@Ron,
I'm so glad you liked it! I was worried you might rant about the absence of dissonance and unorthodox voice-leading!
The final note is a C. And the piano plays 4 C's. I guess it's the overabundance of 'grey' consonance that gives you that feeling?
I was absent from the forum, but not from my beloved manuscripts...
Thank you for listening...
@maelstromtempest,
that is a thorough review, so I'll try and get what I can out of it!
You say 'generic'...what do you mean by the term (I'm not a native english speaker...)?
About 'randomness'. At 1:58, I hoped this would 'punch in' the second theme. At 2:46, I hoped to break the feeling created by the second theme and introduce the variation that follows. You are very right on developing before a climax (at least in this kind of music, where I intend to sound true to the romantic idiom), but, since I have 2 more chansons in the same vein (romantic and slow and sad), I wouldn't want to fatigue the listener's ear. Thus I chose to develop just a bit.
About the piano part; you are so right, since I'm no pianist, but I feel that there's plenty of challenge for a moderate-level pianist here.
Thanks for the feedback and taking the time to listen and review! It's very important to me!