A Cruel Angel's Thesis from Neon Genesis Evangelion, mash-up with Beethoven's Pathétique Sonata! Piano 4-hand arrangement by Scott Meek, performed live by The Meeks Duo (Scott Meek and Clare Yuan) for the Cap Classics recital series at Capilano University, North Vancouver, Canada, March 2024. World premiere live performance! Score for sale at https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0245443 Check out our home recording of this piece, with fancy video editing by Clare: https://youtu.be/-WrR_DObr8U. And also, this video's companion mash-up, Fly Me to the Moon-light Sonata (Fly Me To The Moon was used in the same anime as the ending theme)! https://youtu.be/cYRp950YEOo. The C minor key of Cruel Angel’s Thesis matches Beethoven’s Pathétique Sonata, op. 13, and I thought Beethoven’s broken octave bass would fit the pop sound of Cruel Angel very well, so here is the result of the mash-up! Here are timestamps for the corresponding sections in Beethoven’s Sonata (I put the bar numbers from Beethoven, if you’re interested!) - 1st movement: https://musescore.com/classicman/scores/61042 - 2nd movement: https://musescore.com/classicman/scores/49148 - 3rd movement: https://musescore.com/classicman/scores/54474 0:00 1st mvt Intro (I: m. 1-4) 0:29 1st theme, Bridge (I: m. 11-50) 1:06 2nd Theme (I: m. 51-66) 1:22 Codetta (I: m. 101-112, and m. 121-132) 1:50 Transition (I: m. 133-136) 2:15 2nd mvt (II: m. 1-16) 3:20 Transition (II: m. 37-38) 3:43 1st mvt. 1st theme (I: 11-26) 4:00 Codetta (I: m. 101-112) 4:14 3rd mvt Coda (III: m. 189-208) Some extra notes: - Most of the rhythms and patterns are taken directly from Beethoven, but since the original is for only 2 hands, I added some extra rhythms to fill in the texture. - I got inspired to include some jazz harmonies after watching Fonzi’s take on the song (https://youtu.be/WE-xUMnlGF0?t=102). - The 2nd theme at 1:06 incorporates the hand crossing and ornaments from Beethoven’s original. - The 2nd movement section puts the verse melody in A-flat major (originally in E-flat) to match Beethoven’s key, and I thought the mood of Beethoven suits the Cruel Angel very well! - I included some of the background chorus in the upper register in the 3:31 section. - The main themes of the 3rd movement were difficult to transform into Cruel Angel, so I only used the coda section, and did a long build up to the end to the climax. - I used Beethoven’s humor with the “fake” quiet ending and sudden fortissimo in the last bar. Classical 4-hand scores: https://www.themeeksduo.com/sheet-music-store Anime/Film/Popular scores: https://www.themeeksduo.com/musicnotes Our merch shop: https://www.themeeksduo.com/new-merchandise Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themeeksduo Our website: http://themeeksduo.com Our discord: https://discord.gg/a8dbejwdGw If you’d like to make a donation, we accept etransfer (to themeeksduo@gmail.com) and paypal (paypal.me/themeeksduo). Thank you, we appreciate it! Your support helps us focus on our video production and piano performance ?? #残酷な天使のテーゼ #acruelangelsthesis #evangelion ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAhj5gq5SBo

Cathy Kuo's composition written for us for our Taiwan National Hall debut performance in November 2019. It describes our relationship through music, and features many beautiful sounds, melodies and harmonies! I. Prologue (0:00) II. Fascination (3:53) III. Clare's Rondo (8:37) Scott Meek, primo Clare Yuan, secondo From The Meeks Duo's Debut performance in Taiwan. Recorded live in recital at the Taiwan National Concert Hall. November 2019. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01QVP4Xx6FI