(Please move or delete if this is inappropriate, but I'm pretty certain it meets the romantic style requirement!)
Due to the obvious problems in procuring an orchestra, and the fact that I'm not made of money, it will only be presented publicly in solo piano form at this point in time. Here's a live recording with sheet music; obviously it's not studio pristine and precise (minor memory lapse in the second movement in particular, three bars are thus dropped from the score representation).
From a technical perspective, the work is largely constructed out of two related descending motifs, both of which occur within the first minute and a half. They are in effect mood mirror images of one another. The first is contemplative and questioning, the second (bar 36) more bold and positive (and, yes, I shall preempt any observations that it has similarities to the notorious Warsaw Concerto!) All the material within the first two movements is directly derived from one or other of these motifs, as is the closing material. For example, the passage from bar 166 in the first movement is a minor key transformation of the second motif, and the first movement ends with a recall of cells from the opening motif.
The second movement represents a reverie; an oasis of calm before the violent irruption of the Dies Irae at the start of the last movement. The work concludes with a triumphant re-presentation of the second motif.
https://youtu.be/119uH6zeDtg
Obviously I hope this may be of interest, and that I can be forgiven for leaving the orchestra somewhat to the imagination. There are basic orchestration comments within the score.
Due to the obvious problems in procuring an orchestra, and the fact that I'm not made of money, it will only be presented publicly in solo piano form at this point in time. Here's a live recording with sheet music; obviously it's not studio pristine and precise (minor memory lapse in the second movement in particular, three bars are thus dropped from the score representation).
From a technical perspective, the work is largely constructed out of two related descending motifs, both of which occur within the first minute and a half. They are in effect mood mirror images of one another. The first is contemplative and questioning, the second (bar 36) more bold and positive (and, yes, I shall preempt any observations that it has similarities to the notorious Warsaw Concerto!) All the material within the first two movements is directly derived from one or other of these motifs, as is the closing material. For example, the passage from bar 166 in the first movement is a minor key transformation of the second motif, and the first movement ends with a recall of cells from the opening motif.
The second movement represents a reverie; an oasis of calm before the violent irruption of the Dies Irae at the start of the last movement. The work concludes with a triumphant re-presentation of the second motif.
https://youtu.be/119uH6zeDtg
Obviously I hope this may be of interest, and that I can be forgiven for leaving the orchestra somewhat to the imagination. There are basic orchestration comments within the score.
