My first full-length Symphony for large orchestra got lost in a hard drive crash in 2008, with about six years of other compositions. I called that Symphony ‘The City’, because it was describing a city that was awaking, the hectic workdays, and the sweet calm sunsets in the evening. The length was 26 minutes. It took me more than two and a half year to finish, so it’s still hurtful o think about it.

My Second Symphony Cinemagica.

As the symphony is still in the works I don’t have every moment presented here yet. My hope it will be between 25-35 minutes long when it’s completed.

Movement One

Cinemagica 4:35

It’s written to vividly depict the arrival of a formidable storm, capturing the intense and dynamic interplay between the elements as they build in strength and fury. The music intricately weaves the sounds of the tempest with a serene interlude, embodying the calm that briefly settles amid the tumultuous crashing of powerful waves. This piece is characterized by a rich array of percussion, underpinning the entire movement with a rhythmic intensity that mirrors the storm’s relentless force.

Movement Two

Susurration 5:45

The meaning of the word is: Whispering or Rustling.

It opens with strings plating tremolos over a bowed Gong and leading into a moveable part where woodwind is the foreground. Then the strings imitate the woodwind, leading to a kind of fanfare in brass and percussion that is commented by saxophones. That repeats now with added brass, and leading to a crescendo and the fanfare, finally a repeat of the beginning.

In progress, not finished yet.

Movement three

あなたは美しいです (Anata wa utsukushīdesu) You are beautiful!

Right now, it seems like the movement could be 7-10 minutes long.

Movement Four

Finale (not sure what name it will be given yet.)

I’m letting the composition grow at its own pace, not trying to stress it. 

You can find the first Movement on YouTube with score and everything!