Someone asked me to compose the music for the idiomela and doxasticon of Holy Saturday Vespers so that his choir can record them for a CD they're working on. Before I give him my compositions, I wanted to present them here to see if anyone has any suggestions how to improve them.
I had a tough time trying to create a smooth melody for the first three idiomela because they all begin with an unaccented syllable followed by two consecutive accented syllables ("Today Hades..."). And in the doxasticon, I was able to preserve the original melody of the first phrase, but I did so at the expense of creating a slight melodic break between the words "mystically" and "prefigure" which are not separated by punctuation. I would be grateful for any suggestions.
I had a tough time trying to create a smooth melody for the first three idiomela because they all begin with an unaccented syllable followed by two consecutive accented syllables ("Today Hades..."). And in the doxasticon, I was able to preserve the original melody of the first phrase, but I did so at the expense of creating a slight melodic break between the words "mystically" and "prefigure" which are not separated by punctuation. I would be grateful for any suggestions.