Where Light Doesn't Shine

Hello,

Just wanted to share one of my latest works. This has become one of my favorite pieces to date and I just received the premiere on Friday. It was really amazing and he came so prepared with clarity. Cannot imagine it being played better than he did!

I would love to hear everyone's thoughts on this piece that is quite a step away from my normal writing style. 

Bravo! The performer did great. I loved the piece too. Few atonal pieces engage me like this one did, it was genuinely captivating. I have no negative feedback to give. Good job. 👍

Hi @Eickso,

I love how you use those random but not too random patterns to signify the dark undercurrent, and the contrast with it with the outbursts and contemplative chords. The aleatoric technique is used very reasonably for the power of entropy which is dark and evil for us but uncertain and random.  In bar 52 I really feel like it's Debussy's Feux D'artifice with outburst from the bass. I do feel like in the music light does shine in our heart if not in the world. The power generated throughout the piece is menacing and threatening and it's very good use of all those uncertain things like frequently changing metres (or rhythm as metre), chord clusters, sudden outbursts from the bass, sudden change of register. Love it! Thanks for sharing!

Henry

Hi again Eickso!

I cannot avoid thinking that the first section of the piece (the one that resembles E minor) is like one of those books that you buy for the price of a novel but that say "write your own story" so you end up writing the book you wanted to read yourself. Don't get me wrong, I very much liked the effect —in other words, the notebook didn't come blank— but as I said I just couldn't avoid the thought :). My favourite part was the applause but it is not written in the score for some reason...

Jokes aside I'm glad that you get your works performed; I couldn't agree more on the fact that the pianist was splendid. The piece started a bit confusing to me (it's just not the style I'm used to listen to, in case there's any) but shortly after I realized I was already immersed on its atmosphere, specially in the atonal section which constitutes the majority of the piece. The dynamics are not over-exaggerated by the performer which is to be appreciated by me at least.

A very expressive, solid and quite unique work, in summary. Thank you for sharing it to us mate.

Kind regards,
Daniel–Ømicrón.

Nothing to add, except that I love it.

Great job with the aleatoric notation!  That's something I don't think Musescore has available yet.  This is a great experience for you to maybe someday utilize in writing for strings, where these kinds of aleatoric techniques really shine and have the greatest effect (where each individual player interprets the directions as they see fit creating a massive wall of random sound shaped by your chosen harmonic/melodic material).  I agree that the performance is exemplary.  Thanks for sharing!

perhaps add additional movements?  if you have the time? this current one is wonderful as-is but seems introductory to something not fully realized. a suite of 5 or so in this vein could result in an artistic statement on quite a different level than what is to my mind a 'one-off' albeit a very effective one. go for a large scale multipart work instead of something analogous to a single Beethoven bagatelle.