Le Piano Suspendu, do you like it?

Hi ! I've composed this piano piece entitled 'Le Piano Suspendu'. When I was composing this piece I realized it was like if the music wanted to tell a story. Do you feel that too while listening?

Hello @Pianistikboy, Welcome to the forum. I like this piece, specifically because it evoques in my mind a sense of profound melancholy. However, it is not a Russian long chromatic melody that creates this effect by having a long line (which I also like), but a simple, yet effective melody built on shorter phrases.

To me, it doesn’t seem to tell a story dramatically, as a first person narrator, but more like an old person looking back at the memories of his youth, revisiting a specific story, but as an external observer that reflects on them. However, as the piece goes on, that person gets more and more personally involved in the story, to the point of it seeming real (the climax of the work). But finally, it is remembered again that those were the past times. All of this tinted with heavy melancholy, triggered by the alarming thought that death is near, and those past experiences will never ever come back. Similar to op 62 no 2 by Chopin or op 39 no 8 by Rachmaninoff. This is a really deep interpretation but it is what it came to my mind

Thanks for sharing 

Manuel 

PS: Why “Asturia” music, did you name it after the region in Spain?

Edited August 30, 20241 yr by Jqh73o
Changed opus number for Chopin nocturne

Thank you Manuel for your feedback. The way you describe what you feel is very interesting. Each person feel the music in a different way, and that is fantastic!

Regarding to the name Asturia, as far as I remember, when I choose that name, it had not specifically to do with the Spain region, but I found this name quite neutral and easy to remember (I think) for the people who visit the webstore.

I think it is very difficult for music to “tell a story”, at least without lyrics.
Some composers tried that with symphonic poems and, in the end, they are just that: symphonies.
Another question is whether a music, subjectively, provokes certain emotions.
This piece does, to me it is nostalgic. In fact, it has technical elements in the composition and in the execution that are typical of this.
And it is very good.

Many thanks Luis for your comment and I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Yes, when composing, the challenge is to ensure that the listener doesn't get bored, and enjoy a pleasant musical moment. Also, it's a challenge to be as original as possible.