Fugue for Wind Trio on a Theme of Antonio Vivaldi by Thomas Matyas

[gngeannakakes]

Very nice fugal writing. Could you post the PDF of this piece just the way way you have on this video? This would make a nice piece to play on the pipe organ. If you have the time, try to make the full 24-fugue cycle of compositions (something that I am attempting to do) ;-D

[Contrapunctus1750]

@gngeannakakes I have posted a link to the score in the video description.

[afffred]

great fugue! there's just one thing I noticed; from the moment the bassoon enters til 1:06, he doesn't stop playing at all: he needs to breath! you have top always remember to let woodwind players breath, unlike strings who can play without ever stopping. Otherwise great job!

[Contrapunctus1750]

@afffred Thanks for noticing that! It would take a superhuman bassoonist to play it.

[edurbrow]

Vivaldi would be proud.

[dwsolo]

lovely :-)

[dddhgg]

Lovely! Vivaldi would have been proud.

[NihilNominis]

Splendid! What's your training?

[Contrapunctus1750]

@NihilNominis: Thank you very much. I took a semester of theory in college, but otherwise I'm self-taught.

[NihilNominis]

@Contrapunctus1750 Excellent. That gives me hope!  I've been observing, reading scores, just listening, and learning organ performance for quite some time now, always with an eye towards composition, but I never had the guts to start. Style had always stood in the way - I didn't know what style of music one ought to write. To-day, I'm writing my first important composition - the organ music for the first mass (Tridentine!) of a local priest. Baroque. Wish me luck!

[Contrapunctus1750]

@NihilNominis: Best of luck. There's no such thing as too much good Baroque music, in my opinion.

[misn100]

especially as these intruments have different tone colers.. by the way what instrument did you use to record it? I'm sure its not live recoding? is it finale's GPO? caus I can see the font you've used is finale's 'maestro' for sure.

[Contrapunctus1750]

@misn100 - This was notated in Sibelius and recorded with a general MDI soundfont called "Merlin" that I found free on the 'net.

[misn100]

oh yes I can understand.. the stretto's doesn't contain the full subject but only the function of the stretti.. as I think about in counterpoints. the sounds are most effective usually in 3voices. of course depends on the musical situation though...so I just asked... as I heard again.. yes the entries of the subject is effective by having a rest before it...

[misn100]

I enjoyed it!! a stretto fuga for sure.. but did you have to leave some measures empty as 2 voice..?

[Contrapunctus1750]

@misn100 .. Thanks. In fact, none of the stretti are "real," but they serve the same purpose as true stretti.

I think the 2 voice writing provides necessary variety and makes the entries of the theme more effective.

[chopping77]

Amazing !!!

[GKesik]

Good work! *****

[MVLausun]

A beautiful work...

[pcma1970]

amazing !!!!

[dwsolo]

A nice take on the red priest - takes me back to my old violin lessons :-)

[apollonmusagete]

An attractive subject brilliantly worked out--with augmentation, even!

Bravo, Tom!

[tocalpianix]

Thanks for uploading this wonderful piece of music. Congratulations!

[Contrapunctus1750]

Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[tocalpianix]

I really did! Looking forward listening to your next composition, hopefully contrapuntal too.