Very nice job in creating tonal variations on a theme. I especially liked the
underlying bass line (midway in the piece).

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Thank you, smh. I appreciate your remarks!

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Now that's what I'm talking about. This piece definitely conveys with it some imagery. Imagery of a caravan of Middle Eastern bedouins trailing the desert, or even a cinematic ancient greece.
As mentioned before, the tonal variations are done very well and the percussive elements are well placed, and your transitions are effective. I would have liked just a little more fanfare, but that's just me.
You've basically nailed is as far as the structure is concerned, now let's hear you embelish it with more strings, harps, trumpets. I know you can do that.
Keep it up, and thanks for your kind review again!

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Great...great! Thanks for your motivating remarks! It's funny you should
mention fanfare; as I listened to your last piece, then listened to mine again, I
could "hear" portions where I thought some brass emphasis could be placed
and made more effective with changes in dynamics. I might tinker with this
project some more; might move on for awhile. Regardless, you've given me
great satisfaction knowing that the "imagery" I saw was communicated to
another person through my music. Isn't that the meaning of it all? Thanks
again!!

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Very solid. Nice melody. There is competence in this track, altho it
doesn't rise to the stirring emotional level of "Child" and "Long Road
Home." Very nice arrangement.

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You're right. I think I have grown considerably with each post, and this was the first attempt at any orchestral arrangement. Since then, I continue to listen, observe, learn, and pray for the inspiration to write something even better each time. Thank you for taking the time to stop by!

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Ever since Lawrence of Arabia I've had a soft spot for Arabian tinged
music. Via Maris has a clearly stated and appealing Middle Easten type
theme but at times it seemed a little cautious. I'd love to see you
develope it even more, take a more chances and play with it and varied
it a even more than you did.
You always have a good feel for orchestration and I like your choices
here but the quality of the intruments could be better.
I%u2019m also playing with Jampack4 and have tried modifying its
instruments and found you can really perk them up and enhance their
character enormously. I%u2019m far from an expert but I think it's worth
doing here.
Of course this is one of your earlier submissions and you've probably
explored a lot since. If you ever have the time I think Via Maris is worth
going back to and could be made even better. A worthy post and
thanks for you thoughtful reviews of my work.

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Excellent suggestions and wonderful critique! I think I will revisit this...I've learned quite a bit from all of you since I did this and I'd like to make this jump a little more.

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