thank-you for the comments
this work is a very deeply personal one for me, as I believe I stated earlier in this thread. I have wanted to write it, and it has been sitting in the back of my mind, waiting patiently, for over 10 years.
Very soon, I will be getting back into this piece and completing its final two movements.
The opening movement of the symphony is right now sitting on the desk of the assistant conductor of the Montreal Symphony. I only hope he finds the work as meritorious as my friends here.