A Change of Scene
This full orchestral score is a sonic journey tour de force. Sometimes somber, brooding, with intense uncertainty. Sometimes there is mockery, malice, and derision. Sometimes there is joyous and impassioned resolution. This symphonic work encapsulates a wide range of emotions, scene by scene.
This piece begins with an unsettled, trudging march that coveys a feeling of uncertainty and danger. Slowly the opposite is revealed; a resolution of joy, relief, and strengthened resolve.
Trudging, deliberate but pensive strings and tympani support a haunting and unsettled melody from violas that is mischievously answered by flutes and clarinets. A solo clarinet slowly unwinds a sadly singing lyrical thread, its distant longing melody searching for hope.
A piano chordal ostinato provides a sense of change while strings soar above it and project a glimmer of hope that is tinged with uncertainty. A trumpet signals a potential uplifting resolution.
The mood is unsettled, pensive, concerned, and uneasy. The music descends deeper into the gloom as the melody and harmony gradually fall. A brief lift in the mood suggests a possible light at the end of a deep, dark tunnel.
A trumpet lifts the mood as the piano carries a glimmer of hope. Violins, trumpets, and trombones punctuated by percussion set the mood of a joyous conclusion. There is a positive feeling; a heavy burden has been lifted. Standing on the Edge, the calamity is conquered and the vista is calmingly clear.
There is calm, peace, and tranquility. There is joy, serenity, and calm. The melodious and uplifting rhythms describe something assuredly safe, relaxed, and restful.
A sense of spirited adventure awaits, full of hopefulness and excitement. The thrill of the uncharted lies ahead.
Hopeful, joyous, and resolute. There is a purposeful stride, an unfaltering determination, and a sense of strengthened resolve.
A pensive piano sets an introductory mood as it winds its way through descending key centers feeling increasingly apprehensive as it does. Clarinets provoke a feeling of visceral uneasiness as the double bass and percussion punctuate a subtle sign of unknown things to come. Something is unsettled, or unfinished, with a potentially destructive outcome.
A pensive piano sets an introductory mood as it winds its way through descending key centers, feeling increasingly apprehensive as it does so. Something is unsettled, or unfinished, with a potentially destructive outcome.
Something mysterious and malevolent is conjured by the french horns, double bass and cello with an eerie and slithering melody. Swirling violas, violins, clarinets, and flutes add to the antagonism as a harp descends further into the dark unknown.
This twisted and sardonic march is driven by tympanis, snare and bass drum as trumpets sear through with a frenetic and sarcastic melody. A whirlwind of sonic textures portray a feeling of disorganization and panicked confusion. Ominous strings support the feeling of derision in this dark musical mockery.
Still twisted, this piano reduction is reminiscent of a maniacal musical box, a quirky conundrum, or a malevolent mastermind.
A sense of spirited adventure awaits full of hopefulness, joy, and excitement. There is clarity and resolve which is then interrupted with sudden uncertainty and a change in direction. There is a mischievous and malevolent quality to this uncertainty.
Flutes and piano sing this jubilant melody supported by triumphant cellos and violins. A harp evokes hope, as it gently ascends skyward to the final plateau.
An uplifting and positive emotive that sings of joy, fulfillment, trust, security and gratification.
A sense of spirited adventure awaits full of hopefulness, joy, and excitement. There is clarity and resolve which is then interrupted with sudden uncertainty and a change in direction. There is a mischievous and malevolent quality to this uncertainty.