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This piece has a lot of good sections in it but it doesn't quite hang together overall. Maybe my expectation is too traditional. But while this is not intended to be a sonata movement, calling it a symphony first movement does suggest some expectations for the listener. The fanfare is really attention grabbing and generates a lot of momentum. The second section is able to continue the momentum but seems to close on the tonic as if the piece is finished. I thought the development 6/8 section sounded like another piece altogether. I haven't looked at the score so maybe it is more evident in notation. But I wouldn't close on the tonic and have a GP after the exposition. You need a better transition here. The development works for me up until the flute and harp section where we seem to move into another section. There is nothing wrong with the ideas more what you have labelled them. I thought there was enough material in this movement for a whole symphony. I was surprised that you didn't try to work back to your fanfare to close the piece rather than end on a quite note. But as I say maybe my expectations are too traditional.
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