@@joashczz Thank you! I did learn a lot from Chopin’s wonderful and poetic harmonies and modulations. I am no genius except to write with hard work and grinding my brain out haha. You can write music like this one day if you want! Henry

@@fruisen9436 Thx for your compliments! I think for every art works, if this one qualified to be called one, will always have audience who likes it or doesn’t like it, even if you are as great as Bach or Beethoven, so it’s always great to receive negative comments as well. I definitely put my honesty in the piece. The use of different scales is to counterbalance the monotony of the minor scale in the first movement. I recently grow my interest in writing with pentatonics and it sounds quite good here for my own biased opinion! This movement is quite hard to play as well. Sometimes the pianist me has to decipher what the composer me was doing and the process was quite interesting! The 3rd movement would need much polishing, and it’s really difficult to play, so it may take quite some time for it! You can listen to the 1st movement in the following link first haha: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6XKmJmgnJqtnbcsi=s0_lyi6L09bGuVYc Thank you! Btw your channel looks good by featuring less famous composers! Henry

@@Edwardmusic7788 That’s ok, every piece will have audience who likes it or doesn’t like it. I feel grateful enough for your trying to listen my piece and commenting! Henry

Hey thx! I hope I do put them into cohesive whole since cohesion is always the most important thing for me in my works! I like how the pentatonics sound here as they are quite dreamy and like purifying all those Locrian scale and major/minor scales at the end. Btw, happy Chinese New Year! Henry

@@benjaminpiano3110 Thank you very much Benjamin! Henry

@@sirwan9430 Thx for your compliment! Henry

Thx Mike! Yeah I love the counterpoint there too. I am in the progress of finding my voice and style and maybe that's why I use more pentatonics! Maybe the scale means something idealistic to me with the absence of dissonance, but not as utopic as the whole tone scale. Henry

@@greenalex-h8y Thx for listening! Why do you think it sounds random? At least it's in Rondo form with the refrain but not like Tristan Prelude haha. Henry

Are you kidding me? This has got to be a troll lol.

@@greenalex-h8y You can always go back to your pop schlock

@@henryng0725 I understand that honest feedback can sometimes be difficult to accept, especially when it feels critical. The reality is that classical music has its own audience, and every piece resonates differently with listeners. That said, I felt this particular piece was lacking in impact, though it definitely serves its purpose for self-entertainment. If the comment section is meant for appreciation only, it might be worth considering making it private. I see music as a unique language that can deeply resonate with our emotions. Some compositions touch the heart like poetry, while others may struggle to convey their intent. Unfortunately, this piece seems to fall into the latter category for me. I recognize that your friends/fans might give more supportive feedback to protect your feelings. However, as someone offering an outside perspective, I think it’s important to share my honest thoughts.

@@greenalex-h8y Hey I always accept honest feedback if it's constructive. However when I ask you why the music you feel like random you cannot give it a reason! That's why I think your feedback is not constructive. That does not mean I do not appreciate your honest feedback! I agree that the music has different intent towards different listeners. I wanna have your explanation on why the music struggle to convey its intent, for my learning and improvement. What's the intent of the music here? Thx for your further reply! Henry

@@LearnCompositionOnline Thank you! Now when I get to play piano I usually have my foot tap the pedal spontaneously and I will need to figure out how I use the pedal only after I get to play the piece! Henry

​@@crobatchoppurple8728 Thx! Indeed there are motives quoted from the 1st movement, most notably the falling fourth motive and the F minot eruption. Both movements' motives would be used again the 3rd movement. And the name.... I have never thought if the name other than calling it the 2nd movenent of the Sonata LoL! And is the recap really crazy? 😱😝 Henry

@@David_Goza Wow David you're here! Thx so much for listening! The F minor eruption is a surprise here, I use it because I use the same key as an eruption in the first movement's development as well, to link with Beethoven's Appassionata. And I love the pentatonics too! It's a surprise for me too, I don't know why the music ends up this way! Henry

@@musicjotter Thx Mike! They are certainly not as good as my recenf works but they do have some fun! Henry

Quite so; Thx for listening and commenting! Henry

Yeah, it's both written and played by myself! Henry

@@henryng0725 It's beautiful

@realtheBirds Thank you! Glad that you like it! Henry

Thank you very much!!! And thx for your listening! Henry

@@nickarteaga175 Thank you! I definitely has his Bagatelles in mind when composing my own! Henry

@@andyxyz01 Thx Andy!

Update: I pref his Bagatelle in G minor, sry : )

​@@AwKeShen. Hi! The starting measure is not intentional but forced by the Sibelius software I used! I wanna started with an incomplete bar but the software didn't allow me to do that. For the implied crescendo I think you are right! I am the same as you, Bee's Bagatelle is definitely the better piece!😂 Thx for listening! Henry

@@henryng0725 Oh I see, no wonder. Nice! Yea, I feel so too. Tho I wonder if it is just me preferring minor over major smths haha 😅

@@AwKeShen.I prefer minor to major too! Although Bee’s bagatelle in G minor is definitely the better piece. I personally love his op.126 set of Bagatelles very much! I like them more than many of his early Sonatas! Henry

@MIL0S. Thank you! This is not the whole sonata though as I don’t post the last movements of the sonatas!😜 Keep going for your first Sonata! Henry

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@@BeatriceChan-pn4rt Thx for listening! What’s the thing you think it’s good and bad? Henry

Thank you! Henry

Thank you! I think the start provides a good break from the first movement. The first movement ends fluently in high register without any rest, so I use rests and the low register of the violas and cellos here for contrast. And I like that pppp Misterioso passage too. The pppp is maybe a distant memory from the heaven, I don’t know. Henry

Thx Chris!!! Henry

Thank you very much! I'm happy you like it! You can also check the fugue after this Lamentoso haha!😝 Henry

Thank you! I hope each part can have their interesting part to play so they won’t be too boring haha! I like using counterpoint to enrich the texture! Henry

Really Arjuna? If that’s true I will be more than happy in my life!! Henry

Thx Arjuna! I did use a lot of plagal cadences in this movement and fourth movement since I love how it calm it is here and how disappointing it is there! Henry

Yeah Andy I intentionally use that minor second in the point when the subject enters and also later passages to express the pain I feel these few months, and to prepare the antithesis for later pentatonic passages to overcome and dissolve. Henry

Hey @AwKeShen, thx for your comment! The inspiration of this movement is the finale of Chopin’s 2nd Sonata where he exclusively uses unisons and a compact sonata form! And it’s quite etude like since it takes me quite a lot of time to practice! Yeah I wanna have that sudden Db minor to indicate the real devil of the sonata which is the C sharp minor fourth movement! The c minor issue is quite unresolved here since it will only be intensified in the 4th movement and resolved in the final 5th movement. Thx very much for your comment again! Henry

​@@henryng0725 Welcome! Honestly in presto it's hard, esp for the off-beat accents, but I guess that's the point of it too, since it sounds nice that fast. Ah...I see...a mischievous entry, shadowy foreshadowing and veiled notation of your favorite scale...So much more to this... Look Forward!

@@AwKeShen. Yeah it’s real hard but it definitely worths it! The accents were added after I had played the movement myself for the details. The link for the fourth movement is this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZrRfGudg9ebrdksi=qIEXh4ytko8w3lJ1 And if you wanna listen to the sonata from the first movement you can listen with this link! kzbin.info/aero/PL04Tiwh0WSfTbN8wcig7P3Df4uQtJrBRe&si=swNiRDqGpiqKA774 The fifth movement is still practicing though LoL! Henry

@@henryng0725 Thanks for sharing! Sry was confused as to which are completed and which are part of the same collection...and replied without asking 😜...fifth movement remains something to be anticipated for.

Thank you very much Jean! I feel so happy when someone resonates much with the music, especially with someone highly skilled as you!! Your observation that having the greatest constraint gives you the greatest freedom is always my motto of composing!! I always think you can only achieve something great and free when you give yourself some constraint since it will push you to dig deep inside yourself, rather than searching aimlessly! And I like your metaphor very much!! Henry

Thx Young Ho! It takes me a LOT of time for this! Henry

David, thank you so much for your listening and comment!! I am very happy that you love it!! It not makes my day but at least make my week or month!! For the violist treble clef issue, I am sure I overlook it, thx for pointing out! For the key signature issue, e.g. for b.126 I originally thought I would just go back to the 3 sharp key signature after the material really goes back to F sharp minor, but you are right there! I will change it when finalising the score. I should also change to no sharp signature when the music goes to C pentatonic in b.178. Thank you! The analysis is exhausting to make and I even find some entries I miss! But as the composer himself I have the responsibility to make it clearer for what I am doing here! A six part fugue is real difficult to write but if it’s written properly the sound will be much thicker and the emotion stronger than a three or four part fugue, and I am very happy with the result since an definitely use my 200% effort to write it! B.50 is one of my favourite too, and my favourite is b.100 since I think I have never written things this emotional! And the C major pentatonic passage will act as the precursor of going back to the pentatonic later in the movement. For the ending I use the Spanish “Soledad”description since I suddenly thought of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s “One Hundred Years of Solitude” there haha. The entire 2nd movement will be in four parts: Lamentoso-Fugue-Chant-Back to pentatonic, so I have just finished one fourth here!! That will be a long long writing distance 😭😭. But even if I finish the whole sextet I don’t see it’s prospects for getting performance, since it’s a Sextet and hard to get string players, and it will be really long, as the two movements will at least be in 40 minutes and I don’t see chances of string groups performing such a long piece!! It will be already great enough for me to just finish the piece, although I do hope one day it will be performed!! Thx so much for taking your time to listen and write such a thoughtful comment. It’s for me such a great encouragement from a person I worship!! Thank you! Henry

Thank you so much! Henry

Hey Mike, thx for your reply! I also love the dissonance level here haha. The changing to C minor is more to reply to the first movement when there are sections with Gb major and C major alternating, and also kind of creating a Henry Ng Universe here with my Clarinet Quintet theme quoted. The reason to use pentatonic scale at 7:00 is to link it back to the first movement which is dominated by it, and also kind of hint what will follow later in the movement! Henry

Hey Mike, thx!! Feel free to use them in your shorts! I think of a continuous phrase there but wanna emphasize the note C, so I put an accent to them! The slurs are more according to my playing ability haha! Henry

Hey thx for listening! Henry

Thank you very much Benjamin! I am appreciated you like the work!! Henry

By the way I love Ingmar Bergman movies too! His Cries and Whispers is my favourite. Henry

@@henryng0725 Ohhh, I watch a lot of his films but I don't really have a favorite at the moment

@@ingmarbergmanofficial I almost watch all of his films but I don't know why I didn't watch his last masterpiece Fanny and Alexander LoL!

Yeah I know that 🤪! But I really love Gb major on this one since it's more philosophically correct than any other more sharp keys which are more usual for string music! And I absolutely love the beautiful sound of viola!! Both its C string and high register are very beautiful!! Thx for your listening!!! Henry

@@henryng0725 Gb major is a great key. Nothing wrong with giving it to strings, because most string players capable of this piece can handle 6 flats/sharps. As for Viola.... I'll have to make some friendly fire. I like the instrument, but there are so few good violists. I think I'm going to leave Viola for cello pretty soon, less because it's a viola, more because it's somehow too small for me (my viola is massive).

@@zephthezquirrellord Funniest thing I have seen from Hindemith’s book is that “If one’s favourite orchestral key is F sharp major one deserves to suffer” LoL! I love all the string instruments but each has their own timbre. Cello is great too! But viola’s high register is very beautiful too, like the one in the transition of 1st movement of Tchaikovsky’s Pathetique!

No it’s not Hindemith, it’s Cecil Forsyth LoL!

Thank you! I really did compose this with fire and anger in my heart then, luckily it's expressed in the music and you can feel it!!! And I hope those pauses won't hurt you!! Henry

@@henryng0725 I think the pauses are perfect. They're just long enough to get the effect you want. And, let's be real, if WIM is commenting on your piece, 1) ignore it, because everything he says is BS and he's just a toxic hater of everyone but himself, and 2) it means that your composition has to be really good to get that amount of time devoted in to saying it's not. Keep up the good work, I really like hearing your compositions

@@zephthezquirrellord Haha thx! Actually I think it’s a good thing to attract WIM, since that means my videos are getting more popular! And it’s funny to have conversations with him tho haha! Henry

Wow looks like my friend's strategy works haha! Thank you very much! I actually don't play clarinet myself and I don't know whether it works haha! I have the Clarinet Quintet no.1 which is an hour long 🤮🤮 and you may take a look to that too if you have much much spare time!! Henry

@@henryng0725 I don't play the clarinet either - though I would like to - but I am in love with the instrument thanks to Brahms's clarinet quintet and sonatas :)

@@ferenc_l Yeah I love that too!That'e my inspirarion of my Quintet and see his influence on your sonata too!

Thank you Greg for your listening and compliment! Sadly my next work will be a joking piece haha!! Henry

@@henryng0725 Nothing wrong with a bit of humour in music!

@@GregHarradineComposer haha yeah! That's really my first attempt for something less serious!😝 It should be posted tomorrow or so! Henry

Though the piece is overall beautiful.

@@Isegawa2001 It's very fine you find it grating, since that's what I want haha! But not like him who thinks this is a universal rule to follow blindly. Thx fot listening! Henry