Henry Ng Tsz Kiu

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

Hi @PaavolaPyry! It does sound improvisatory with all the sudden chord progession but I like it. Nice playing as well! To me it sounds like a Lute Baroque prelude in more modern chords. I am sure @PeterthePapercomPoser would like the piece as well as he wrote a lot of microtonal pieces, and @Thatguy v2.0 wrote many great guitar pieces. I hear some of the microtones but don't see them on the score, will you add them on the score? Thx for sharing! Henry

Hi @Aiwendil, Now is the time for the 2nd movement. I like the broad theme and structurally you keep varying and contrasting which makes the movements more interesting. Structurally the arch form is also interesting. I really love b.27 when the orchestra takes the lead as it sounds really grand, and more so in b.140 with the dialogue there! The turn figure in the D minor contrasting section definitely reminds me of Don Giovanni. B.73 passage reminds me of Beethoven’s 7th’s slow movement, good use of the opening theme. B.116 horn solo really gives a broader sound contrast with the trumpet soloist. Love the ending as well. Looking forward to the finale! Henry

Hi @Vasilis Michael, As I mentioned in YouTube the influence of the slow movement in Schubert’s D960 is quite notable here! (As well as the same key of D959 slow movement) The turn to a surprising F minor chord and subsequent F# minor return is a good use of the interchangeability of Dom 7th and Ger 6th chord like Schubert’s usage of them! The rhythmic usage also reminds me of Schubert, as well as the ending! Thx for sharing. Henry

I love the quartal chords, and the harmony in b.10! I literally do the same thing in my Sextet when C and Gb pentatonic just juxtapose with each other. I also love your sul tasto touch! Henry

Sad, I'm too old for it!

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Hi @Aiwendil! I will review your Concerto a movement a time. This one is for sure very high spirited Classical Concerto reminds me of Mozart and early Beethoven. The energy and motion is very driving throughout the whole movement, motives very coherently used and the opposition between C major and minor is well noted, and the double exposition structure for a classical Concerto is well manage. The modulations within the development add much variety to the harmonic colour, and the interplay between other instruments is lovely. The modulation to F# minor in b.236 is a pleasant surprise to me!, it’s a great way to create crisis before resolving it in the cadenza. Just one question, will you add a concluding trill to signal the end of the cadenza? Thx for sharing! I will review the remaining movements. Henry

With the accelerando it sounds like Mario music, but later on it sounds like Prokofiev with those dissonances!

I am not a violinist myself, I think the chord is playable but only less effective on a violin. I think the chord would be more effective on a guitar or piano! It definitely fits my hand to play it on a piano haha!

The chord would have to be played by splitting and with your inversion, only A5 and D6 with be played as the final chord and leave a barer sound. With F#5 and D6 it definitely sounds fuller!

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