Lacrimosa for Piano Quartet, Op. 11

Dramatic, energetic, and beautifully performed. The music is strongly similar to the style of Rachmaninoff. But that is not a negative thing; consider it to be a compliment.

You are really a remarkable composer (and pianist) – congratulations.

The only thing I was a bit confused about was the title of the piece. There is a lot of drama, but, perhaps apart from the beginning, I could not associate it with "Lacrimosa". But that may be just me.

How are you so good!? 😆

Beautiful, emotional work. The melodies, such as that at 0:35 are exquisite.

Impressive recording! I would say it sounds live, although the viola part is recognisably a cello. The climax at 6:25 is moving and powerfully scored, even with the small number of instruments.

Well done, Theodore!

10 hours ago, panta rei said:

Dramatic, energetic, and beautifully performed. The music is strongly similar to the style of Rachmaninoff. But that is not a negative thing; consider it to be a compliment.

You are really a remarkable composer (and pianist) – congratulations.

The only thing I was a bit confused about was the title of the piece. There is a lot of drama, but, perhaps apart from the beginning, I could not associate it with "Lacrimosa". But that may be just me.

Thank you so much, @panta rei! The name isn't necessarily meant to related to the text in the "Dies Irae" text, or the Catholic Requiem mass, but instead was only meant to evoke feelings of sorrow and loss, though I guess I added much more than just those feelings in the piece!

8 hours ago, aMusicComposer said:

How are you so good!? 😆

Beautiful, emotional work. The melodies, such as that at 0:35 are exquisite.

Impressive recording! I would say it sounds live, although the viola part is recognisably a cello. The climax at 6:25 is moving and powerfully scored, even with the small number of instruments.

Well done, Theodore!

Thank you, @aMusicComposer! I'm glad you enjoyed the piece as well as the performance!

I mean, this piece is pretty much perfect. Something Schuman for example could have written. 

So I can't give any feedback but say that I envy that work and your talent. 

wow... brb i have to listen to your other songs now

@Ivan1791 @Left Unexplained Thank you both so much for your compliments! I appreciate it!

Very lyrical.

You never allow the energy you build go to waste, it's always dissipated the optimum moment, in the best way possible.The climax seems to go on and on, and it doesn't leave any room for boredom. Everything flows, there is no element that has to be added, nor taken away.

 Great job.

Thank you, @Jean Szulc! I'm glad you you enjoyed the piece! 🙂

This is quite impressive! Some parts reminded me of something Schubert would write, some had a more Rachmaninoff quality to them. Beautiful recording as well. It'd be nice to see a score too.

If you need a violist in the future, I am at your service 🙂

Thank you so much, @danishali903! I will definitely consider your offer in the future!

Very beautiful and moving, Theo.  I especially like the first 5 minutes or so.  The performance is also impressive, especially considering the circumstances - you can tell the parts were individually recorded, but the overall effect is very good.  Thanks for sharing!

@pianist_1981 Wow, thanks so much for commenting! I'm really glad you enjoyed this piece! 😄

wow.. beautiful. I loved every second of it.

On 4/11/2021 at 12:17 AM, jejrekmek said:

wow.. beautiful. I loved every second of it.

Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it. 😄

The score-video channel thenamisgsarci just posted my Lacrimosa!

Also, I am now selling a beautiful printed score of the piece, in case anyone wants to support me: https://www.dropbox.com/home/Music Renewal/Lacrimosa. Please contact me privately for more details.

This is just amazing from start to finish. Wow! :0

Thank you so much, @BC345! I'm glad you like it!

A very beautiful, passionate and emotional piece full of lyrical phrases entwined with both sadness and hope - quite deserving of the title "Lacrimosa"!  The sections where some of the strings are pizzicato are among my favorite.  You're an amazing pianist for performing those very fast arpeggios that follow that part.  And the string players did a great job with those busy textures you wrote for them!  I like how you recapitulate the introduction - it's also an example of a section of your music which would have fared very poorly in a rendering but is given great meaning in a live recording.  Great job!  I enjoyed it thoroughly!

Thank you, @PeterthePapercomPoser! I'm glad you enjoyed the piece and our performance! I like how you described my piece, as 'entwined with both sadness and hope', that's a pretty accurate description. Thanks again! 😄

I've listen it before, but I concentrate more when I listen with the score. It's quite a dramatic and impressive piece. The interaction of the strings with the piano is very good. thanks for sharing

Thank you, @ClasiCompose! I'm glad you liked it!

Very, very nice.

I sense there are many people that want to write some Romantic piece, I think extremely few actually succeed. On the composer subreddit there's even a name for this: "YARB" (yet another Romantic behemoth). Your pieces seem to be the strange exception, this is very finely crafted and yet expressive. Congrats on the performance!

Thanks, @Snake_Cake! I'm glad you liked it and the performance!

I've never heard that term "YARB" before (though I'm not a big Reddit user), but I can still respect attempts to write romantic music. It's not easy to write successful romantic music, blending harmonic beauty, emotion, depth, and creativity, into a flowing and sound piece of music, but I'm glad you thought my piece was successful!