Henry Ng Tsz Kiu

Obviously the censor nowadays is much stricter than before lol

There is an in-born thrownness in we human beings...

I never read books on my shelf lol!!!

Thx for your comment. Yeah I know maybe it’s too long for the contemporary environment now, but who cares. I just wrote what the music needed. And I know G flat Major is a hard key to play on strings, it’s a good way to let the piece sound less bright to express Tao.

That's why we would need the AI detection tool for help to make sure it's not a lie.

This would be a very Haydnesque effect! I can never forget how he delibrately asked the strings to mistune their strings while sustaining a chord: (Begins at 23:17) Also the ending of the Farewell leaves me like WTF lol

Hi @luderart! I am really interested in the newly invented instrument with its ability to play glissandos on a wind instrument! Hope your no.2 would be played in real life with the instrument so we know how it sounds! Thx for sharing! Henry

Hi @Aiwendil! Time for the finale of the Concerto! To me it's the best movement of the whole work. Wonderful hunting theme with a Beethoven-7th-1st mov-like magic of that Long-Short-Long rhythmic throughout almost the whole movement which is so well suited to the dancing and hunting character of the movement, which in turns suits the trumpet to play! The trumpet is virtuosic but not too overly so throughout the movement and the whole work. The climaxes are all well prepared and you don't bombard the piece like many film music do even it's a Trumpet Concerto, with wise control of energy and flow throughout the movement, for example like passages in b.102 when you change both the volume and mood and key for preparing the first climax in the 2nd subject. The use of the orchestras whenever soloust is off is amazing as well, like those woodwind passages or strings passages which definitely provide a good contrast with the brasses, I love the play of motives in b.115 by woodwinds. The use of Timpani is wonderful and the most apparently used in this movement, like in b.269 Timpani solo passage is wonderful. The cadenza is nice, you never get lose of the theme but add harmonic colors onto it, and the ending is a grand conclusion to the whole work. Kudos to this work, thx for sharing! Henry

Hi @Noah Brode! As you said this sounds like a Sonatina in the Classical style with some modern touches. With the pedals both the first and second themes reminds me very much of Schubert. For the "majestically" marking in b.35 you may mark "Maestoso". The modulation from b.54 to 55 is a bit abrupt to me if it's a Classical style Sonata, but it's a nice contrast of style. I like the sequence in the development section b.91, and I think it can be extended a bit longer before going to the false reappearnce of the first theme in F major in b.99. The left hand figure in b.111 is almost unplayable, if you change it to an octave figure it would be much more playable. I will review the remaining movements in remaining posts. Henry

This one is a joy to listen to. The fourths are used with great effect esp. in b.5 and b.14 where the sudden modulation to flats chords are great. I also love the imitations between the voice-clearly you build on the exercise to real music with reference to the tradition of motets with the imitations. Thx for sharing! Henry

I am immensely envy of you for this; how can you write this Concerto with this quick progress and bear such a sweet fruit?! I have never been able to do that! Either I take too much time, or I write trash!

Oh I must have overlooked them! I am getting old now......

Hi @therealAJGS! It does sound obsure but I quite like it! Maybe adding more instrument change to it would be great as well! wow, I never write anything effortless! Henry

A really nice fanfare! You certainly preserve the general character till the end without sounding artificial at all. You maintain the 027 set and quartal chords very well and the trumpet makes the more hollow sounding chords full. I myself might write for 3 flutes here. Thx for sharing! Henry