Sonata 1

Hello, Here's the first movement of my piano sonata. Hope you like it. The recording is kind of bad and my playing as well at times but oh well. You should preferably listen to it with headphones on! 🙂 Tell me what you think!

Hello @Olof Darin!  Welcome to the forum!

I am listening with headphones as instructed.  I actually think this is quite lovely with some unease and discomfort inherent in the slightly dissonant language you employ.  But I think this proceeds quite logically and melodiously throughout!  You might get even more attention from fellow pianists on this forum who have also played their own sonatas like you have such as @PCC and @Henry Ng Tsz Kiu, if you posted a score.  Your playing is very good, especially in the fast parts!  I don't think I've heard any obvious mistakes.  I think I like the soft, chorale-like parts of this movement the best.  The bell-like effect you achieve through your use of octaves in the extremes of the piano register is also quite creative!  Thanks for sharing and good job!

@ComposaBoi as well

understood the beginning yet still gives a sense of the unknown, slightly unsettling, then the music breaks out

I also liked the use of the different degrees of tonality and suspensions

On 4/20/2024 at 3:56 AM, PeterthePapercomPoser said:

Hello @Olof Darin!  Welcome to the forum!

I am listening with headphones as instructed.  I actually think this is quite lovely with some unease and discomfort inherent in the slightly dissonant language you employ.  But I think this proceeds quite logically and melodiously throughout!  You might get even more attention from fellow pianists on this forum who have also played their own sonatas like you have such as @PCC and @Henry Ng Tsz Kiu, if you posted a score.  Your playing is very good, especially in the fast parts!  I don't think I've heard any obvious mistakes.  I think I like the soft, chorale-like parts of this movement the best.  The bell-like effect you achieve through your use of octaves in the extremes of the piano register is also quite creative!  Thanks for sharing and good job!

 

Thank you for the kind words! Interesting to hear what people think about the somewhat dissonant stuff. I'm quite used to it and as it's my own piece there's always a chance that I perceive it as more coherent and conventional than how others might perceive it. Ultimately I prefer slow moving, easy on the mind kind of music. As for a score... maybe in the future... but I'm ashamed to admit that I find that part of composing to be very painful 😄