The Escapist for piano and cello

It was a thrilling experience to have taken part in Dreamscapes! I am grateful to the people working behind the scenes to makes all of this possible! Don't be shy to give me some constructive feedbacks on this. I really appreciate them 🙂

Absolutely beautiful! Congratulations, you deserve it!

There's nothing much to say, YC judges' criteria are correct!

Personally, I like a lot b15 - 21 🙂, maybe the only '''''problem''''' are the transitions between themes, some themes don't even have a transition, is this intended?

1 hour ago, Samuel_vangogh said:

Absolutely beautiful! Congratulations, you deserve it!

There's nothing much to say, YC judges' criteria are correct!

 

Personally, I like a lot b15 - 21 🙂, maybe the only '''''problem''''' are the transitions between themes, some themes don't even have a transition, is this intended?

 

Thank you so much for the kind words! I knew that the sudden recurrence of the first theme after the stormy middle part and in the very end of the piece (in minor key) might sound a bit strange to most listeners. Those abrupt recurrence of the theme is actually done to signify the sudden escape from the often stormy real world to a soothing, more mellow dream world. But as seen in the end in the piece, the dream world can soothe no more and the escapist is left with an uncertain ending. To either suffer in silence in his dream or to wake up. So the abrupt changes in themes signify the constant switching between reality and dream as the escapist switches from one to the other. But it's understandable why it would sound strange for most listeners. In fact it did sound strange to me too. I guess I could have done somethings differently to smooth out these issues. Anyways! Thanks again for leaving such a kind feedback! ^^

I love this piece, especially the strong opening theme. It has a beautiful, evocative "British drama" quality. I wanted to hear it again at the end, but you chose to reprise it in minor. Having read your statement, I understand why you did so, and I feel it is successful in conveying the shifting dream states, particularly as it trails off in a nebulous, uncertain diminished. So it also addressed the challenge well. Overall, well done. Could you talk about how you produced the recording?

1 hour ago, Ken Thompson said:

I love this piece, especially the strong opening theme. It has a beautiful, evocative "British drama" quality. I wanted to hear it again at the end, but you chose to reprise it in minor. Having read your statement, I understand why you did so, and I feel it is successful in conveying the shifting dream states, particularly as it trails off in a nebulous, uncertain diminished. So it also addressed the challenge well. Overall, well done. Could you talk about how you produced the recording?

 

Thank you for the kind feedback! I actually did nothing special in producing the recording. I just used the default musescore 4 soundfonts (which are awesome btw) to create the recording. Maybe I played with the volumes a bit because I felt the cello and piano were not balanced in the stock soundfonts. Thanks again for listening and appreciating!

Congratulations on this piece and for winning first place. The opening theme is romantic and memorable. I was suspecting that the instruments were real but your post above confirmed that it was actually soundfonts! They are pretty good. In any case, the piece deserves to get an actual performance!

Yes, MuseScore has really come a long way. The version 4 included soundfonts sound quite good, and you used them to good advantage.

Hi @ComposedBySam,

Congrats on the 1st place finish of the Dreamscape competition! Your piece well deserves it as it's so captivating and well-fit to the theme of the competition. Maybe for what @Samuel_vangogh has said for the transition "problem" I have given you a slightly less high mark of 8 for the criteria of Form/Development, and other than this and some slight scoring issues there is really nothing to complain and just enjoy the music very much!

Henry 

2 hours ago, Henry Ng Tsz Kiu said:

Hi @ComposedBySam,

Congrats on the 1st place finish of the Dreamscape competition! Your piece well deserves it as it's so captivating and well-fit to the theme of the competition. Maybe for what @Samuel_vangogh has said for the transition "problem" I have given you a slightly less high mark of 8 for the criteria of Form/Development, and other than this and some slight scoring issues there is really nothing to complain and just enjoy the music very much!

Henry 

 

Thank you so much Henry! I'll keep what you said in mind