Piano Sonata no. 5

1. Adagio Molto Moto: This movement explores the relationship between our mechanical world and our own expressiveness as a species.

2. Contemplatively Pious: This movement is a self-meditation for the listener. An opportunity to breath after the soundmass of the first movement and consider the world within which we live.

3. Savagely, Allegro Vivace: This movement is a savage, almost warlike movement that finishes the work. 

Hi.

The first movement expresses well that motion you talked about. The idea of ostinato is good here, and the mixed harmonies (quartal....). The only thing I appreciate less is the chords in the high register from. 14 to 25, because they are so high that different chords in semi-clusters sound very similar and the effect is, finally, percussive.

II movement: the score just long "thick line", perhaps you want to check it. The most beautiful are the chords from 1:25 to 2:10. Indeed it is a part of rest.

III movement: I love it. The moments when the sustain pedal comes in sound very well.

First mov: I love how mechanical the fast passages are esp. under a computer rendition. In b. 45 the clef for right hand is confusing though. I love the high register chord passage and would like to cancel the accents. If rubato is added for them it will be more expressive!

Second Mov: Very contemplative for me with the sustained chords. Persoy I would love the chords to be even thicker and cover a wider register. The idea of reflections as presented with inverted interval is very imaginative for me.

Third Mov: I love the sound of this movement! B.13, 41-44 would be really difficult to play on the piano with this tempo and all staccato. It's a great quotation from the mechanical passage  of the 1st movement though. 

Actually I find adding pedal for staccato in 1st and 3rd Movement quite strange for me , since with the pedal the staccato would not be heard anyway. If you want the attack to be stronger you can probably add accents instead!

I enjoy this piano sonata, very great sound effect used. Nice job and thx for sharing, Jason!

Henry

13 hours ago, Henry Ng Tsz Kiu said:

First mov: I love how mechanical the fast passages are esp. under a computer rendition. In b. 45 the clef for right hand is confusing though. I love the high register chord passage and would like to cancel the accents. If rubato is added for them it will be more expressive!

Second Mov: Very contemplative for me with the sustained chords. Persoy I would love the chords to be even thicker and cover a wider register. The idea of reflections as presented with inverted interval is very imaginative for me.

Third Mov: I love the sound of this movement! B.13, 41-44 would be really difficult to play on the piano with this tempo and all staccato. It's a great quotation from the mechanical passage  of the 1st movement though. 

Actually I find adding pedal for staccato in 1st and 3rd Movement quite strange for me , since with the pedal the staccato would not be heard anyway. If you want the attack to be stronger you can probably add accents instead!

I enjoy this piano sonata, very great sound effect used. Nice job and thx for sharing, Jason!

Henry

 

I've always taken pedal staccato markings in scores to indicate that you want the pianist to quickly hit the note and move on -i.e. shorten the note value. The pedal effect with this can be done while still keeping a shortened attack for the note itself -much like string players can still do a staccato passage while playing the lower parts of the bow, near the frog, to keep the resonant qualities of the instrument.

Not my thing that's for sure, despite of that I think I liked the second movement the most. The very long silences in that movement actually fit though the second one was a bit too much for me.

I also liked the third movement: its pace, the downward scales, and the rhythm that is present from its very beginning. Good job!

In summary a movement that I didn't like nor enjoy too much —it's just not my style I guess—, followed by a relaxing and curious (the very long silences stuff surprised me) movement that I did like, in turn followed by a savage, very rhythmically-driven movement that was satisfying to listen to up to its very end. Congrats!

Kind regards,
Daniel–Ømicrón. 

4 hours ago, jawoodruff said:

've always taken pedal staccato markings in scores to indicate that you want the pianist to quickly hit the note and move on -i.e. shorten the note value. The pedal effect with this can be done while still keeping a shortened attack for the note itself -much like string players can still do a staccato passage while playing the lower parts of the bow, near the frog, to keep the resonant qualities of the instrument.

I can try to use that in my works! Interesting sound effect.