by G H RichardsonComposed by: AlbinoniThere are some beautiful chords and counter melodies in this piece and in order to obtain maximum control over their interpretation I used 7 VOICES which may be a little tedious but I think is worth it.
The organ at the beginning (section a) and in the middle (section e) is the untouched pre-set organ and has impressed most listeners with its realistic quality. The flute solo over the sustained lower strings in sections c and e is, I am sure, capable of improvement but is pleasant enough and is a modification of "Simpleins". The strings (merely a renamed "stringsyn") sound quite acceptable in the lower range, but tend to become somewhat artificial in the upper register, although again the sound is not unpleasant. I was, however, restricted to 1 VOICE for "strings" because in most of it they already occupied 7 VOICES (one VOICE per part). There is probably some room for further experimentation here and possibly the ACTdemo (AMPLINEX issue 003) might prove helpful. G H Richardson |
Source: AMPLINEX 004 disk, file $.ADAGIO |
Published in AMPLINEX 004, March 1988
