Winter by MrBouzouki published on 2018-12-14T15:08:48Z "A musical vision of Winter and the silence deep within it's heart. But there is still beauty to be found and life goes on despite the dark and the cold." Description My first truly orchestral composition, Winter, finds me trying to express, in music, my feelings about this season. Below is a attempt at doing this in words too. This is the first of hopefully four orchestral pieces that describe the four temperate seasons of the year. If you want to hear other pieces from the series "The Wheel Turns" after listening to this piece, the links are here :- soundcloud.com/mrbouzouki/sets/the-wheel-turns The Wheel Turns Orchestral Suite - YouTube playlist. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQkE1sMc-t1sixu4RmJmjyFr0HF6dnUF2 --------------------------------------------------------------- Winter As you travel deep into the heart of Winter, life slowly withdraws for a time. Not defeated, just resting for a while. New life will be reborn as the nights get shorter after the solstice. But for now, you walk out into it's heart and reflect on the austere beauty this season brings. Water frozen over and castles made of ice. A fellow traveller hunched against the cold nods as you walk by. The magic of Christmas quickly fades into the chill of the New Year. A time of renewal and vows of friendship and peace. Nature is holding it's breath, ready to be be reborn with the light of the sun. --------------------------------------------------------------- Instrumentation Shevannai vocal library (Eduardo Tarilonte) Con Sordino and 8ve strings (Albion One - Spitfire) Harp Harmonics (Garritan GP05) Piano(Halion Sonic) Cello (Halion Sonic) English Horn / Cor Anglais (Chris Hein Winds) Orchestral Chimes (Garritan GPO5) Dynamics was a key part of this composition as was tempo. The tempo slowly decreases as the track goes on to give a feeing of everything slowing down as Winter moves on. Only very subtle but its there. I wanted a more delicate arpeggio sound later on so the piano was replaced with harp harmonics, that gives a change of sound when I needed it. Genre Classical Comment by FarOut-music-studio Lovely work ;) 2022-07-07T11:58:47Z Comment by Anibal Seminara Beautiful piece! Very nicely done! 2021-09-10T10:32:47Z Comment by nibbio bruno63 This is a really great music !! 2021-07-10T05:17:20Z Comment by nibbio bruno63 Among your four seasons this winter is my favorite !! 2021-07-10T05:16:18Z Comment by Pianissimo Great work with the english horn. All around wonderful piece and a fitting tribute to winter! 2021-06-14T19:16:45Z Comment by 1roomstudio Love the violin taking over for the voice... moody but steady... thoughtful 2021-06-05T18:20:39Z Comment by Solar Kama Sutra very nice music, like the production and melodies 2020-11-13T19:48:58Z Comment by Tom Laukemper Music Beautiful! 2020-11-13T18:31:25Z Comment by 🎧 *thommo* some lovely chords and changes here...the melody line is packed full of emotion too...lovely work 2020-11-13T18:00:52Z Comment by Patros15 So nice <3 2020-10-24T16:42:10Z Comment by idematoa So Beautiful 😍 💐 🙏 🍀 🎶 🎧 2020-10-24T04:15:43Z Comment by Classical Glass beautiful evocative composition 2020-10-22T03:36:50Z Comment by TheDelta57 I cannot understand why I never reposted this initially! I love your atmospheric creations. 2020-05-25T20:30:45Z Comment by RIST reminds me of a time long ago... 2019-11-12T20:38:06Z Comment by Reindel You create the most epic moods and atmospheres.... 2019-10-16T18:46:02Z Comment by RayPhelps Even though its cold, I like the winter too, lol. Nice feel for the season. Love the outtro. 2019-07-01T18:54:13Z Comment by MrBouzouki @markbschuster: That's great to hear 2019-06-24T13:45:57Z Comment by Earth Vortex Amazing atmosphere and theme 2019-06-20T00:07:43Z Comment by Dolgov Support Beautiful work, awesome strings! 2019-06-13T19:18:51Z Comment by Russell Sinfield very chill if you excuse the pun 2019-05-26T09:59:42Z Comment by firmu Very nice harmony, supporting a beautiful violin melody! 2019-05-24T19:21:59Z Comment by firmu Very nice melody and mood! 2019-05-24T19:20:05Z Comment by echosonica a mostly moving piece... beautiful nostalgia 2019-05-12T07:46:47Z Comment by Liz Dicker such a lovely work Pete.... 2019-05-09T10:42:40Z Comment by RESC incredible feeling 2019-05-05T10:27:16Z Comment by Musicar Excellent use of vocals, beautiful orchestral mood....it's calm and haunting. 2019-05-05T10:21:34Z Comment by Orlando51 Enchanting ! 2019-04-22T21:20:59Z Comment by Cyril MENDEZ Beautiful, moving .. 2019-04-03T08:55:25Z Comment by TheDelta57 Splendid work! Excellent! 2019-03-29T13:38:48Z