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I wrote this piece with the goal of submitting it to a competition. However I could not get myself to format the music to my preferred level, and a general disdain for the form of the piece, so I decided not to submit it. I have worked quite hard on this piece, bringing out many new textures for myself. But I am at a point where I am too entrenched into this piece to make the large formal changes I want. So I would like to share it with you all. This piece is about a Whale and a Whaling ship, and their corresponding battle, capture of the whale, and bringing it home. I thought this might be an interesting idea for a competition, with a lot of dramaticism inherit, and generally a little easier for a listener to make the connection. Let me know what you think of the piece. I'd love to hear your input on the different textures throughout. I think this piece has some pretty awesome moments and I hope you guys will let me know.

“It is a very difficult topic for me since I have so many beloved concertos. Especially when I have to choose among so many that Mozart wrote. I consider Mozart and Beethoven to be the top, but I certainly also have some from the Romantic composers that I adore. I will definitely include 2 or 3 by Mozart. And the ones I don’t include, I feel like I will be doing them an injustice, but what can I do—I have to choose some.” 1. Μοzart Piano concerto no 25 K503 . ( This is seriously my personal favorite piece in general, i cant describe what that concerto means for me ) 2. Mozart Piano concerto no 24 K491 3. Mozart Piano concerto no 17 K453 4. Beethoven Piano concerto no 4 5. Ok here i have to choose and one of the romantic era that is my favorite and this concerto is Brahms piano concerto no 2 PS: “Ah, if only Schubert had written a piano concerto. How much I would have loved that.”

This one is a little bit minor, little bit dorian, kept it on the simpler side. 😄 I hope you enjoy, and as always all comments and thoughts are welcome!

I really love this. Some harmonies are so interesting and gave very special timbre and atmosphere to the whole prelude. Well done my dear friend. I really enjoyed it

Actually now top six sould also have Beethoven 5.

I agree! I love how Debussy moved his chord progressions along. Thanks for listening I love this too. The sneaky parallel fifths in that string of chords sounds "shiny" to me, my brain kept wanting me to tinker with the counterpoint but I ultimately went with my ears. Thanks for listening, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

This is quite an accomplishment, and intensely beautiful. I'm not qualified to say much more than that because of my rooting in Classicism, but you have my compliments. I hope the dedicatee appreciates it.

harmonies in bar 3 (loove the surprise Csharp) and 34 (yay raised sixth!!!) are my faves 🙂 whole thing has a wonderful melancholy vibe. the tresillo rhythm of the middle section is a fun vibe to bring into it

Very nice! It sounds to me a bit proto-impressionistic, like a young Debussy.

Idk, I still think the flow is off. Maybe its just a stylistic preference, but the cadences into rests, then starting back up again threw me off. I kept thinking the music ended, but then it kept going. It's nice as it is though, its a really great picture type of piece, like a tone poem. I just think it could have been shorter if you like it the way it is, to me its begging for contrast. Not necessarily something crazy, like throwing green paint on a black and white drawing. But for instance, your harmonic texture is nearly the same throughout. You change chords at the same rate, which makes it monotonous after a while. That can be fine, but we never went somewhere else, so it staled a bit to me. It was very pretty, and as always your coloring is fantastic. The sax is always a nice touch, and Im a fan of your style! Thanks for sharing bruh

Was still thinking of it, and will get to it, but yeah; life is getting ahead of me!🤪

Hi, I didn't intend for the piece to be in any particular key. Regarding the repetitions and the irritability you felt, I'm happy to hear it, since that's what I was aiming for with the piece: for the listener to feel that discomfort, which I associate with psychotic clowns burning the listener's brain.

Sounds like a clichetic soap opera or cheap romance 🤪