Rondo based on a theme by Turlough O’Carolan
This weekend I wrote this rondo for flute, violin, acoustic guitar, and bass guitar. The recurring section (slightly altered each
Canon 9 started
Here’s the next one I just started, not sure if I’ll finish it tonight.
Canon No. 8
Well I got another endless canon done tonight, or at least the first draft. I think the sense of dancing
Flute duet
Here’s another canon for two flutes — a quicker pace than the last one — also written last weekend. It’s
New canon
Here’s another piece I wrote last weekend, a little canon for two flutes. This one’s potentially endless also. One way
Little endless canon
Here’s a wee canon (just nine measures) I wrote last night that technically never ends; the alto of the last measure is the same as the bass in the first measure — it’s an audio ouroboros.
Tweaked a bit
I deleted fragments of the third voice to declutter and get some textural variety in the beginning, I think it’s an improvement.
Fugue finished
Just finished that fugue I started last night, but will no doubt tweak it later. It uses as its subject the first five notes of an Irish jig called “Jump at the Sun.”
Yet another jig fugue
In keeping with my current obsession with writing fugues based on material from Irish jigs, here’s one I started tonight
Monaghan Fugue
Here’s a fugue I started this evening whose subject is taken from the A part of an Irish tune called
Salamanca
I started this a while ago, it’s a fugue based on a traditional Irish tune called “The Salamanca Reel.” Instead
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