Piano Concerto No. 1 Progress I

Hello! Currently working on my first ever piano concerto. This is the first 8 minutes of the unfinished movement I. Feedback is always appreciated!

-TCG 

Full of ideas - there are certainly some impressive sounds in this!  You've made some very intriguing and engaging passages in your piano figurations and orchestrations.  The only thing I miss is a sense of thematic unity - your melodic ideas sound sometimes as if they are flowing out of your mind kinda in a haphazard and random way.  It takes a while to get going to that point but you do introduce some long song-like melodies in this that are passed between the orchestra and piano.  I wish you had posted a score but I guess I wouldn't either for an unfinished piece!  I do hope you finish it in the future as I like the energy and many contrasting sections!  The soft respite around the 7 minute mark is pretty cool - it's unexpected given all the energy in the rest of the piece.  Nice job!

2 hours ago, PeterthePapercomPoser said:

Full of ideas - there are certainly some impressive sounds in this!  You've made some very intriguing and engaging passages in your piano figurations and orchestrations.  The only thing I miss is a sense of thematic unity - your melodic ideas sound sometimes as if they are flowing out of your mind kinda in a haphazard and random way.  It takes a while to get going to that point but you do introduce some long song-like melodies in this that are passed between the orchestra and piano.  I wish you had posted a score but I guess I wouldn't either for an unfinished piece!  I do hope you finish it in the future as I like the energy and many contrasting sections!  The soft respite around the 7 minute mark is pretty cool - it's unexpected given all the energy in the rest of the piece.  Nice job!

 

I definitely get the kinda random melodic ideas thing. But I do try my best to use and develop the same principal ideas and themes. Maybe I just disguised those ideas too well so it sounds random. It's only the introduction section leading up to the development, so I just tried to introduce the main themes and ideas. Thank you for the feedback!