure is very effective with the 3 waves of climax gradually building tension before the ultimate calm restores the opening mood. The harmonic world feels unified overall and I think you have retained the spirit of the carol while letting the key motivic cells of the melody free to develop through a variety of moods and harmonic textures. This kind of fantasia on a popular hymn is not easy to pull off...I'm reminded of Gordon Jacob's wonderful Fantasia on the Alleluia Hymn. Congratulations on this piece, on the commission and ultimately the live performance. You must be very excited about this. Well done.

yay new music from the master

Hi, is it possible to gain access to this score? I would love to write my school assignment about this piece with reference to your score. Thanks!

Couldn't help but beam from ear to ear. A wonderful transcription.

I hope this masterpiece already got performed by an orchestra ❤

What terrible pointless video that didn't help me solve the problem with musescore playback.

Great notation! I'm currently learning about orchestration, and would really appreciate using this song to analyse the orchestration for a better understanding. Are you willing to share the MuseScore file? Much appreciated!

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As a lifelong 'historically informed' violinists my relaxation is in the orchestral music of the 2nd Viennese School - particularly Mahler, Schreker and Marx. I have to say that your two symphonies are utterly stunning. I have them both on my iPod and I listen to them at night, in the dark as that is when I can submerge myself in the music completely. One tiny request: is it possible to upload a version of this symphony (no. 2) with a slightly lower recording level? The first movement has quite a bit of distortion near the beginning as the levels are too high. Looking forward to no. 3!

Lovely

Gigantic. Not my cup of tea, too movielesque, but deserves some respect.

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7:38 Slurs do matter for brass instruments that have the sounds flag of "classical phrasing", which I think was added after this video was uploaded 8:50 This is now obsolete as you can just move the dynamic to different eighth notes in the measure regardless of there not being a not starting there

Really nice i mean your part and composer part. and is these free sounds what are made for Musescore?

This MUST be performed by an orchestra! It sounds great!

😮 Wow, wow, so beautiful!

If you take a few bars at a time from this piece, sure, it's pretty characteristic of him. But there is no way he would ever write that many contrasting textures in such close proximity. People don't give Mahler's sense of form enough credit, compared to his orchestrations. He has a lot of different textures sure, but they have transitions that make them have sense. A lot of ppl who listen to Mahler their first dozen times don't even notice the form, because of how long some of his movements are. But they all have. And Mahler does transitions masterfully in-between main, significant sections. But if your goal was to demonstrate a bunch of his orchestrations, it works and it's a win.

From now on my absolute favorite "Happy Birthday"

Wow!

If the violins in octaves just before the ending are taken from the similar Mahler 9 4th movement, it must be the most ironic thing I've ever heard

Bruh I love it!!! I'm a big Mahler aficionado and this symphony does Mahler justice!!! I've spent a lot of time analyzing Mahler's compositions for orchestration, counterpoint, you name it! But I've never come this close to sounding like him. Do you have notes/tips you'd share with aspiring composers?

3:03 Is that happy birthday in a minor key like he did with Frere Jacques? 😂

Great

Download the score for free: musescore.com/user/31289294/scores/20179747

Great explanation! Thank you

BRAVO. BRAVO. BRAVÍSSIMO. WHAT A CLASS ABOUT ORCHESTRATION BASED IN A STYLE OF A GREAT AND PERSONAL COMPOSER!

Not only a serious study but a really fun and joyful to listen mockup, so BRAVO!

YOU NAILED IT, really impressive :)

Could not believe my ears!!! Incredible!!! Awesome job!

If it were possible to learn to orchestrate like Mahler in 5 minutes, then why did all but Deryck Cooke fail to really sound like Mahler when orchestrating the sketches of the 10th Symphony? ;)

Wow perfect !

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Awesome

Just wow!!!!! That so could have been Mahler 👏

Perfect! 👍

Yeah it's pretty much how he does that

Beautifully done. The craft and depth of study are excellent. This comes across as a brilliant collection of Mahlerisms, but lacking a unifying story. In Mahler a theme is more than a melody with contrapuntal possibilities and a certain mood. It is also a door to storytelling. In his actual works it is apparent that it all comes from a central mind. Even those with very diverse moods and ideas (such as the 7th) are authentic to his spirit in every bar. This tutorial is admirable, but still obviously only a series of imitations. All one could expect!

This is absolutely brilliant!

Sounds like re-harmonization of happy birthday to you

How about "The Star-Spangled Banner" orchestrated in the style of Franz Schmidt?: th-cam.com/video/AIAzkO60sWc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=dIsM4MIu3vkiuAPq

Absolutely beautiful. Im a lifelong Mahler fan but not a trained musician and cannot read music. Im noticing how many people are indicating similarities to the (I guess) adagietto of the M5 whereas my untrainined ear feels this "happy birthday" is more reminiscent of the Ninth symphony!

why do people only want to write in the earlier style of mahler rather than his late era orchestration? its so much more complex

Wunderbar!

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