Sigh - Symphonic Orchestra

Hello Everyone,

Thank you for your support in my recent compositions, I really appreciate the great feedback I always get from y'all. Today I have a piece that I really needed to write for myself. I've recently been under a lot of stress, with demands and expectations of other people really weighing me down. The struggle to meet those expectations has hurt my self-esteem. This piece is simply an expression of that feeling, and ends with the hope that I will conquer it all.
 

Hi @Some Guy That writes Music!

I got to say, this one is the best music I have heard from you on this forum. It's full of Mahlerian dissonance which really portrays your stress and sadness which I can feel clearly. I love the constant F#-Gb to G-F dissonace and other direct minor 2nd chords throughout to show how intriguing you were. The dissonant counterpoint is well handled throughout. Also I love the pacing of the piece, you just slow introduce each family of the orchestra without forcing it, for example you only let brass get in in b.28 and let them slowly grow to a climax to b.36, unlike many brainless film music which always bombard without reason.

The ending is very luminous and well prepared; it's a bit surprising to me that you end the piece in Eb major but I love it! I would wish it to stay longer and add a bit development onto it!

One small thing: maybe a key signature with four flats would be more convenient since most of the piece is in F minor.

Thx for sharing this very emoitional piece!

Henry

4 hours ago, Henry Ng Tsz Kiu said:

Hi @Some Guy That writes Music!

I got to say, this one is the best music I have heard from you on this forum. It's full of Mahlerian dissonance which really portrays your stress and sadness which I can feel clearly. I love the constant F#-Gb to G-F dissonace and other direct minor 2nd chords throughout to show how intriguing you were. The dissonant counterpoint is well handled throughout. Also I love the pacing of the piece, you just slow introduce each family of the orchestra without forcing it, for example you only let brass get in in b.28 and let them slowly grow to a climax to b.36, unlike many brainless film music which always bombard without reason.

The ending is very luminous and well prepared; it's a bit surprising to me that you end the piece in Eb major but I love it! I would wish it to stay longer and add a bit development onto it!

One small thing: maybe a key signature with four flats would be more convenient since most of the piece is in F minor.

Thx for sharing this very emoitional piece!

Henry

 

Thank you for your kind words. I agree about the development comment, I definitely think it would benefit from a longer continuation, but I need to start planning ahead for developments like that to make sense for me. And yeah I'll change the key, I wrote the melody starting on a C, and then immediately changed plans lol.