Yeah I really liked most of it. Particularly the first 25 bars. The modulation on bar 26 needed more setup. It felt out of place and abrupt. Also the chord in bar 29 is awkward (particularly the soprano part), especially given that you had only just introduced that b natural a little before. It feels like we've only just beginning to aclimatise to the C major / F lydian vibe then suddenly its cut short. When you land back in F its fine again. The grandioso section also doesn't quite work for me. It's the kind of thing that maybe sounded alright in playback in notation software, but feels very muddy in performance. There's a lot of harmony that is lost in the mix and I can hardly hear the altos (classic). Maybe with the right performers it would work (not to say that this lot didn't do an awesome job overall), but there's a lot going on and the split sops singing up so high doesn't help with clarity. The end feels cheesy (particularly with the IV-iv-I and little break before the end). More importantly it feels diconnected from the rest of the piece. Perhaps bringing back a returning motif from earlier would serve as a closing of the loop? Maybe you did and I missed it, in which case the point effectively stands. All that being said of course, what is cheesy to me might be poignant to you, so fair play if that's the case. @@collinmccookcomposer
@gregorianlion5655 I appreciate it! You listed a lot of the issues I have with the piece (especially the modulation to F 🫣😂). The ending I definitely wanted to be a tad cheesy (it is a choral song called I Love You…) but I may have over done it, especially since I never used a iv before that part. Thanks for the feedback!
Thanks for listening and you’re absolutely right. Funny story: on the day of recording I had a recital hall booked with a much more live acoustic setting, but when I got there, someone was giving a lecture recital at that time. So I had to find a new space quickly and we ended up in a pretty dry room.
@@collinmccookcomposer Thank you for the answer! I thought, it might be posted in April on purpose, because the lyrics start with "When April bends above me" and later there is "When April tells the thrushes". That's why I was asking for a coincidence.
C'est une chorale américaine. Ce sont tous des chanteurs qualifiés, mais ils n’ont eu qu’une heure pour apprendre et enregistrer ce morceau. Il ne s'agit pas d'un enregistrement professionnel.
![In effect it is this: that I love you (for SATB choir and piano) (2024) - Ethan Soledad [Score]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/EX6IM7E77rU/mqdefault.jpg)
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Very great harmonies! I love the feeling of tension building before the resolution of "I love you". Lovely work!
Thank you so much! I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Beautiful piece. Well done!
Thank you!
Wow, that's beautiful!
Thank you!
Amazing work! Hope to perform this.
Awesome! If you’d like to perform this email me at cmccookcomposer@gmail.com
this is beautiful 🥹
Thank you so much! I’m glad you enjoyed it!
70% of this is wonderful!
Glad you liked most of it!!! What 30% wasn’t to your liking?
Yeah I really liked most of it. Particularly the first 25 bars.
The modulation on bar 26 needed more setup. It felt out of place and abrupt. Also the chord in bar 29 is awkward (particularly the soprano part), especially given that you had only just introduced that b natural a little before. It feels like we've only just beginning to aclimatise to the C major / F lydian vibe then suddenly its cut short. When you land back in F its fine again.
The grandioso section also doesn't quite work for me. It's the kind of thing that maybe sounded alright in playback in notation software, but feels very muddy in performance. There's a lot of harmony that is lost in the mix and I can hardly hear the altos (classic). Maybe with the right performers it would work (not to say that this lot didn't do an awesome job overall), but there's a lot going on and the split sops singing up so high doesn't help with clarity.
The end feels cheesy (particularly with the IV-iv-I and little break before the end). More importantly it feels diconnected from the rest of the piece. Perhaps bringing back a returning motif from earlier would serve as a closing of the loop? Maybe you did and I missed it, in which case the point effectively stands. All that being said of course, what is cheesy to me might be poignant to you, so fair play if that's the case.
@@collinmccookcomposer
@gregorianlion5655 I appreciate it! You listed a lot of the issues I have with the piece (especially the modulation to F 🫣😂). The ending I definitely wanted to be a tad cheesy (it is a choral song called I Love You…) but I may have over done it, especially since I never used a iv before that part. Thanks for the feedback!
Happy to give it! I know what it means to get feedback on your music.@@collinmccookcomposer
Bro Colin this is sick man
Thank you for listening!
Touching choral work (:
Nicely done Collin!
Thank you!
Amazing job! Keep up the good work!
Thank you so much!
@@collinmccookcomposer Are you currently working on any new compositions?
@@JesseBickelsorry for the late response! I am! Hoping to record and put it out soon!
Really nice piece, although the high C is perhaps a bit high for our choir. I think it might sound even better in a less dry acoustic environment.
Thanks for listening and you’re absolutely right. Funny story: on the day of recording I had a recital hall booked with a much more live acoustic setting, but when I got there, someone was giving a lecture recital at that time. So I had to find a new space quickly and we ended up in a pretty dry room.
The high C of the 1st sopranos, amazing!
I love it. Is there perhaps a more slower version?
I don’t have a slower recording at the moment but I think it would work nice slower in a large cathedral or some more resonant space
Wait did you write the text as well? Impressive!
No! It’s cut off in the score video but the text is by Sara Teasdale! Beautiful poetry that I could never write 😅
nice
I’m glad you liked it!
Amazing! I love the harmonies.
And the choir did a great job!
Is it a coincidence that you posted this in April?
Thank you so much! I’m not sure why that would be a coincidence.
@@collinmccookcomposer Thank you for the answer! I thought, it might be posted in April on purpose, because the lyrics start with "When April bends above me" and later there is "When April tells the thrushes". That's why I was asking for a coincidence.
@@EgoworbSXQ oh my word 😂😂😂 I should’ve gotten the reference. I didn’t even think about that.
Très anglo-saxon...cela manque d'élégance et de finesse...
C'est une chorale américaine. Ce sont tous des chanteurs qualifiés, mais ils n’ont eu qu’une heure pour apprendre et enregistrer ce morceau. Il ne s'agit pas d'un enregistrement professionnel.