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Originally Posted by ablyth
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.
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This has actually been on my mind for a while. As I've gotten further into the piece, it's become apparent to me that the first movement is structurally more akin to an "overture" to the remainder of the piece, as several of the themes are introduced there and developed in later movements. Perhaps a renaming is in order. I'll have to think a bit more on that.
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I was surprised that you didn't try to work back to your fanfare to close the piece rather than end on a quiet note.
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That was a conscious decision on my part. The conclusion of the work is to be like that, so I tried to avoid being redundant by ending the first movement in a different manner.
Who knows... if I embrace the "overture" concept, I may write an alternate ending. 
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