Symphony #1 'Hope'
Movement 1 "The Fall of 2010"
Length: approx 09'38"
A fall in life paralleled in music amplifies the need for hope. A Prokofiev inspired musical metaphor; the coda expressing this need with a foreshadowing in the hope to come.
Length: approx 09'38"
A fall in life paralleled in music amplifies the need for hope. A Prokofiev inspired musical metaphor; the coda expressing this need with a foreshadowing in the hope to come.
Movement 2 “Demonic Scherzo”
Length: approx 05’02”
Composed with the inspiration from Oxfordshire, England during the time Ben was there. Hope wins out in silencing the Demonic Scherzo in the end.
Length: approx 05’02”
Composed with the inspiration from Oxfordshire, England during the time Ben was there. Hope wins out in silencing the Demonic Scherzo in the end.
Movement 3 “Pastoral”
Length: approx 12’13”
A movement in the style of Gustav Mahler composed in the area in which he lived while composing his 9th Symphony
Length: approx 12’13”
A movement in the style of Gustav Mahler composed in the area in which he lived while composing his 9th Symphony
Movement 4 “Hope”
Length: approx 10’17”
The scream of demons return only to be calmed with melodies of hope throughout. A hope theme in ¾ returns in the coda, only in common time, to finally put to rest the screams of despair.
Length: approx 10’17”
The scream of demons return only to be calmed with melodies of hope throughout. A hope theme in ¾ returns in the coda, only in common time, to finally put to rest the screams of despair.