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0rchestra: Sym1 mv1 'The Leela of Conjunctio'
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dedicated to Richard Sassoon
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My Phantom Digital Orchestra lives in my computer and I am (on a good day) composer-in-residence, just a servant of the Muse...
I write symphonic, small ensemble and choral music, in multiple styles from medieval through modern classical. The music you hear on my pages is created with Finale notation software and Garritan Personal Orchestra sound samples. All pieces have a traditional score associated with them; if you are interested in any piece for possible performance, please contact me for details on scoring, instrumentation, pricing, etc. Recent Concert: I enjoy many kinds of music for listening - rock, pop, jazz, world, and classical of all periods. I am interested also in the fusion of art, poetry, dance, video, and ritual with music, music as a healing force and have been a music volunteer in the hospice setting.
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Classical • Symphonic
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Peak #1
Peak in subgenre #1
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KE Peace
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2007 KE Peace
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July 30, 2007
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MP3 10.2 MB • 316 kbps • 11:08
Story behind the song
"Leela" (or lila) is the Sanskrit word for the play of the divine. "Conjunctio" is a Jungian term which referes to the field (or "third thing") between two people, in which subconscious and unconscious forces operate, and which has a life of its own. I started this piece after listening to Gorecki's third symphony, which I found very inspiring. I wanted to write something for orchestra, but found myself thinking this was not something I knew how to do. But then I went ahead anyway. There is a story I like which says that the bumblebee, according to the laws of aerodynamics, should not be able to fy -- but that he doesn't know about aerodynamics, so he flies anyway. And so it was with me attempting my first orchestral work. I wish now I had not called this set of pieces a symphony. Strictly speaking, it does not follow the classical symphonic form. If I could rename it now without a lot of work, I would have simply called it a suite of orchestral pieces. This suite explores musically various phases, joys, and challenges of a close relationship with another. Each movement relates to an actual phase of such a relationship in my own life. There are 5 movements in total. If you like this movement, you may enjoy the others as well. They are all available here on my soundclick site. They are: mv 2 "Pure Land" - those of you who are old Who fans will hear, at the end, echoes, in the strings of Love, Reign O'er Me from the Quadraphenia album. Yeah, really. mv 3 "Nigredo" - at times everything becomes dark and difficult. If those times can be weathered, they are followed by a "union". mv 4 "Beloved" mv 5 "Union" - in this movement, there is a 30 second reference to The Last Words of David, by Randall Thompson, a choral piece I love. The reference is to the part of that piece whose words, as far as I can remember, read: "And he shall be as the light of the morning -- even a morning without cloud. As the tender grass springing out of the earth, by clear shining, after rain...." This suite, or symphony, is dedicated to Richard Sassoon, with love.
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