Symphony No.1 - Second Movement

Hello all,

I would like to share the second movement of my Symphony No.1. I belive this is a movement with more contrast than the first movement, and I wish you will enjoy it.

In case you haven't listened to the first movement, here is the link: Symphony No.1 - First Movement - Orchestral and Large Ensemble

Thank you for listening!

HoYin

Hi @HoYin Cheung!

This one is quite contrapuntally complex!  The motivic ideas and counterpoint are sound.  And there is a clear hierarchy of importance and different elements are brought in and out of the foreground dynamically like a kaleidoscope.  There is a natural ebb and flow and a sense of flourishing at every moment of the piece's duration.  It is surprising how thematic the piece actually is once I listen again and pay attention, despite the challenging harmonic language and sometimes cacophonous orchestration, with elements seemingly chaotically interrupting each other.  The reduction in instrumental forces towards the end really helps to bring the piece towards its conclusion.  And it looks/sounds like your harp writing towards the end is quite possible and even easy for the harp to play!  Looking back over the score, I notice that the 16th notes runs in measure 28 - 30 in the winds don't seem to be audible (at least I couldn't hear them).  Presumably you rendered this score with NotePerformer?  Thanks for sharing - I enjoyed it!