Piano concerto no 1 WIP

Hello Everyone.

I am currently working on my first piano concerto. Any feedback is much welcomed.

I have about two minuts of music so far.

Thank you.

Piano concerto no 1 sketech.pdf

I see you're writing the orchestra part as a condensed piano part. Usually this is done after the orchestra part, as a method of making performance easier and cheaper. While it's an interesting idea to write the part as a piano part first, will everything really translate well in orchestra? It's hard to tell exactly what you have in mind when it's just a piano part. Try orchestrating it next!

Your virtuosic writing is very impressive! It's all very pianistic. I would like to see more moments of contrast though. Almost everything you've sent so far sounds like one big coda with the orchestra going off and the piano flying away. It's impossible to effectively keep energy like this. There has to be contrast, low moments, for the high moments to really shine. The one quieter orchestra section isn't enough. Let's hear some secondary themes, some alternate textures, some interaction between piano and orchestra. Even the most virtuosic pieces have moments of slow beauty, Gaspard de la Nuit, Islamey, etc.

piano concerto no 1.pdf

Thanks @veps

For the feedback 🙂

Sorry for the late reply. I have made some progress on the piano concerto. I don't think I will orchestrate it right away as it's in early stages still but it will be in the future. 

Near the end of what i have right now I tried to compose a contrasting theme.

Hope I can get some more feedback.

Hi @Bjarke,

The piano writing is of course impressive but looks real hard to perform which fits for a Concerto. What do you plan for the structure of the movement? I have already a lot of happenings and modulations within the first subject area itself. I agree with @veps that the beginning looks like a climactic coda throughout. I also think that the themes and motives are not distinctive enough to attract listeners since most of the passages are virtuosic and flourishing. I think you can write a first theme first before having these virtuosic passages for the concerto. The Db major theme near the end is very attactive and it seems like it's the first stablized theme of the movement.

Looking forward to your progress!

Henry