Piano Quartet No. 3

Its been a while since I've posted anything here, I've actually been quite busy in my new life in São Paulo (moved from Brasília to São Paulo this year to study with the principal clarinetist at the São Paulo Symphony), and I'm sad to not find enough time to compose as much as I did in high school. Anyways, finally, after 4 months here I finally managed to complete a work. I'm quite satisified with this quartet, since I believe I'm getting closer with each attempt to an authentic romantic work. Please, have a listen, and tell me what you think. Nothing matters more than the listener's opinion!

Hello @Rômulo Mello!

I've listened to the first movement of the piece. The opening reminds me very much of Brahms' chamber music, especially his Piano Quintet and Quartets, given the thick texture, hemiolas and imitations of the instruments. A very nice transition to the 2nd subject and I particularly love how you let the always-neglected viola sing in b.70! I always love viola's particularly timbre in its high register, more beautiful than violin in the same register, but not as tight as cello! The development beginning is excatly what Brahms would do by dissecting the motives to different instruments, and the transition to b.122 reminds me exactly the development section of Brahms' Piano Quintet. The tension of the retransition from b.137 is greatly achieved, reminds me very much of the retransition of the 1st mov of Brahms' 3rd Piano Quartet.

I like you arrange for cello to play the 2nd subject theme since it will be more fitting than the viola in exposition. Personally I would hope for a 2nd development section in the coda as in Brahms' work, by creating another climax before ending it! 

12 hours ago, Rômulo Mello said:

Please, have a listen, and tell me what you think. Nothing matters more than the listener's opinion!

Yeah given how experienced you are in composing it would also marvellous too if you could offer some of your listener's opinion to other members' works as well!

Thx for sharing!

Henry

14 hours ago, Henry Ng Tsz Kiu said:

Hello @Rômulo Mello!

I've listened to the first movement of the piece. The opening reminds me very much of Brahms' chamber music, especially his Piano Quintet and Quartets, given the thick texture, hemiolas and imitations of the instruments. A very nice transition to the 2nd subject and I particularly love how you let the always-neglected viola sing in b.70! I always love viola's particularly timbre in its high register, more beautiful than violin in the same register, but not as tight as cello! The development beginning is excatly what Brahms would do by dissecting the motives to different instruments, and the transition to b.122 reminds me exactly the development section of Brahms' Piano Quintet. The tension of the retransition from b.137 is greatly achieved, reminds me very much of the retransition of the 1st mov of Brahms' 3rd Piano Quartet.

I like you arrange for cello to play the 2nd subject theme since it will be more fitting than the viola in exposition. Personally I would hope for a 2nd development section in the coda as in Brahms' work, by creating another climax before ending it! 

Yeah given how experienced you are in composing it would also marvellous too if you could offer some of your listener's opinion to other members' works as well!

Thx for sharing!

Henry

 

Thanks for the analysis! I really felt more inspired specifically by Brahms and Rachmaninoff when composing this piece, but I never actually studied a Brahms work so I didn't know about the similarities in structure (perhaps only his clarinet sonata No. 2, which I performed in a recital). Anyways, I guess I should look into Brahms's coda developments, it seems quite interesting.

14 hours ago, Henry Ng Tsz Kiu said:

Yeah given how experienced you are in composing it would also marvellous too if you could offer some of your listener's opinion to other members' works as well!

I think you are correct, maybe I should try commenting on some of the other works here! I'll keep an eye on any new and interesting topics.