Adagio 'for Eva' - Piano Trio (mp3 + score)

so...........you should probably slap me across my face because i havent commented on this piece yet. this is wonderful music!! ive listened to it a few times this past month and really couldnt figure out anything to critize. your instrumentation use was superb as you captured a romantic setting. your memorable line of doteighth sixteenth sixteenth dot eighth (meh..you know what im talking about) made my stomach drop as i applied this piece to my own life. ive noticed that some people didnt like the ending, however i rather enjoyed it. it reminded me of an open-ending of a book. nice work!

thatguy, I thank you for the (very) kind words! It's nice to know you returned to give it another listen. I hope that soon (October) I'll be able to record it...your reviews make it seem it's worth both the time and the money (yeah, it will be a self-funded project).

An open-ending of a book! Yes! Another bullseye remark!!!

Well I'm not a big fan. Personally I think the melody and the simplicity of the piano and cello parts, as well as a general lack of development and harmonic interest gave this piece a pop-ish feel. I wasn't totally convinced by the melody and parts that were obviously designed to have strong emotional impact to me sounded a little forced or overly sentimental. I think some of the timbres are interesting and nice but I still would have liked to have heard a nicer melody and more interesting lines and talking between the instruments. The ending, which is clearly intended to surprise, does so but it still seems out of place. I think a much more suitable ending would be to gently let the piece come to rest. This is just my opinion so don't let it get you down.

Yeah, thanks, J.Br. for the honest opinion! Such feedback is valuable for me, since it's obviously constructive, although negative!

Much appreciated!

I really loved this. It felt just gentle enough, without being bland. I loved the beginning, and the ending fit well enough---jarring, certainly, but then too "pretty" an ending wouldn't have fit the mood of the piece either. Plus, to me it suggested how people come together in the midst of "jarring" events, in the way violincello and the flute played in unison. But my favorite section had to be at 35. I noticed the way you used rests especially. Then the eighth notes starting at 41 were absolutely beautiful. SO perfect! As for criticism, I didn't care for the transition into the key change at 43-44, and the violincello seemed a little too soft to me, although that might've had more to do with my computer than the piece itself.

Anyway, I really liked the piece. Thanks for posting it for us all to listen to.

ChrisLK, thanks for taking the time to listen, check out the score and review.

The almost 'sempre' pedal point held by the flute with rests is one of my favorite, simple techniques and it sounds beautiful when actually performed...

Stick around, there's more to come (soon, I hope)!

Loved the tranquility of the beginning, most of the piece actually. The con passione with the cello and piano is absolutely lovely!

The ending is a bit... strange, it doesn't really fit in with the rest of the piece...

But I think it's really good, Eva must have been thrilled!

Well, thanks, Paginani (great avatar by the way)!

She hasn't heard it...yet!

Cheers!

i love this work . keep going. my friend
angela

Well, thank you, Angela!