STORM - virtuosic piano solo

do you like a storm? I like it much, this piece mirrors the storminess as I feel it. I hope you will like it, its difficult to perform, but I didnt want to make compromises as also a storm make no Its in g-minor, over 3 minutes. Score will follow.Greetings P.

STORM - virtuosic piano solo

I can't say this sounded particularly stormy, more like the strange marriage of a Japanese pop ballad and a Chopin nocturne. If anything, it was more like a windy day with the storm passing in the distance than the thunder and lightning of something like a Beethoven sonata or a Brahms rhapsody. Can't comment on much in the way of technical issues without a score, but you kept the music moving by modulating at regular intervals and the writing sounds fairly idiomatic, if difficult in places as you say.

The transition around 00:47 sounded a bit awkward to me. And I think the climax was lacking. Actually, I don't really think there was a climax at all; you did not end the piece with anything you did not do before. I'm not a fan of the style of writing you currently have either, it's pretty unoriginal, but that's just me. Overall, you're okay. And I'm going to end this with "just my two cents" so that I don't sound like a judgmental douche who thinks he's all that. Just my two cents.

Thanks Ian and Siwi!

I uploaded the score today.

P.

Speaking from a strictly musical standpoint, I really like this -- I like the progressions, I think they're quite beautiful, and the voice-leading here, as far as I can tell, really lends a sense of fluidity and grace to the piece that I really enjoyed. Like Siwi said, this really is like a mix between the musical languages of Chopin's Nocturnes and a Japanese Pop-esque piano piece. For example, the progressions at measure 29 would fit right at home in a J-Pop piece, while the arpeggios before seemed more Chopin.

However, possibly, the midi's performance seems to be really butchering the actual intention of your piece. (On a side note, Ian's right about that awkwardness at :45ish -- maybe remove the fermatas and simply drive right into your transition?) The runs are very light, and the lack of bass in which to create a thick and gloomy storm is strangely missing. If this is meant to be a sort of calm storm, then the piece's presentation is fine, but if you wanted something a bit stronger and more forceful, then the midi's interpretation isn't really doing the piece justice.

From a technical stand-point -- can you play this? As I have too been guilty of in my writing, some of these jumps seem pretty ridiculous, like the left hand in the middle of measure 31, even up to measure 33, and then again at measure 46-47. Everything else seems difficult, but playable, to my eyes.

But to end on a good note, I think your motifs in here are wonderfully catchy and enjoyable, and the beginning motif in particular is gorgeous, measures 5-6, for example, are wonderful.

Thanks for sharing! I enjoyed this immensely :D

it has not the powerfoul and strong impact of a storm, maybe its a rain....

but i liked the piece, thx 4 sharing

very good work, is perfect for the piano.

This is a piece than will be a sound track of a films....

Dislike.

It felt more like 'alberti-bass' than true virtuostic music. I'm not convinced that you understand idiomatic writing for the piano. I especially disliked the last chord - yes, it sounds empty and it will sound empty when performed live. One should never write piano writing in such extremes, it's very risky (especially for a cadence).

Not a bad attempt though.

Sheet music:

http://www.box.com/s/2b41256895d2eea99b38