| PROF | COMPOSITION | SCORE | Themes/ Melodies | Orchestr. | Harmon. | Develop. | My taste | Originality | REVIEWER COMMENTS | ||||||||||||||||||
| B | Josh's Rag | 7.42 | 8.00 | 7.00 | 7.50 | 9.00 | 7.00 | 6.00 | |||||||||||||||||||
| A | B-A-C-H Fantasy | 6.65 | 5.60 | 7.30 | 5.00 | 9.00 | 6.00 | 7.00 | |||||||||||||||||||
| C | Rozhnik | 4.90 | 4.00 | 4.40 | 7.00 | 5.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 | |||||||||||||||||||
| B | A Little Weird Song | 6.99 | 7.15 | 6.50 | 8.00 | 7.00 | 6.70 | 6.60 | |||||||||||||||||||
| B | Edit J. Forever | 6.00 | 5.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 7.00 | |||||||||||||||||||
| A | Symphony C minor mov 1 | 8.48 | 10.00 | 8.40 | 9.00 | 8.00 | 9.50 | 6.00 | I can feel Beethoven smell in the air... constructions, rythms, changing dynamics, the way the instruments dialog... Sure the author likes Bee, what is a very good thing ehehe. Ooops! Only now I read the author's description: Bee tenth sketches! What a challenge ... I wouldn't take it. Let's Bee in peace... ehehe. Now, in few sincere words: this music seems like an airplane which is uncapable to take out and fly at all. I liked very much the starting melody. Was it yours or a Bee sketche? It has power. Close 2:00 min there is another very good passage. Was it a Bee sketche? It is very interesting but very difficult to score, because what am I evaluating, Bee music??. Although it has some great passages, it has also some "empty" passages which don't fit. | ||||||||||||||||||
| D | Symphonydenada | 6.42 | 7.00 | 6.50 | 6.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 9.00 | |||||||||||||||||||
| A | Trio Opus 44 | 9.45 | 10.00 | 8.80 | 9.80 | 9.30 | 9.90 | 8.90 | |||||||||||||||||||
| A | Concerto 53 | 8.82 | 8.00 | 9.90 | 9.50 | 10.00 | 8.00 | 7.50 | The second movement is better because of the better theme. It is too much predictable, chords and themes. The themes are not appealing, lacks beauty, contrast and surprise for my taste. | ||||||||||||||||||
| A | Piano Sonata 3 | 8.36 | 7.50 | 8.30 | 9.50 | 8.00 | 8.50 | It didn't catch me. Needs better themes and melodies, were everything starts. | |||||||||||||||||||
| C | Brandenberg Echoes | 6.67 | 9.50 | 7.00 | 6.00 | 4.00 | 5.50 | 8.00 | Too long. The contest can't handle 30 minutes pieces. Too much dissonances in wrong places and WRONG chords, specially in first half. It is a Distorted Brandenburg concert and not echoes. However, there passages close the end that are very better (specially the chords and mood). But I have to be honest with the score for the whole. You should cut off the first 2/3 and work on the last 1/3, then the result would be very very very better (and easier to score). | ||||||||||||||||||
| C | The Lost Flamenco | 8.00 | 9.00 | 7.00 | 8.00 | 8.50 | 8.50 | 7.00 | After a while, it gets boring because the theme turns too much predictable and there are not variations, surprises or a second theme to create some storyline. Also the guitar should play more complex harmonies but it stays too simple following the theme. Effort to play (performance) a basic theme in detriment of more beauty and variations. | ||||||||||||||||||
| A | Journey | 8.00 | 9.00 | 6.00 | 9.50 | 6.00 | 8.00 | 9.50 | There are good melody ideas here, but I think they are not well developed and orchestrated. The themes hide very good chord progressions, but again the melody development doesn't happen. | ||||||||||||||||||
| B | The Blue Sea | 8.54 | 8.00 | 9.00 | 9.75 | 7.00 | 8.50 | 9.00 | Short. Should be more developed; a sea should have also a tempest for example. A calm sea all time bores. | ||||||||||||||||||
| C | Freddy's Morning Daybreak | 6.00 | 4.00 | 8.50 | 6.50 | 6.00 | 5.00 | Everything starts with a good theme. | |||||||||||||||||||
| C | The Depot | 7.08 | 9.00 | 8.00 | 6.00 | 5.00 | 7.00 | 7.50 | Too much predictable and short. | ||||||||||||||||||
| B | Day Dream | 5.33 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | Not my taste. Too simple acompaniments and predictable, repeated. | ||||||||||||||||||
| B | Yukon Territory | 6.28 | 7.70 | 7.00 | 6.00 | 5.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | Too short, predictable and using simple accompaniments. | ||||||||||||||||||
| C | Final Battle | 8.50 | 9.00 | 9.40 | 10.00 | 6.00 | 8.00 | 8.60 | James Bond strikes again? Interesting drums. Too short and not developed. More a fragment of a movie music very good, but not enough to consider it it between the top ones. | ||||||||||||||||||
| C | Opening Fire | 7.43 | 7.80 | 7.00 | 7.80 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 8.00 | |||||||||||||||||||
| B | Spanish Impressions | 9.08 | 9.70 | 9.00 | 10.00 | 9.50 | 8.00 | 8.30 | |||||||||||||||||||
| C | Never Forgotten | 8.92 | 8.00 | 10.00 | 9.50 | 10.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 | It has one excellent theme, but the development is cinematic and I think doesn't explore the theme as it could. | ||||||||||||||||||
| B | When I Dream of You | 8.00 | 8.50 | 7.00 | 9.50 | 6.00 | 9.00 | Is this romantic!? Hugh... | |||||||||||||||||||
| A | Trio Fugue in G minor | 8.58 | 8.35 | 8.50 | 9.30 | 8.50 | 9.10 | 7.70 | |||||||||||||||||||
| A | Introit and Kyrie | 8.92 | 8.50 | 8.00 | 10.00 | 9.00 | 9.20 | 8.80 | |||||||||||||||||||
| A | Violin Concert 1, mov 1 | 8.07 | 9.40 | 7.50 | 8.00 | 7.00 | 8.00 | 8.50 | Very good violin parts. But the orchestration doesn't fill the gaps. The end could be better for a concert movement, more developed. Also, Cadenza violin has no stacatto when needed, so it sounds HORRIBLE sometimes. A very bad choice. The starting theme remembers a Bee one, therefore not very original; but it doesn't develop and changes to other original themes. | ||||||||||||||||||
| B | Will you be my Valentine | 7.70 | 8.30 | 7.50 | 9.00 | 7.00 | 7.40 | 7.00 | |||||||||||||||||||
| A | Opus 11 v2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| B | Spinnaker | 8.38 | 7.70 | 8.35 | 9.50 | 8.75 | 8.00 | 8.00 | |||||||||||||||||||
| A | 2nd Symphony, vivace | 9.23 | 9.80 | 9.40 | 9.70 | 7.50 | 9.50 | 9.50 | It was going VERY well in first half. Then, seems the author wanted to alongate it without waiting for better inspiration and it loses the pace without a clear direction. It has highs and some lows because the main theme is a bit confused. Then it returns to the theme and remembers Prokofiev a lot. Then it loses direction again, and returns, and so on. | ||||||||||||||||||
| C | Under Attack | 8.55 | 9.50 | 9.50 | 8.50 | 7.00 | 8.00 | 8.80 | |||||||||||||||||||
| A | Forty | 8.85 | 9.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 8.00 | 9.10 | 7.00 | It repeats too much the main theme, but the coda was able to catch my attention again when I was getting bored. It was very good. The main theme again is not original enough, but better then in String Variations, were there are passages which are almost copies of known themes. At least, here, we have some good work at the end which saved the submission. | ||||||||||||||||||
| D | Wiraqcha | 6.38 | 7.00 | 4.00 | 8.00 | 5.50 | 5.00 | 8.80 | |||||||||||||||||||
| A | Flight of Fancy | 8.58 | 9.70 | 7.00 | 9.50 | 8.80 | 8.00 | 8.50 | Always Spain... Very interesting. However, I think it calls for volume, for an orchestra, not a single instrument. | ||||||||||||||||||
| TOTAL AVERAGE | 7.71 | 8.02 | 7.69 | 8.14 | 7.37 | 7.33 | 7.75 | ||||||||||||||||||||