Scherzo in F minor, for Violoncello & Piano

This is a brief, fast-paced piece for the cello and piano. I'm haven't written much in the way of chamber music, but let me know what you guys think!

Very nice. It would serve as a good middle movement for a cello sonata.  I like the balance between the piano and cello, they complement each other well without one dominating over the other.  My only humble suggestion would be to spruce up the cello part in the trio as it comparatively sounds kind of bland.

My compliments. You've written a very nice scherzo. Reminded me somewhat of the scherzo in Rachmaninov's cello sonata.

Brilliant composition, everything in this piece is balanced quite well! 

Thank you all for your replies; I greatly appreciate them! For some reason, the articulations appear to be messed up on the PDF, but that is just a minor thing to me :)

I really do quite like this. The only thing I would have altered is the arpeggiated Ab major part... the long cello notes makes the piece feel like it slowed down, like it's not as active as the part before; I just feel like it's somewhat unnecessary, for example that really long Ab after the repeat sign. Not to knock it though, it was really good regardless.

While this has the rhythmic character of a scherzo I miss some surprising changes in dynamics and possible use of syncopation to give it the feeling of more of a dance-like jest.  Still, a pretty fun piece nonetheless.  Thanks for sharing and sorry for the late reply!

@PeterthePapercomPoser

Thank you for taking the time to comment on this work, though I must admit I have not thought about this piece in years. It was, like hundreds of other works of mine, either destroyed, abandoned, or repurposed. Even my modern catalogue started in 2019 of around 100 has a dozen or so of the same fate.

I'm happy to say that many of those expectations you confronted in this piece have been better handled in newer works, though it has been a while since last I posted any music. In recent years, I've tried my best to avoid sharing my music, especially with scores included.

But thank you again for commenting, if only for a piece that no longer exists.

A work of character and quality.  It seems to have a little bridge between part B and the recapitulation of part A, right? Some interesting details.

Congratulations Jared, bravo for the great work!