Piano Concerto 3 movement 1

hi here is the start to my third piano concerto hope you enjoy!

First, let us begin to talk about the role of a solo instrument in concerto. The soloist role is to exhibit sections that 1)emblish what the orchestra stated; 2)create dialogue between orchestra; and 3)demonstrate high level of technical skill. In this short example, I didn't hear anything of this. It is imperative to know that while this concerto, the general form is sonata allegro. That is why is important to reinstate themes when the soloist plays them. 

Then there is harmony.  I hear mainly diatonic chords, and the texture that is piano plays could be greatly improved. 

My overall arching advice is to look at concertos by Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven. And probably some in the romantic period. 

I'm inclined to agree with @Kvothe here.

Don't get me wrong: the musical ideas seem solid enough, but I'm afraid your lack of experience does show a bit in this piece (take this opinion with a grain of salt if you'd like, since I'm not exactly the most experienced composer myself!). The textures are monochromatic (to put it bluntly), with lots of unisons and minimal timbral variation (not to mention the concerto being stuck in a single key and developing none of the presented motifs and ideas). As mentioned above, the piano part is also rather dull and completely un-virtuosic, ultimately defeating the whole purpose of writing a concerto in the first place.

I think it's marvelous that you feel musically mature enough to compose something like a piano concerto (because this sort of bravery is something that's hard to come by as a new composer); however, after having listened to this concerto, I also believe it'd probably be better for you and your musical development as a whole if you started with writing chamber pieces first before tackling the monstrous difficulty of writing a concerto. Frankly, I think this piece would work reasonably well as the scherzo for a piano octet if you tinker with the orchestration a bit, so you could do something with that.

I hope I didn't seem too bleak in this comment, but these were just some of the things I noticed. Good luck with your composing! 😃

Edited July 29, 20232 yr by Awsumerguy

I'm in agreement with the previous posters.  I think its a bit too soon for you to be composing something as grandiose as a piano concerto (incidentally, I've been composing for many years, and I still have never written one, because despite my experience, I know I'm not ready).  I differ with Awsumerguy only in that the kind of bravery it takes to attempt something like this is surprisingly common among inexperienced composers, and more is the pity.  

Try your hand at some simpler things for a while.  You'll actually learn more, and success feels a lot better than setting yourself up to fail.  Seriously, good luck with your composing.