Piano Concerto

Hi everybody,

I have been working on a piano concerto for the past year and a half (though the last six months or so have been idle). I have a first and second movement, each about 10 minutes long. I have 5 minutes of a third movement, but I am stuck.

I am going for a U-shaped tension curve on this one. Let's call the song structure ABC, for simplicity of discussion. I introduce a few motives and a theme in the A section, which is at high (exciting) tension. Then the B section (in the middle of which I am stuck) calms down and should invoke a dream-like state. The C section should start at low tension and build and build using the motives and theme from the A section until it reaches a climax at the very end and ends.

Here is an MP3:

3: Allegro (MP3) (PDF) (Forgive the notation; this is just enough to get it to play the notes I want it to, no courtesy anything)

Here are the other two movements:

1: Allegro ma non troppo

2: Adagio

I wouldn't worry too much about the other two movements in your suggestions though. I'm treating these three movements are loosely connected, and if they don't form a profound, cohesive whole, I am okay with that.

Thanks for your help,

Luke