Lento in G minor

Here is the slow movement from my first violin sonata. Enjoy!

Have the violin take a more prominent accompanying role. If this is from a sonata as you say, let the two share duties.
Do you have experience with the violin? This writing is going to be awkward and difficult. Admittedly, not impossible, but that kind of writing is reserved for more virtuosic playing and you can achieve similar effects with a lot less busywork.
Just because the tempo is prescribed as slow doesn't mean it's actually slow. Calling this a Lento is a bit of a misnomer in my opinion.

It's pretty good, just don't have everything so conservatively set, perhaps.

Cheers!

Double stop passages like those in m. 62-65 and m. 82 seem needlessly uncomfortable to play and not really fitting in the context of this music. I agree with Monarcheon about the tempo. The pulse felt like 90bpm throughout the piece to me. 

Otherwise, I have no criticisms. Good work. I'd like to see the other movements if you get a chance to post them. 

51 minutes ago, fishyfry said:

Double stop passages like those in m. 62-65 and m. 82 seem needlessly uncomfortable to play and not really fitting in the context of this music. I agree with Monarcheon about the tempo. The pulse felt like 90bpm throughout the piece to me. 

Otherwise, I have no criticisms. Good work. I'd like to see the other movements if you get a chance to post them. 

 

Thanks for the feedback! I'll take a look at those double-stops. Here's another movement I've completed (the final mvmnt). http://www.youngcomposers.com/t34506/rondo-for-violin-and-piano/#comment-1186670150

Very good work here.

m.1-40~ there was some type of magic you captured here. For this section I was completely captured by the music. The violin and piano part complemented each brilliantly, the themes were beautiful, it was just entirely brilliant.

m. 47-52 I feel the piano and violin don't gel well here - as a whole it just sounds kind of sparse and directionless. I also personally don't care for the rhythmic pattern here, it just sounds disinteresting to my ear.

m. 62+ the piano part here is a little too repetitive for my tastes. You have both the right and left hand not only playing a very repetitive pattern, but one that is moving fairly fast (meaning more repetitions in the span of time) so it gets a little tiring, especially since the phrase builds so slowly and the violin part starts very slow. I do like m.68+ that is a example of good repetition in the piano part with the violin over top.

The piano has multiple solo moments, yet strangely enough, the violin doesn't have any. Don't be afraid to give the violin some solo time, especially for the particularly sweet and quiet moments. Having the piano cut out can make a particular moment all the more powerful and engrossing.

As a whole I feel this piece kind of overstays it's welcome a little bit. Though I was really engrossed at the begging, as it went on it progressively lost my interest though there would always periodically be excellent moments that drew me back in. In my opinion it could be cut back to 9 or 10 minutes and be much more powerful.

3 hours ago, SebastianViola said:

Very good work here.

m.1-40~ there was some type of magic you captured here. For this section I was completely captured by the music. The violin and piano part complemented each brilliantly, the themes were beautiful, it was just entirely brilliant.

m. 47-52 I feel the piano and violin don't gel well here - as a whole it just sounds kind of sparse and directionless. I also personally don't care for the rhythmic pattern here, it just sounds disinteresting to my ear.

m. 62+ the piano part here is a little too repetitive for my tastes. You have both the right and left hand not only playing a very repetitive pattern, but one that is moving fairly fast (meaning more repetitions in the span of time) so it gets a little tiring, especially since the phrase builds so slowly and the violin part starts very slow. I do like m.68+ that is a example of good repetition in the piano part with the violin over top.

The piano has multiple solo moments, yet strangely enough, the violin doesn't have any. Don't be afraid to give the violin some solo time, especially for the particularly sweet and quiet moments. Having the piano cut out can make a particular moment all the more powerful and engrossing.

As a whole I feel this piece kind of overstays it's welcome a little bit. Though I was really engrossed at the begging, as it went on it progressively lost my interest though there would always periodically be excellent moments that drew me back in. In my opinion it could be cut back to 9 or 10 minutes and be much more powerful.

 

Thank you for the heart-felt feedback. I agree with you on many points. I have always felt this piece goes on a bit long. And finding the confidence to give the violin some solo material... that's an important thing to work on. It's fascinating to hear that you were captivated more by the opening theme than the middle material. I've alwasy felt the opposite. At times I've wanted to cut the beginning off and just start with the middle portion. However, it feels really nice to hear that someone enjoys the first themes. Thank you again for taking the time to listen and write.