Chansons Mélancoliques pour violoncelle (ou alto) et piano

Nikola,

thank you!

Variations and development are my bigger obstacles currently and your telling me that I succeeded in that is very important to me.

I agree with you, the mp3 rendering tends to sound a bit 'dry'. I hope that this will be remedied by a good performance!

About the difficulty level, my intention was it for it to be moderate level, so that it could be easily performed.

On the 'dissonant' parts (I don't find them particularly dissonant), my intention was explained to maelstromtempest previously; to surprise the listener, and maintain interest!

I'm very happy that you found that the score is ok and, yes, given the first chance, I'll get my trustworthy pianist and record it!

Cheers!

Edit; the composer you mentioned is Wim Mertens. A favorite of mine and (apparently) a heavy influence!

I enjoyed the piece so much, but I would've liked to hear a more interesting keyboard part where the cello has the ostinato. It seemed a bit bland, and I was hoping for a featured section for the keyboard, with

Monsieur le Sax,

thanks for listening...your feedback is very useful...I think I'll create more interesting (but I hope of the same difficulty) piano parts in the next chansons!

Cheers!

Hello Manos!

I agree with Nikolas' comments on your piece. I enjoyed your piece's melodic material, but I'd like to hear a more complex elaboration of it. As it is, it does share a resemblance with some minimalistic works, notably because of the more or less steady harmonic rhythm and the limited alterations of the theme. The only thing that I didn't like was the bridge in m. 38 - 42. It sounded very abrupt and alien to what preceded and what followed it to me...

Alexandros

Alexandre,

first, let me welcome you to the community! Another Greek, yay!

On the harmonic rhythm, I wanted just that.

On the alterations, my aim was to provide some development, but not a full-fledged one.

On the bridge, I believe (and hope) a soulful interpretation will heal this problem!

Cheers!

Hello Manos!

Thanks for the welcome! Yes, it was a pleasant surpise for me too to see Greek people here!

On the harmonic rhythm, I wanted just that.

On the alterations, my aim was to provide some development, but not a full-fledged one.

On the bridge, I believe (and hope) a soulful interpretation will heal this problem!

I believe then that your piece illustrates successfully what you were aiming for! And I agree that live interpretation brings to surface hidden beauties that cannot be seen or heard from a more or less "mechanistic" computer playback!

I am looking forward to hearing more from you!

Alexandros