Some of the more popular music, sometimes you hear it a couple, and it gets on your nerves. Although it may not be accessible to a listener the first time it is heard, Ponce says that Reale's piece is one of the great pieces that becomes more likeable every time it is heard. At that time, I was not completely happy with the piece but with Ponce's encouragement, I got it hammered out as the kind of virtuoso vehicle that I had imagined it could be. Reale has been a member of the music faculty at UCLA since 1969. He says that UCLA is his attempt to escape the East coast establishment.
Ponce states that music appreciation is very much like people.
He compares understanding and liking Reale's piece with understanding and liking people. While superficial people who are always smiling and happy are easy to like, more complex people take longer to figure out and appreciate. Similarly, the most complex and beautiful pieces take longer to become acquainted with. In the premiere concert, Ponce will also play Beethoven's Sonatas Op. 90 in E minor and Op.