Tim Rohwer: Composer

I thought I might create a blog entry with some extra insights into my inspirations, and so I've added some links to allow the reader also to listen to the inspirations for this piece. I've started a new composition that has taken inspiration from several classical Eras and many varying composers:  Mozart, J.S. Bach, Shostakovich, Dvorak, and Stravinsky to name a few. While playing in the Christmas Concerto concert for the Idaho Falls Symphony , conductor Thomas Heuser commented that the Stravinsky piece we were playing was inspired by Bach.  I decided that a composition I had started (and was unsure how to continue) would be a perfect opportunity to try some of the French Overture styles employed by Bach in his orchestral suites, especially with the cool double-dotting technique that would add a march-like feel to my pieces.  I decided a Neo-Romantic, Quasi-Baroque style would fit my piece well. While working on the first movement, based on the form of Bach's ...

I've started a new piece, which I will divulge more on soon.  My hope is to give some insight into the compositional inspirations, so I'm going to add links to the music that has been inspiring the music.  More to come soon. :)