A dins d'un bosc cantava by Ramon Capsada Blanch published on 2021-12-20T20:23:35Z Inside a forest it sang This piece is for a small ensemble of six instruments (flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and percussion). It is inspired by a popular Catalan song that has precisely the same title, in Catalan "A dins d'un bosc cantava". The lyrics of the song explain that "Inside a forest a cuckoo sang with great eagerness, from the top of a towering oak, calling his companion ...". Thus, the starting musical material has been the melody of this song. Material subjected to various transformations. The most notable is in the melodic field and has been to "chromatize" the initial diatonic melody by incorporating the necessary notes to achieve the basic melodic phrase formed by all the notes of the chromatic scale. This melodic phrase has been the effective base on which the entire work has been built. However, I have not wanted to completely dispense with the initial diatonic melody, but it also appears at different times, but with careful treatment, using the complementary musical elements to achieve a sufficiently coherent result that would overcome the possible contradiction caused by the simultaneous presence of diatonic materials and dodecaphonic materials. Randomization is another important element that appears in composition. I have tried to present a continuous evolution of the presence of a controlled randomness, obtaining three different phases in the course of the work. The beginning has a more chaotic nature and evolves towards a much more orderly and clear-cut environment to end in the last part that takes up the more uncertain and agitated aspect of the beginning but that definitively overcomes the initial disorder. With this approach, I wanted to achieve a music that would maintain the naive, innocent and playful character that the initial song has, but trying to make a musical rereading that was more modern and with a few more doses of complexity. All this imbued with a festive and Christmas atmosphere, which would serve to congratulate the Christmas holidays this year, which is the pragmatic reason why I wanted to compose this piece. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Traducció al català: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1070-eXNJGZ-Kd3d4WDnGVkjw0PAMCYgi/view?usp=sharing Traducción al castellano: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A9tLdBA_H0Y5-PTGQ0nGve2nm6j_LC7l/view?usp=sharing Genre Classical Comment by Martin Max Schreiner, composer Wonderful music! It strikes my ear as a bit of Charles Ives' spirit in a Webern-like sense of pitch space. I enjoyed hearing this! 2024-04-09T22:04:48Z Comment by the lone warbler the idea of the intro theme and the way how it develops are astonishing! :) great work! 2022-04-26T21:17:57Z Comment by Loue Ghazi Music Wonderful 2022-02-18T13:01:00Z Comment by Raðulfr Maganhar Wonderful!! 2022-01-22T18:34:59Z Comment by Robert Paterson Composer Really well-played, I enjoy the pointillistic quality, and the level of skill. Nice job. 2022-01-18T21:04:43Z Comment by Transcending The Matrix very interesting piece of music. very original 2022-01-18T20:35:37Z Comment by Stas Mix Thank you for sending me the music! I could have missed such a wonderful work of yours! This is a serious and fundamental piece! Written and executed with incredible grace !!! 2022-01-10T20:01:58Z Comment by Anibal Seminara Superb ! 2022-01-03T10:16:06Z Comment by Once Upon Wowww!!! 2021-12-28T17:19:14Z Comment by JM Gomila - Contemporary Classical Composer Great work on getting the thematic material to move from one instrument to another making the most of the different timbres. 2021-12-28T13:46:46Z Comment by Joseph Haspel A pleasure to listen to this wonderful work! - love the sense of free progress - controlled randomness as you say - and the orchestration/realization is so fine! - thank you Ramon and Merry Christmas! 2021-12-24T20:54:47Z Comment by Nguyen Cang What a beautiful piece! Merry Christmas! 2021-12-24T16:19:39Z Comment by Syrel This is a very interesting musical piece full of contradiction and surprises. Well done. 2021-12-24T14:19:05Z Comment by Ladat Quite crispy composition and really great realization. 2021-12-24T09:03:00Z Comment by Ramon Capsada Blanch @666holyfather: Taste is something very personal. Thanks for listening to and commenting. 2021-12-23T20:01:09Z Comment by Igor Iofe Merry Christmas Ramon!! Wonderful piece!! Great use of the instruments here!!! 2021-12-23T18:54:39Z Comment by MORS VIVERE A very trippy piece, insane use of instruments - Love it ❤ 2021-12-23T18:10:44Z Comment by TGSS/Langsämmer /Jünger/ Laxá/The Dark Messiahs I really like the constant movement in this piece like you are walking through the forest and your eye is caught by a different movement or sound. Great work. Intricate and engaging. 2021-12-23T16:18:41Z Comment by chivicke Absolutamente fantástico !!!! 2021-12-22T22:12:36Z Comment by Rafael Serrano - Composer Good exhibition of a natural environment, the ones I like. The instruments are clearly identified with their assigned role where the melodies also act as harmonic elements, which is something that I also like to include in my work. Good work 2021-12-22T21:34:13Z Comment by Without Instrumentality I love the playful nature and reference to Auld Lang Syne! Seasons Greeting! 2021-12-22T18:14:52Z Comment by pedro duarte Excellent! 2021-12-21T10:34:50Z