Trio Variations in D Minor: A submission to the 2025 Halloween Composition Competition

https://musescore.com/user/96214813/scores/28339009. This is my work. It is a theme of variations piece of music. It has a length of exactly 5 minutes. It consists of an introducion, a theme, and thirteen variations (coda in last variation). It is written for two pianos and a violin, and it also has a cadenza for  both types of instruments. 

This is easy. 10 out of 10. Simply outstanding. And a perfect five minutes? Great. 10 out of 10. Winner here.

(This is just a joke lol)

Hey Tristan

Well, I think this piece is definitely a front runner for most unique ensemble, more so than mine at least haha. Cool choice to use two pianos and only one string player, I was curious to see how you'd pull it off. 

I like the variety of variations you have, it made it interesting all the way through. My favorite was probably 5, but I also really like the subtle build of the last variations leading into the coda. It's also smart to have ones like variation 10 to help break up the monotony. 

Cool music! I hope the competition gave some inspiration to music you would otherwise have never written. It did for me 🙂 

Cheers buddy, good stuff. Keep writing and practicing!

2 hours ago, Thatguy v2.0 said:

Hey Tristan

Well, I think this piece is definitely a front runner for most unique ensemble, more so than mine at least haha. Cool choice to use two pianos and only one string player, I was curious to see how you'd pull it off. 

I like the variety of variations you have, it made it interesting all the way through. My favorite was probably 5, but I also really like the subtle build of the last variations leading into the coda. It's also smart to have ones like variation 10 to help break up the monotony. 

Cool music! I hope the competition gave some inspiration to music you would otherwise have never written. It did for me 🙂 

Cheers buddy, good stuff. Keep writing and practicing!

 

 

Thanks for your feedback!

2 hours ago, Thatguy v2.0 said:

Hey Tristan

Well, I think this piece is definitely a front runner for most unique ensemble, more so than mine at least haha. Cool choice to use two pianos and only one string player, I was curious to see how you'd pull it off. 

I like the variety of variations you have, it made it interesting all the way through. My favorite was probably 5, but I also really like the subtle build of the last variations leading into the coda. It's also smart to have ones like variation 10 to help break up the monotony. 

Cool music! I hope the competition gave some inspiration to music you would otherwise have never written. It did for me 🙂 

Cheers buddy, good stuff. Keep writing and practicing!

 

 

Also, you might be surprised at the end because of the picardy third. That is because I put a have put a quote in there. Read it, (maybe).

Hi @TristanTheTristan!

This one has a cool atmosphere in it! And I like how you vary the theme.

I am more on the playability issue here. The quadruple stops in b.31-38 are unpractical to be played on a real violin, like in b.32-36 any notes lower than the E string would be unplayable with the E string to achieve the quadruple stops. The double pizz. in b.152 variation can also be difficult to play too, as well as the seconds in b.198 for 2nd piano and the octaves for pianists in b.296.

Also, I hope there are moments when the first piano's melody isn't the same as the violin's melody!

Nonetheless, good attempt to write in a variation form!

Henry