The Piano Preludes of His Lordship

I - In a Far Away Land
Duration: 2'09"



The prelude that opens the cycle is based on a mother telling a bedtime story to her children to send them to sleep. The hour is 9:00pm, and the writing is reminiscent of harp playing. The prelude is a fitting opening to the set as it signals the beginning of a fairy tale.

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II - The Night Watchman
Duration: 2'29"



The hour is midnight. The piece opens with a deep groan from the town bell, which will toll twelve times in the piece. In between the bell tolls, an agitated and frantic idea can be heard, representing the patrol of the night watchman who guards the streets while the townsmen sleep.

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III - Dusk Descending
Duration: 3'00"



This piece is based on the setting of the sun behind a forest outside the town at 6:00pm. The piece begins with a gentle trickle of sunlight, and then plunges into darkness, as the colours and textures begin to blur.

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IV - The Closure of the Cosmic Rift
Duration: 1'38"



At 3:00 in the night, astrologists and philosophers are gazing up at the stars, predicting the future, and trying to comprehend the nature of the universe. On this particular night, there are disturbing signs in the skies, and there is unrest amoungst the stargazers.

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Please vote and comment. What takes you 10 minutes to listen to took me weeks and weeks to write so every word you muster up to post is magnified and means more to me than you can imagine.

Like the first one, really refreshing, will listen to rest in a bit, going out.

For me, good music affects you, causes a feeling... an emotion. This did that for me.

#1
The first one is great, without reading the description I had the impression is was sort of a medieval time but the mood was still relaxed and represented the description perfectly. There were however a few slow seconds in the middle that weren't as entertaining as the rest.

#2
This is nothing short of genius. I love the idea of the clock striking twelve times throughout the piece and some of the sounds played I wouldn't even be able to replicate using Sibelius. It's defiantly scary. Suitable for the opening of a Halloween concert?

#3
This reminded me of #1 in many ways but was distinctly heavier, even more so closer to the end. This could also be used as an opening for a concert or play that depicts the story of something going from good to bad.

#4
This is fantastic. It reminds me of Chopin's Revolutionary Etude for some reason, or even a more relaxed version of Liszt's Molto Vivace. The first few seconds seem almost Jazzy, but when the piece gets going it just emits this "epic" vibe.

My favourite is between #1 and #4. A tough choice. I have a feeling many people will vote for #1.

I agree with Stoke on his descriptions. They were pretty spot on, except I really liked 1 and 3. 2 and 4 were over the place for me, with 2 being my least favorite, but 4 was still really cool in its own way. It sort of reminded me of watching some sort of villain vs good guy TV show with it having crazy parts with the high points and low points. It would be really crazy and then evolve to a really mellow part to rest and then you'd pick up with the craziness again, it made me lol a little, especially the ending. I would've preferred a fade out, but the ending was just funny to me.

3 was definitely my favorite of the 4, it resembled 1 in so many ways, but as Stoke said, it was darker, more mysterious and went from nice and calming to very evil at points. Really beautiful.

1 - starts out interesting but I get bored after the first minute or so. I have a natural tendency to filter things out though.

2- Is kind of edgey but seems too heavy like too loud/hit too hard. To me it doesn't seem to fit the theme you posted.

3 - Much more my thing. I like the way the song flows and changes more than I did 1.

4 - My favorite, very tense and driven. Would be a great song for an epic fight between good and evil.

1 - great type of classical piano songs, the second half isnt as good though.

2 - very dark, not really good imo

3 - sound very final fantasy like, but another good piano piece, more modern than number 1. should fill the middle with more deep bass notes like you do later on.

4 - intro might be too high imo, maybe lower it a semi tone or a tone. otherwise it is ok, but not your best.

prob say 1 is the best, followed by 3, 4, 2.

Ah I like a strong critic. Good on ya sister.

I like the In a Far Away Land one. It reminds me of the Wilderness Guardians in a way.

It was a tough choice. I loved the beauty of the first piece, but got hooked by the intensity of the last one. In the end, intensity won out. I voted for number 4.

Have not listened or voted yet. Just saw the descriptions and it makes me ask.. are you your own librettist?

EDIT: Listened to them and I prefer the third.

Hahaha its a three way tie.
I'm very happy about that.

I have to say #3. I'm very big on soft and melodic music, and the imagery from Dusk Descending is simply the best for me

All of them are great compositions... the piano is an amazing instrument after all. I admire your skill in playing and composing

Number 1 was my favorite, made me wistful, for something I didn't know my life was missing.

There's a great atmosphere to #1 & #3.. I didn't like the cosmic rift much but it's definately beautifully done.

If you've got time.. How you like composing a sad piano for a school project I'm doing atm? :-)

~ Dallar