I learned the 3rd movement of the Sonata Pathetique as a kid and I think the beginning of this was inspired a lot by that. I know I want there to be a time signature change into a more romantic segment as well, so I tried that, but it'll definitely be tricky getting the transition to feel smooth

Oh yeah and I didn't actually want the finished thing to be in E minor necessarily but that's how it popped into my head. I'll probably mess w the transpose options later...