Orchestral Compositions from 2021 and 2022

Tracks from 2022/2023

tracks from 2021 and 2022

Flow is a short but  lyrical piece of abstract expressionist music which revolves around the note E flowing through a kaleidocope of moods and textures as it moves along its dark emotional trajectoy
It is tonally ambiguous featuring augmented triads,  open fifths and tritones in its sonic palette 
and ends on a question mark.

Flow Revised 31 July 2021

Minor Key Ostinato 14 September 2021

I always name my tracks after composing them so the names do not usually reflect my thoughts and feelings during the work of composing. This one powerfully evoked for me the character Mesmo the enchanter, a goblin in a unfinished story my father wrote many years ago.

Mesmo The Goblin (Revision) 13 October 2021

This piece is a revision of my miniature 'Allegro for Winds' with a part added for Violins to fill out the texture a bit.

Allegro For Winds with Violins REMIX 9 january 2022

Journey out of Darkness Remix: in a Darker Light

Audio remix using instrument voicings from BBCSO Core orchestral library.
Featuring 4 French Horns.

Journey Out Of Darkness Remix: in a Darker Light January 2022

This is a second remix of my track "Journey out of Darkness" using the BBCSO orchestral library.

Journey Out Of Darkness Second REMIX Full score January 2022

Four Sketches for Violin Horn and Piano with accompanying Harpsichord and Celeste
1 Earth 
2 Air
3 Fire
4 Water

Four Sketches for small ensemble 'The Elements' February 2022

A Tocatta at Moderate tempo for 2 Pianos and 3 Percussionists. An Experiment in Rhythm.

Toccata for Piano and Percussion March 2022

Intrduction and allegro moderato for Viola, Horn,Trombone, Clarinet, Piano and Percussion.

Introduction and Allegro Moderato REMIX II April 2022 (emastered)

A gentle lullaby with the rythm of a small boat rocking to and fro in the ocean swell. (Originally uploaded 2 years ago under the title '20 Jamuary 2020 Toccata REMIX II')

Boat Song 2 April 2022 Remix III (Mastered)

This music began its life as a six or seven bar fragment and developed spontaneously into a coherent allegro.  It is somewhat experimental in style.
The forces used are a section of 6 horns playing in unison, orchestral strings and a percussion section consisting of two bass drums, timpani and tam tam.

Fragments: an Allegro (Remix V)May 2022

In this music fragments of sound, musical ideas, are all pulling in different directions in a state of chaotic flux, 
As the music progresses the tension builds until a violent climax is reached when the tension suddenly dissolves releasing a new state in which the disparate elements are in a state of calm and peaceful coexistence. 
A puzzling dissonance resolves into a logical harmonious and orderly progression. 
This music is a reworking of my piece 'Prelude-Storm-Postlude  which can be found here as it originally sounded: 
https://soundcloud.com/julian-cafarella/theme-22-august-2021-12-00pm-54bpm-with-ntprfmr-cubase-mix
The original was composed in Sibelius and I exported it into into Dorico and reworked it for the current piece

Transition from Chaos:  a Puzzle Unscrambled (Mastered) May 2022

Chorale Etude: an Experiment in Structure

An experiment in structure formed by a 34 bar chorale harmonised mainly by major chords organised into sequences obeying fibonacci and lucas series in duration time. The structure is tripartite consisting of fragments of the chorale theme with repetition and variation followed by a statemant of the full chorale theme and finishing with a return to the first section fragmentation with a short coda.

Chorale Etude: an Experiment in Structure 13 May 2022

Minor Ninths: A study for Orchestra.

'Minor Ninths' is a piece which features the interval of the minor ninth in many guises. 

 As the music developes the intensity of the writing increases until it reaches a definitive climax

after which there is a gradual subsidence into a peaceful and meditative conclusion.

Minor Ninths: A Study for Orchestra 30 May 2022 (eMastered)Remix Noteperformer

This is a remix of my piece 'Minor Ninths a Study for Orchestra' this time using a sample library from East West (EWQLSO Gold) instead of the Noteperformer program used in the original. i have also used the automatic mastering facility on sale at www.emaster.com to achieve a better overall audio mix 
Land production.
I should add that Minor Ninths draws on the composers Bruckner Haydn and Sibelius though in some cases the affinity might not be evident.

Minor Ninths a Study in Motivic Design for Orchestra EWQLSO Remix(Emastered) June 2022

Dance Sketch

An upbeat downtown piece in a rather conservative tonal style 

which exhibits a certain amount of fizz and sparkle whilst staying 

strictly within the confines of common time..

Dance Sketch Revision 1 July 2022 (Mastered)

Dance Sketch:

An upbeat downtown piece in a traditional tonal style 

which exhibits a certain amount of fizz and sparkle whilst staying 

strictly within the confines of common time..

Dance Sketch 13 June 2022 (emastered)

This piece moves through its various phases at a slow and deliberate pace overcoming difficulties encountered along the way and moving on to a relaxed ending. This remix contains edited segments improving the voice leading which in some places is unusual to say the least. The track has also been updated using the Soundcloud automatic mastering service.

Solemn Aria 19 April 2020 Remixed 4 July 2022 (Mastered)

Woodland Skirmish is a suite of three short pieces for triple woodwind ensemble. 

Following in traditional fashion the sequence Fast-Slow-fast the movements are:

1 Fugato 2' 56": 4/4 A piece in free fugal style

2 Sicilienne  7' 17" 6/8: Theme and variations

3 Allegro molto vivace 3' 46" 4/4: Concluding movement
 
The mastering on this track is by Emastered.com.

Woodwind Skirmish 25 July 2022 Remix August 20

Night Golden Stars

A piece for (virtual) Orchestra featuring the French Horn using the East West Quantum Leap Symponic Orchestra sample library.

Production and mastering by John Cafarella

Night of Golden Stars EWQLSO Version Revised 30 December 2022

Night of Golden Stars
A neo-classical  piece for (virtual) Orchestra featuring French Horn.

Revised 30 December 2022.

Produced and mastered by John Cafarella

This version uses the East West Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra sample library and features the French Horn samples.

Night of Golden Stars (Remix and Revision EWQLSO 30 December 2022)

Night Golden Stars

A neo-classical piece for (virtual) Orchestra featuring French Horn.
Revised 30 December 2022
N.B. This version is produced and mastered by John Cafarella and uses the Noteperformer program and its sample library.

Night of Golden Stars

Night of Golden Stars Remix 30 December 2022 using Noteperformer

A short piece for piano solo in sonata form.

This remix is mastered by Emastered onine mastering service.

For piano (Remix 25 September 2022)

Miniature: an invitation to and an adventure in atonal melody for chamber orchestra
This revised track is now mastered by 'emastered' online Mastering service.

Atonal Piece for Chamber Ensemble (Remix 4 October 2022)

A short melody in improvisational style exploring contemporary harmony.

Spirit of Melody

On Approaching an Oasis during a Storm

This piece explores my emotional response to climate change, something which is very much part of the historical moment of the world into which I was born.
The music is dissonant, the harmonies all being derived from the chord of the augmented eleventh familiar to many as a jazz chord also used in blues. The modification of an idea at the end of a fast rising octaphonic scale, inverting its first appearance (descending), is intended to convey the important message of spirited hope coming from practical activists such as Greta Tunberg who work to alter the balance of power between institutional inertia and ecological necessity.

I am dedicating this piece to her and to all fellow climate change activists both old and young.

Production and mastering by John Cafarella. 

This track uses the East West Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra Library.

On Approaching an Oasis During a Storm (Revised 30 December)

On Approaching an Oasis during a Storm

This piece explores my emotional response to climate change, something which is very much part of the historical moment of the world into which I was born.
The music is dissonant, the harmonies all being derived from the chord of the augmented eleventh familiar to many as a jazz chord also used in blues. The modification of an idea at the end of a fast rising octaphonic scale, inverting its first appearance (descending), is intended to convey the important message of spirited hope coming from practical activists such as Greta Tunberg who work to alter the balance of power between institutional inertia and ecological necessity.

I am dedicating this piece to her and to all fellow climate change activists both old and young.

Production and mastering by John Cafarella. This track uses the East West Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra Library.

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On Approaching an Oasis During a Storm(Revised 30 December 2022)

On approaching an Oasis During a storm (Revised 30 December 2022)

Night of Golden Stars
A neo-classical  piece for (virtual) Orchestra featuring French Horn.
Revised 4 January 2023
Produced and mastered by John Cafarella
This version uses the East West Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra sample library and features the French Horn samples.

Night of Golden Stars (EWQLSO)Revised 7 January 2023

Presto Agitato is a short uptempo piece for  Chamber Orchestra which moves through a wide range of emotions before ending quietly after an extreme and sudden outburst of pent up feeling at its climax,

This track is mastered by John Cafarella

Presto for Chamber Orchestra (Revised 21 January 2023)

The first in a quartet of pieces reflecting the four temperaments. 'Carillion for the Optimist'. A brief and intense incantation to and celebration of  the humanl 
spirit.

The Sanguine: (The Optimist, a Carillon)

Resilience: Standing upright in the remorseless and unrelenting current of time-laden being; and whose mother lode is human existence

From Peril to Safe Harbour

'CELLS III A Musical Sculptue'
This piece embodies its elemental patterns as a sculpture carved in stone does.

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