Our deepest dreams...
There is a huge amount of composers today. That concerns composers who work in an orchestra, composers who are doing it for the movies, hobby
composers and many more. Only a few of those have a special releation to their music, a releation that makes a difference, a releation that makes it
possible to compose directly out of their heart. Most of them started composing because they had something like an idea for music, those persons are mostly getting lost on their way because they´re trying to force themselfes to write a piece like that again. They fail because they didn´t notice the fact that music isn´t something like a science. It´s not the sense of music to put just a few harmonics together and hope that they´ll sound good. A very important thing is missing, something that I´d call "magic". If someone would ask me what magic is, then I´d tell him "Magic is the moment where it´s happening".
There are just a few composers who understand that music comes from the heart. And only these are able to write a piece like "The Purest of Winters".
I personaly love themes which are dedicated to the nature and other similar things. There are so many great moments of which we aren´t even aware of,
and which amazing event could deliver more material for a piece like the winter, with all its great emotions. Whatever you have experienced in that time, you did an excellent job in making music out of it. Even when the whole piece is making a lot of use of "cold" instruments, you managed it to keep the feeling warm and comfortable. The probably best thing is the harmony of main theme and countermelody, it´s amazing to hear how great the string ensemble
consonances with the percussion elements. I can honestly say that this is one of the best themes I´ve ever heard without any exaggeration. The melody goes into your head and stays there for a long while, and that just after hearing it once. Same goes for its variations, the piece doesn´t turn off abrupt, nor starting to sound monoton in any case. My favorite part -and I guess it was everyones favorite part- was the highlight at the ending, where the piece unfolded all its capabilities without sounding overdone. That was truly the highlight that a piece like that deserved, excellent job here! If I´d have to criticize something then I´d have to examine the piece carefully and couldn´t even find anything. This piece doesn´t need any improvements, it´s beautiful how it is and you exploited it´s full potential. No critics from me.
This is an amazing piece which could impress "The big audience" as well. It´s good to know that there are still composers like you, who know that music is more than notes and harmonics. My absolute respect on that piece, amazing job!
