Compositions 1999-2000

The basic goal of this particular period of my composing "career" was to write music that is pleasing to my ears and enjoyable to myself.  I was exposed to Baroque music and was trying to show my response to my brief understanding to such music by composing. These music aren't as mature as I wish they would and should have been because most of them are just experimental, and I finish these songs in the matter of days without editing. This is the most immature stage of my composing life.  Some, if not all, of these pieces might have a "Baroque sound" to it.

Picture:  Thanksgiving camping during one of these years.  The schizophrenic me.

Background music is my 24 Dedications for Orchestra, No.2 - Pessimism II in e minor.

** = Highly Recommended,   *= Recommended
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in a minor (1999)

Many people like the dramatic first movement maybe it was because it was the first good thing that I've ever written. The problem with this piece is that I have never really played piano before so I was experimenting with something that I never had to deal with. You'll be the judge.

Special Information:  I've met a lot of online composer friends with the first movement, and won several online competitions with it.

   First Movement, Allegro (108k) **

   Second Movement, Adagio (10k)

   Third Movement, Presto (85k) *
24 Dedications for Orchestra  (1999 - Summer of 2000)

Don't have to say anymore, this is a collection of music that has not been finished and probably never will be. It was my orchestration exercise, and each of this piece is dedicated to a friend or kin of mine, with the name not implying the emotion that I was trying to express personally. (but not about the friend or kin that it was dedicated to) But as friends were gone, some of these are not dedicated for anyone and it turned out to be nothing more than orchestration exercise.

 

    1. Pessimism in d minor  (58k) *

   2. Pessimism II in e minor  (33k) *

   3. Optimism in D major  (39k)

   4. Optimism II in F major  (37k) *

   5. Imperfection in e minor (55k) *

   6. Imperfection II in b minor (59k) *

   7. Confusion in f minor (79k)

   8. Confusion II in f# minor  (59k) *

   9. Affection in Bb major  (25k) *

   10. Courage in D major  (40k) *
Clarinet Quartet in d minor

It's a work that was requested by some band director, and supposedly it was meant to be performed but I don't know anything about it if it ever was. Well, I like the structure of this piece and parts of the individual movement.

    First Movement, Allegretto (12k) *

   Second Movement, Adagio (10k)

   Third Movement, Allegro (20k)

   The Complete File of All Three Movements (37k)
Suite "Melodius" for String Orchestra

I just wanted to write something nice with my new style for strings.  That was the reason why I started writing this piece, a piece not for technical skills, not based on studied theory but based on spontaneous emotions.

 

 		    First Movement (9k)

   Second Movement (7k) *

   Third Movement (18k) *

   Complete Version of Suite "Melodious" (33k)

 

 

Back to Webpage  -  1997-1998  -  2001-Present

All Compositions and Web Designs are Copyrighted 1997-2002 by Sammy Lee

Hosted by www.Geocities.ws

1