The Dancer Stretches

[gavbrown]

This piece is one of a set of three. The description of the set is in another post on this forum, "The Dance Begins."

[Joseph]

to my ears (which we know aren't very good, damn they're not even fair any longer) the bass gets a bit heavy-handed at times impeding the clarity of the other lines. You may also want to re-think some of the dynamics. I thinking when the bass' dynamics are louder the softer dynamics in the other strings may not be heard. Mind my caveat though and do what you think will work best for the purpose of this trio of pieces.

[gavbrown]

Thanks Joseph, I will take another look at the score with that in mind!

[Ed Sharpe]

For me this was the weakest of the three pieces. My favorite part was the bass "solo" at around bar 40, would like to have heard more of that. To followup on Joseph’s comment; I found that the cello got lost in the mix with the bass and viola dominating.

EWS

[gavbrown]

Thanks for the comment, Ed, much appreciated. When the performance takes place, I’m going to pay particular attention to the Cello!