Sonata in B-flat major, for Clarinet & Piano - "Winter"

After several months of off-and-on work, I finally completed my sonata for clarinet and piano. I have been extraordinarily busy at work, and so my revision process has been unusually long, though it is done now. I posted the first movement (in a less refined form) a while ago, and I received some great feedback on it. I am hoping to get it performed in the spring, and I am excited to hear what you guys think. Happy New Year!

Wow, I love this piece! When you get a live recording of it, please share it!

Since I'm not a very experienced composer, I feel like I can't properly critique your work--but it's rare to hear a contemporary piece that moves me as much as your clarinet sonata does. To me, a great deal of contemporary music is so academic that it seems to abandon traditional aesthetic values (which is fine, just not my cup of tea). Meanwhile, you've created your own unique musical idiom, which seems to be inspired by Ravel and Debussy (and I hear a bit of Barber?). There are moments of sheer beauty throughout this piece, and the third movement is absolutely riveting.

I aspire to write as well as you do! Good luck with your endeavors in the new year!

20 hours ago, J Shu said:

Wow, I love this piece! When you get a live recording of it, please share it!

Since I'm not a very experienced composer, I feel like I can't properly critique your work--but it's rare to hear a contemporary piece that moves me as much as your clarinet sonata does. To me, a great deal of contemporary music is so academic that it seems to abandon traditional aesthetic values (which is fine, just not my cup of tea). Meanwhile, you've created your own unique musical idiom, which seems to be inspired by Ravel and Debussy (and I hear a bit of Barber?). There are moments of sheer beauty throughout this piece, and the third movement is absolutely riveting.

I aspire to write as well as you do! Good luck with your endeavors in the new year!

 

Wow, thank you so much for the kind words! I always strive to see someone enjoy something which I spent so long working on. The thing I found helped me most was just taking my time. Anyway, thanks again, and I'm going to try hard to get this piece performed and recorded!

I'm impressed! Very nice language and wonderful interplay between the piano and the clarinet.

Lovely piece!

The interaction between the clarinet and piano is wonderful and the atmospheres, you create are very nice.
Although the parts seem pretty difficult to play, I do not think that it is impossible when you practise a lot.

Do you have plans to get a real performance for it?

Well done!

@Maarten Bauer@Luis Hernández Thank you guys for the feedback! I always appreciate it. I do plan on reaching out to some professors at my university to hopefully get it performed in the spring. It's definitely on the difficult side, but I see that as a good thing; it's something to work on! Overall, I think this project was a success -- I was able to work on my counter-point, the development of my ideas, balance between parts -- and I'm very satisfied with its outcome.

Can't wait for the performance - love the vigor of the third movement!

On 1/9/2018 at 9:14 PM, Maximus said:

Can't wait for the performance - love the vigor of the third movement!

 

 

Thanks a lot! I appreciate it!