Great I love the kind of ravelian sound sometimes, also reminds me of ghibli sometimes. You should put this on spotify
@kevinfagan8229Күн бұрын
How hard is this one? Similar to rondo alla turca?
@christopheluciani19136 күн бұрын
Beautiful work! I would be interested to know what you think of my waltzes 2, 3, and 4 if you have time to check ^^
@RowanMcTavish2 күн бұрын
They're very nice! I liked #2 the most because I thought it was the most harmonically interesting, especially how it kind of avoids the tonic a lot of the time, but #3 and 4 (especially 3) were impressively Chopinesque.
@hiritoguevara75007 күн бұрын
I would really like to know what inspired you? this is beautiful
@RowanMcTavish6 күн бұрын
I wish I had a good answer! I started writing the first movement as a standalone piece quite awhile ago, and set it aside pretty early on because I didn't like it. But then I came back to it and decided it wasn't so bad, and by the time I'd finished, the theme of some sort of "mechanism" had kind of revealed itself, so I kept running with it.
@bethanywakim61757 күн бұрын
I like these, especially “Fire” - it wasn’t what I was expecting, but rather warm and quiet, like a fireside during a snowy night.
@RowanMcTavish6 күн бұрын
Thanks! Yeah, when I think of typical fire-inspired music, I think Stravinsky, Feinberg, Rautavaara, all this really intense, brutal music. I wanted something cozier, like candlelight or a fireplace. :)
@vanoksilver61707 күн бұрын
It's very great, especially four part. I had an incredible pleasure. From Russia with love for this fabolous music.
@Sam-qk8gy12 күн бұрын
Beautiful and ethereal! I think the transcription doesnt match the audio for measures 167-171
@RowanMcTavish10 күн бұрын
Thank you! I just checked and I didn't notice any discrepancies there -- what are you hearing/seeing that doesn't match up?
@IsabellaRollim13 күн бұрын
What a great composition! Bravo!
@Whatismusic12313 күн бұрын
This is not a sonata nor is it music. At best this qualifies as poorly composed background noise.
@RowanMcTavish12 күн бұрын
A visit from the legend? Am I famous now?
@ShelbyTomov14 күн бұрын
this is gorgeous. thank you so much for sharing your work.
@carpinchipedia700914 күн бұрын
This is absolutely fantastic, really reminiscent of Christopher Larkin and Yoshimatsu, but also so much its own sound. Bravo!
@alexandrebeauharnais684915 күн бұрын
Reminds me a little of Ryuichi Sakamoto. It's a beautiful sonata. I think I'll try playing it myself.
@MinYangLeong16 күн бұрын
Beautifully written and played.
@Ninjanugets12317 күн бұрын
reminds me of a final fantasy or other old school jrpg soundtrack, while retaining uniqueness! great work.
@RowanMcTavish16 күн бұрын
I was raised on old-school JRPGs (and still love them!), so this checks out 😀
@jamescash406517 күн бұрын
This piece is incredible! You should be proud!
@arkantyne712218 күн бұрын
As a fellow aspiring composer this is beautiful! As you mentioned in a reply to a comment, you don't see yourself as 'treading new ground' in regards to the tonal harmony and conventional phrase structures. I love the way you handled said conventional harmony/phrasing though. This sort of studio ghibli-esque einaudi-esque music often falls into the trap of repetitiveness, lack of variety or overuse of pentatonic melodies/harmonies, and you have deftly avoided it with frequent switching of textures, harmonic progressions, keys and even meter. The first movement was luscious and bright, the second beautifully sombre, the third meditative and the fourth uplifting and refreshing, but yet in all four movements the theme of a 'mechanism' is clearly reflected, and without overshadowing everything else in the music. If a student composer was taught by Einaudi, Yoshimatsu and Hisaishi all at once, they might dream of writing this. Bravo!
@arkantyne712218 күн бұрын
Oh, performed beautifully as well by the way.
@RowanMcTavish17 күн бұрын
Thank you so much for your kind words and analysis! I hope to listen to some of your music some day.
@LidiaKotlovaPianoStudio18 күн бұрын
I love the last mvt in particular, to me it's Ravel+ Phillip Glass. Superb!
@jakeharrison552318 күн бұрын
This is amazing!
@cinplux19 күн бұрын
What program do you use to notate your music, and what about playback?
@RowanMcTavish18 күн бұрын
I use MuseScore 4 for notation. It's pretty good, overall. It's occasionally frustrating, but I've learned workarounds for dealing with specific things over time, so I feel pretty comfortable with it these days. I also like supporting free and open-source software when I can. For recording, I play on an M-Audio Oxygen 88 MIDI controller and use the East West Bosendorfer piano VST in REAPER. I'm not a digital audio engineering guy, like, at all, so I could probably get a better sound out of it, but it's worked well enough so far. I feel like it lacks real "oomph," though, so I don't get quite the dynamic range I'd like; all of my recordings sound kind of...flat, I guess, to me. After I finish my next few pieces, I'm going to look into trying the Modartt Pianoteq -- their Steingraeber sounds incredible. Ideally, I'd love to simply record on my acoustic piano, but getting a good recording out of an acoustic piano is a nightmarish endeavor I'd rather leave to the pros. Maybe one day I'll book time in a recording studio and re-record some stuff.
@cinplux18 күн бұрын
@@RowanMcTavish Thank you for your reply! I'm getting into arranging songs for piano and appreciate the recommendations
@cinplux19 күн бұрын
2:05 has Interstellar vibes
@Iko_onthedl19 күн бұрын
this is fire the classical scene is so askew; its like the weirder u write the more u r recognized as a competent composer while composers that actually embrace their musical nature, often into a contemporary voice, gets no recognition
@RowanMcTavish18 күн бұрын
I think the reason for that is simply that there's very little interesting, from an academic standpoint, about new music that conforms to typical tonal harmony conventions. That doesn't mean that there's not still tons of good new music that can be composed in that framework -- we see it every day, still, from pop to video game soundtracks to little piano channels on KZbin :) -- but I won't pretend that I'm treading any new ground here. It's just a great honor for me to know that I've maybe made someone's day a little brighter, or that they liked something I wrote enough to want to play it themselves.
@Iko_onthedl17 күн бұрын
@@RowanMcTavish no I know there isn’t but the contemporary accepted approach for a classical composer is basically just to write atonal etudes. Then ofc the movie and gaming scene etc is where modern, and LISTENABLE, classical music has its viability. The greatest classical composers of our time r Williams, Horner, Shore and Zimmer. It’s weird cuz in the end music is abt experience and the classical world embraces emotionless, theoretical abysses rather than modern melodic uniqueness. Anyways I think it was Chopin or Debussy or someone who foresaw this. It’s only natural but still sad
@alejandropolanco599719 күн бұрын
This is really cool!
@pianosenzanima120 күн бұрын
Excellent!!
@dspumoni736520 күн бұрын
Wow, this is just marvelous. Thank you for the lovely accompaniment to my morning!!!!
@Kikidium20 күн бұрын
Thanks, this is great to listen to when stressed, something to occupy the mind.
@shshsh021 күн бұрын
6:04 esse trecho que vai do compasso 152 ao 158 me lembrou Poulenc. Adoro Poulenc.
@j.thomas142020 күн бұрын
From his piano concerto, first mvt.
@dazza235022 күн бұрын
Mfw I find a lava rock
@Calsas_22 күн бұрын
Hey! I'm a young guy who wants to become a composer some day. Your sonata was really inspiring, it shows that classical form and music is still alive and can be as modern as any kind of music, and that's exactly what I aim for. Thank you for uploading!
@diwali921820 күн бұрын
I believe that everyone of any age can be a composer. I started composing when I was 10. Why don’t you try it now? It’s really worth learning, and I'm sure you wouldn't regret a minute of doing it! It's another powerful way to express your emotions, apart from painting and writing.
@RowanMcTavish20 күн бұрын
Thank you! I think there's still plenty of opportunity out there to leverage classical forms in the modern era. Some of my favorites are Nikolai Kapustin, Masashi Hamauzu, Takashi Yoshimatsu, and Carl Vine. I hope you'll share your music once you start composing; I'd love to hear it!
@Calsas_16 күн бұрын
Thank you both for you comment! Actually, I started composing two years ago. I'm waiting to have the time to make a proper recording of my pieces so I can share them with the world!!
@jakubdzwonkowski2 күн бұрын
Hey! Also a young composer here. It's never too late to learn! I started composing around the age of 12 and now when I'm 16 let's call it my talent was recognised at my music school and they started giving me lessons on it. Remember one thing: mistakes are a human thing and you can fix them. Try composing in different genres. I started with being quite classical (wrote some preludes), then I moved on to more of a romantical style (wrote 2 movements of a concertino, doing a concerto) and now I'm interested in baroque and I'm trying to do some fugues so remember - learn to experiment. We are never perfect, but we need to start something to learn it. Good luck on your journey!
@dgrtnio22 күн бұрын
I love It. This sonata can reach the soul of everyone. Bravo
@Goodpianist23 күн бұрын
B minor always the saddest key
@RowanMcTavish23 күн бұрын
That's not what Spinal Tap taught me 😁
@eduardogomezruiz950523 күн бұрын
It has a strong Ghibli touch to it. Lovely!
@victorsiilva85524 күн бұрын
🤎👏🏾
@Peppercof24 күн бұрын
Great!!!
@vaultboy148824 күн бұрын
I think you were inspired by Einaudi and Ravel😊 Very nice sound. Thank you very much for this beautiful work, bravo!
@eline808724 күн бұрын
I like it! It's easy enough to play that I can attempt it, but it also has enough complexity, and of course, has some beautiful harmonics.
@ackamack10124 күн бұрын
Very nice! Thank you for posting this. I like it a lot! 😌♥️👍🏻
@leonidyakimov624925 күн бұрын
Just wow. Beautiful. Very relaxing. Melodies are kind to the listener and the form is perfectly built. Great perfomance btw.
@ArthurSabbatiniBuoro25 күн бұрын
Muito bonito. Meus parabéns!
@ulrichlehensteiner25 күн бұрын
Very delighted that such composers still do exist: both solid craftsmanship and spirit are obviously present. Reminds me of the music of Xenoblade Chronicles with all the maj7 and 9-chords that make it so dreamy and light. I especially like the melody of the passage in the 1st mvmt. bar 50 and the motivic development of the accompaniment-pattern in the 2nd mvmt. Also very cleverly structured finale with all the nods to previous mvmts. (even at the very end). Well done, I would definitely like to hear more! 👏🏻
@RowanMcTavish24 күн бұрын
Thanks for your kind words! I love the XBC soundtracks (one day I'll finish the third game); maybe there's a subconscious influence there. 😅
@ulrichlehensteiner24 күн бұрын
@@RowanMcTavish There's not as much to miss as in the previous two, but definitely worth playing (just make sure to play the DLC as well). the series actually inspired quite some pieces of mine, also the 3rd one 😅
@amitjena808225 күн бұрын
Which software do you use(musescore or sibelius)?
@RowanMcTavish25 күн бұрын
I use MuseScore 4. It's...frustrating, sometimes, in some specific scenarios, but I've become pretty comfortable with it over the years, and I like to support free and open-source software when I can.
@chutdigadut25 күн бұрын
Brilliant! You are an amazing composer
@amitjena808225 күн бұрын
❤
@bethanywakim617526 күн бұрын
There are moments that remind me of Mipha’s theme from Breath of the Wild - really beautiful, elegant piece! I liked that jump from G# to C - unexpected but it works well. I have been doing a small project of recording living/unknown composers’ pieces on my channel - would you be interested in me recording this piece at some point?
@RowanMcTavish26 күн бұрын
I'd be so honored! I'm gonna subscribe to you and check out your music this evening! (Also, I have to admit to being a terrible Zelda fan; I haven't played anything in the series since Twilight Princess, though my girlfriend played BotW, so I've definitely at least heard some of the music.)
@bethanywakim617526 күн бұрын
@@RowanMcTavish awesome, thanks so much, and thanks for checking out my channel! I have a couple others’ pieces I’m recording soon and will add this one to the list. I don’t think I can call myself a Zelda fan cause I’ve really only played breath of the wild and a smidge of Twilight Princess, but the BotW soundtrack is gorgeous.
@Yaro_Yurs26 күн бұрын
Thank you for such a touching and extraordinary piece!❤ I especially liked the filigree clear playing of the pianist, it was pleasant for the ears and soul, I was immersed in other worlds.
@Limitsofclassicalmusic-g8q26 күн бұрын
This masterpiece: 3.2k views baby shark: 10 billion
@RowanMcTavish26 күн бұрын
Needs more "doo doo, doo doo doo doo," clearly
@alexmaleyeff29327 күн бұрын
Love it ❤❤
@liltick10227 күн бұрын
Oh my how pretty is this
@liltick10227 күн бұрын
Do you have anything posted stylistically similar to Satie, Mompou, or Glinka?
@RowanMcTavish27 күн бұрын
Not really, I'm afraid; I'm going for more of a contemporary style.
@liltick10227 күн бұрын
Impressive
@DelaCruzHJesus28 күн бұрын
Beautiful!!! I've got a question. Did you got inspiration on Bach's Prelude (C minor Book I)? I talk about the 3rd mov. Thanks for this beautiful piece. Greetings from Perú 🇵🇪🫂🎶
@RowanMcTavish27 күн бұрын
Yes! Just a little nod to how Bach's music is still inspiring us centuries later. And thank you!