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Here's a piano work ... begun last night (after listening to on this site - Oh, if my sadness (Orchestration) and stirred by the music); and first completed version this morning. Sometimes the muse speaks .... all suggestions most welcome. Mark

I've been told this piece is light and airy; but doesn't really go anywhere. Which is fair! For me it's a joyful piece; but I'm interested to know what emotion it inspires for you?

This music was also used on the The Lost Piano - Scoring Competition - #lostpianoscore This video is the intellectual property of Westwood Instrument LTD youtu.be/SoPAfQY0cg8 Music & Production by Syrel Photography by Syrel

Over the past year, many people have commented that my Piano and Violin Concerto No. 1 wasn't really a concerto. I guess that was a polite way of telling myself that I'm a mediocre pianist since the purpose of a concerto is to show the virtuosity of a great pianist. Well, I'm aware that my play is below average and my old broken hands provided everything they could. My only consolation is that Ravel could not play his piano music decently either, knowing of course that I am so far from the genius of this great composer. In order to satisfy the classical music purists, I renamed this music “The Feather Lamp Symphony for Piano & Violin”. Nevertheless, it remains to this day my most popular composition that I have done in the past two years. Unfortunately, I still haven't reached 500 Likes. If you haven't listened to it yet, I invite you to listen to it and if you like what you hear, you would do me a favor if you let me know by pressing the like button. The Feather Lamp Symphony for Piano & Violin - Collaboration with Rosin Dust (Violin Solo) Music, orchestration and production by Syrel @user-461764443 Violin Solo by Rosin Dust (Tatiana Makarova) @rosindust Picture of Ingo Maurer Bibibibi lamp by Syrel for the Decormag Magazine in 1985 Thank you so much Tatiana for this inspiring performance.

I can't quite articulate a couple of ideas I had but.... is it worth asking something about programme music (music attempting to tell a story, paint a picture (literally a sonic representation of something visual); present a series of events (as in Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony or Vaughan Williams Sinfonia Antartica) rather than a mood, as in impressionism/symbolism (as in Debussy's L'Apres-midi or Delius' Summer Garden / North Country Sketches)? Is there any difference between them? Do you or might you compose in markedly different styles to avoid fatigue in one style? Light music v deeper work requiring more listening concentration? Do you believe yourself to be eclectic in composition, mixing for example tonality with atonality, or just mixing different styles. Do you consider yourself to be a postmodern composer (which I suppose is a variation of the question immediately above)? However, this is gathering a large bunch of questions that'll need pruning to keep a poll manageable! .

Hello there! This is quite a fun little piece! Great job! This simple kinda A B A with an ending works out really well with your melody, and I LOVE the harmony shift at 0:44 (so satisfying and adventurous)! I really like and appreciate, as a listener, how you build everything up in the A section! You introduce the chords, then the melody at 0:15, then some cool action with the melody at 0:28, all before the harmony shift at 0:44. I loved being able to enjoy each part of it, but then get introduced to new material shortly after! In addition, I also like the unconventional melody you pose here; it’s almost Debussy-esque (or video game-like) in my opinion. Lastly, the ending at 1:12 is awesome! It’s a dramatic and strong descent to the last chord, and I love it’s contrast to the rest of the piece. Really shows itself as a finale (also, the arpeggios simply sound really cool!). Great work! I really liked it. I think Omicronrg9 said it well saying it’s reminiscent of a prelude. I would love to hear more of this, but I think it also works well as it is. Awesome job!

This is just great. I love the energy and the textures you create. It's certainly ambitious but it really pays off. The ostinato, the time signature changes, the use of percussion all combine to great effect. It looks as though earlier versions made you revisit and rework the piece and that's all part of being creative, I reckon. Thanks for sharing this. It's a really enjoyable piece.

Wow! Another quite bombastic movement from Evan in the books! There's a lot going on and the motion scarcely ceases. That's I think both a strength and a weakness. It forces you to create contrasts in other ways while maintaining your minimalist perpetuum mobile groove always chugging along underneath. I like the melody you introduce in the brass right before the frenzied ending - that's a nice touch and I guess your attempt to make a more conclusive and convincing finale. I for one think it worked - the piece doesn't end in a seemingly arbitrary place but builds the listeners expectations towards a finale. Well done! I see you're still having trouble coming up with adequate titles. Whenever I have this problem I try to imagine a extra-musical context for my piece, whether for a film, video game, or imagine what kind of setting/place in a novel it could portray - or what kind of character it could embody. Maybe if you can't find a pre-existing context for your music you could come up with your own by writing your own poem or short story. Just some ideas I'm throwing at ya. Great job and I'm stoked to hear the live performance! (Congratulations btw)

Congratulations on getting at least part of this somewhat substantial work performed! The violin performance is quite expressive and idiomatic. Having said that I am not entirely sure that the term "concerto" is right for this piece. A concerto is usually at least somewhat showy, displaying the virtuosic capabilities of the instrument and the player to the amazement of the audience. There is also no themes in this piece. It sounds more like a cinematic soundtrack featuring piano and violin being mostly focused on creating interest and intrigue through chord progressions which would make this a great piece of music to have as the background to some kind of movie scene(s). The production quality is outstanding however and kudos on finding a human being who would perform part of the piece for you - I know how hard it is to find realistic sounding solo strings Vst's. Thanks for sharing!

Yes, it sounds a bit percussive, even the melody. It has some changes that remind me to Ravel.

It made me laugh for some reason at the beginning, it's certainly joyful though the digital interpretation feels too much brute perhaps. Seems like a prelude to me; there must be a continuation of this. I liked it!