luderart Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 Eleven Piano Variations on Elgar's Violoncello Concerto's First Movement's Theme.mp3 This is my 3rd set of variations for solo piano. I composed it as my entry in the YC Fall competition. The theme is Elgar's Violoncello Concerto's (Op. 95), first movement's first theme. I chose this theme because it was the first to come to my mind when I was thinking about what theme to choose. I chose it also because it is very memorable, reflective, and sad. I consider it to be one of the greatest themes ever composed. I chose the piano as the instrument to compose for, because Elgar had already done a great job with the violoncello and strings in the treatment of this theme. So I decided to take the opposite approach and treat it with a keyboard instrument instead. I also had composed two of my previous sets of variations for piano. So the piano was a natural choice. This is the link to the theme on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_Xg7JZcyIk&t=1m17s MP3 Play / pause JavaScript is required. 0:00 0:00 volume > next menu Eleven Piano Variations on Elgar's Violoncello Concerto's First Movement's Theme > next PDF Description in PDFEleven Piano Variations on Elgar's Violoncello Concerto's First Movement's Theme 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleum Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 i like this, thank you for sharing. i felt the song could have been played with more emotion and fluidity. i listened to the violoncello version after listening to this and found the fluidity and emotion i was looking for. my critique has no theoretical basis and i am in no way knowledgable;; in fact, quite the contrary// blisses, bleum. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJthesleepdeprived Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 You chose a theme that I would have found intimidating. The sheer amount of variations you wrote is remarkable, though I guess necessary since you favor a very brief form of expression. I guess I'd have to pick the sixth one as my favorite. I like the simple melody over chords. Good luck luderart! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luderart Posted December 7, 2016 Author Share Posted December 7, 2016 Thanks Bleum and KJ for your reviews. KJ, indeed, on paper it should have been intimidating to compose variations on such a great theme. But I think that the theme is seminal. And anyway, composing variations on a great theme was what appealed more to me than doing so on a more ordinary theme. Thanks for the wish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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