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Symphony in E: II. Andante


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Here I submit the second movement of my symphony. Those two were actualy composed almost 6 years ago but I revised the structure and orchestration a few times, during this time. And now I'm kinda stuck and don't know how to go on. I had some ideas in that time about a 5 or 4 movements symphony and sketched some ideas that were dismissed. Now I'm still debating with myself if to leave it or still try some way to fulfill the project. (Currently I would like to add an scherzo and finale, or even a slow movement between those two).
This movement is some way of compensating the more acumulated tension of the first one, even though it was kinda resolved at the end and in a major key almost all the time (excluding the development section). The first theme came to my mind when (in summer 2017) I was in a park in Málaga, where I live, and is like a calm looking around with curiosity to the trees and birds (even though there is no direct references to that). The contrasting section has no programme associated to it but I was ment to be still an joyful and playful contrast to the first one, with more "stress".
Hope you like it! 🙂
(I'll be some weeks off so I don't know when I will reply to the comments.)


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A quite pastorale movement thusfar!  I think the melodies are quite charming and the accompaniment is sometimes reminiscent of Mahler's Symphony 3 2nd movement (perhaps his most pastorale or spring-like movement that he's ever written).  I like the oboe countermelody at 1:25 (measure 45) - it's a neat idea to include a canon at a 5th!  I like the use of open 5ths as a kind of resonant background texture giving the melodies more beauty and room to shine.  I like how you contrast the relative calm of the beginning with bombastic orchestral gestures featuring the timpani.  Then you of course return to the original material.  Now it seems like some kind of varied recapitulation of that bombastic material might be in order for the next section of the piece!  Maybe you could use those 32nd notes you introduced in measure 77 - 78 to transition to the darker more stormy part?  Good luck and thanks for sharing!  Good job so far though - I love it!

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