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Sorry for the late reply. I agree with your comment about the uncaptivating start. Maybe I should cut down the intro a bit? I'll see what I can do. Your proposed reason for this problem I think is wrong because your assumption about the origin of this piece is false. I, in fact, did not decide one day to write a symphony in tragic sonata form. This piece is pretty much a polished and orchestrated piano improvisation, so "letting the form of the piece arise naturally and organically" is a given. This first part is especially (strucurally) very close to the original improv (the development is the most different I think). And regarding your suggestion to write more shorter pieces, I do. I've got dozens of short pieces that I write solely to practice different compositional techniques, and sometimes they become more serious projects, but usually they're not anything I'm willing to post. Thanks for your feedback 🙂

The guitar is too sparse. You've written for an instrument with strings yet you never use them. At times the piano is janky and unneccesarry; consider replacing these notes and putting them into some chords for the guitar. The right hand on the piano plays some really awkward octaves, which makes the piece too full. This is very good, i assume you have written mostly by ear and not by what looks good on paper. The sound is lovely, and the melody is very sweet. An ABA structure is common for baroque pieces, modulate into the relative minor and write a new subject with scalic or chromatic countersubject.