Sand sifter

I have finally completed my first piece. Although it seems a little backwards, I was never sure what to do with my first piece until I had an idea of where I was going. I decided to call my first piece, "sand sifter". It's meant to simulate rolling waves of water as well as the swooshing of sand followed by frustration of not being able to find anything in the sand but having the odd sparkle jump and catch the eye. I kept a lot of the same chords from my very first playing of the piece but I have reworked the rhythm of the chords to help with the imagery. The most difficult part is figuring out the perfect ornaments and chords to simulate a sparkle amongst the mess but I hope I can get it right.

Still not quite there

Today I played my third piece for the second time. From the first time I have incorporated many of the suggestions such as foreshadowing the ripples at the end with rolled chords and ascending and descending fragments. The question when I played it this time was no longer "where did that come from?" and more so "does this keep this keep the piece as unified as it could be?" I'm glad that it does not seem quite as random and I'm quite set on having this end my piece so I will just have to work on a very solid transition. A new suggestions was having some overlap in the range of the flute and piano melodic and counter melodic lines. Not only do I think that would sound pleasing but it may be just the way to have a sparkling transition into the ripples at the end.