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

Been rushed and away lately, more comments now:

I like the choice of instrumentation and the way you devided the melody.

Did you write the melody and then assigned the parts to the instruments, or did you characterise your instruments?(related them to specific people?)

This is very pretty.
The flute sings, the cello resonates, the piano supports and converses.
Sometimes you actually made me forget I was listening to more than one instrument.

Thanks for posting.

Paginani,
the melodies referred to specific periods in our relationship, the instrumentation related to both light/tender (flute) and dark/sad (violoncello) feelings towards each other. Thus, the instruments are not characters, just different aspects of the same feelings. The form of the piece, follows the form of our relationship...hope this answers your questions.

yrogerg... thank you!

I liked this piece a lot, but as others have said the ending is kind of wierd. It's very sudden, which isn't bad in itself, but you never built upon it. It created a lot of interest and then the piece just stopped.

But a very good piece overall.

Hi there, MonkeysAteMe!

You are very wise in commenting I should have 'built upon' the ending. Believe me, if I didn't wish for it to be unexpected, I would use such an approach!

I took some of your comments under consideration and think (seriously) about expanding it, but I don't have the material, nor the ideas...yet!

What surprises me is that nobody complained about the cluster chords in the middle of such a 'lovely' piece of music!

But, I digress! Thanks for posting, MonkeysAteMe, I am very glad you enjoyed it!

I have a question: Why is it labeled classical genre?, sometimes it sounds like new age music.

In general the piece is beautiful.

Thank you, claudio....

answering your question, it sounds that way because I was inspired by some rock/shoegazer acts...I believe there are elements there, in terms of form, instrumentation, notation & harmony that can somewhat "justify" a more 'romantic' approach. Besides that, labeling is not my forte!

Thanks for listening and reviewing!

I want to share my joy!

Eva listened to piece yesterday, although it was the crappy rendering. She loved the piece and told me; 'it's one of the most beautiful things I've heard'.

Seeing her face, her expression, while listening to it, I find this to be the best reward ever.

congradulations on getting an emotion out of her that only this piece could have achieved!