Romance No.3, Op.3

Hi Guys

Here's something i wrote a couple of years ago. A friend compared it to Rachmaninoff/Broadway! LOL

Enjoy

Andrew :)

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Ah, beautiful. :)

I am not sure if you ever shared this one with me. All your works are so nice it's hard to recall

which I have heard and haven't.

The Romanza from your Piano Concerto is nice too.

Did you ever finish that? I have the first and second movement. If you have wrote the third please

sent it to me in a private message.

For some reason your works always make me see brown, orange and yellow. Like the rising of the sun,

I even think I can hear a bird sing here and there.

I going to listen again. :wub:

Hey Jeremy! Nice to hear from you again! It's been quite a while :)

Haven't finished the Piano Concerto yet even though i started it three years ago! LOL

My style has changed a lot since then.... even since this piece which i have posted here...

Hey Jeremy! Nice to hear from you again! It's been quite a while :)

Haven't finished the Piano Concerto yet even though i started it three years ago! LOL

My style has changed a lot since then.... even since this piece which i have posted here...

Let know when you finish it though, I love the first two movements.

And I have noticed your style has changed. You sent me a piece last time we talked and I could see the difference in style and with the waltz you posted. Your one of a kind voice is coming out now and it sounds great!

Do you still modulate in your newer works as much as you did in the old? It makes the pieces pretty colorful.

Ahh, very flowing and beautiful piece. The melody is very nice. I'm not here to criticise; that's Nico's job.

Yes, a well-written professional sounding piece with an immediate attractiveness and accessability. I can definately see the Rachmaninoff-Broadway comparision, there are some definate Rachmaninoff-isms here, however it is also much lighter and more feminine than Rachmaninoff's music.

It reminds me of a gentle spring day, with a light wind blowing and the sun shining across a field of sunflowers... perhaps with a quiet flowing brook nearby. The 2 against 3 you employed as well as the rocking left hand accompaniement (sp) gave this a flowing, laid-back feel which some others here have commented on. The free-moving melody above this l.h. part fit with it nicely and the two complimented each other. I imagine this would be fun to play as well. It sounds like the kind of music a pianist would play at a nice restaurant or a wedding reception.

Not much to criticize here! Although it seems a bit short to constitute an entire opus. I would expect to see this among a collection of similar pieces, kind of like Rachmaninoff's own Morceaux de Salon op.10 (which is a collection of 7 short pieces, which also includes a Romance!). But I don't know your age and you composed this a few years ago - so for younger composer this could be quite an achievement alone.

Great stuff!

Thanks for the comments :sadtears:

I actually assign opus numbers to works in a very simple way:

Op.1 - early works

Op.2 - 2002 - 2003

Op.3 - 2004

Op.4 - 2005

Op.5 - 2006

and so on.

Each new year the works i compose fall under a new opus number. I have composed over 100 pieces since i began composing, most of which are Opus 2.

That's an interesting way of categorizing.... I don't use opuses myself, but it's nice to see that you are using the concept in a new way.

Very, very nice. Quite peaceful. I like it, but I have one suggestion... while your right-hand melody/left-hand arpeggio idea is great, you never vary your texture any. The piece is just too constant. You've got too nice a melody here to do so little with it texturally! :P

hey, thanks for your comments.

I agree with your suggestion entirely - this is my one major gripe with this piece!!

Varying textures is something i need to work on, especially with solo piano works... :innocent:

I am in love with everything I have heard from you....wow. Get this recorded I want a CD!

adorable piece! very well written! congrats!

Great piece!

Thanks for the comments :)

I actually assign opus numbers to works in a very simple way:

Op.1 - early works

Op.2 - 2002 - 2003

Op.3 - 2004

Op.4 - 2005

Op.5 - 2006

and so on.

Each new year the works i compose fall under a new opus number. I have composed over 100 pieces since i began composing, most of which are Opus 2.

This is what I do too. I originally numbered my work, but when the numbers got too high, I separated them by the year I wrote them. It makes sense to me that way.

I liked the emotion on this piece,

very enjoyable.

Thanks for share

Guilherme

thanks Mr.Schröter & Nico for your comments. The "Respiratory" problem (hehe) is my greatest challenge with writing piano music. Nevermind. I guess i'll get better with experience.