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Here it is, the complete 3rd movement Although I completed the performance in November 2019, in an attempt to encourage greater engagement, I decided to make a commentary which runs for the whole 2+...

I have stitched together 5 moments from the opening 21 minutes one fading out and in to the next. The opening is loud and complex with every section setting out its stall. It foreshadows,...

Chronologically, this is the 2nd of 8 excerpts. The whole 3rd movement is likely to come in at over 2 hours and this excerpt is 0hr 21m to 0hr 31m. Its notable for several...

So I’ve completed another retrospective chunk of 16 minutes plus and can offer you a most generous 11 minute plus portion. My thinking at the moment is not to post everything and not to...

I have completed my first effort to retrofit the performance of the first 72 minutes of the 3rd movement made in 2013 onto the 2019 performance of the remainder of the movement. It’s been...

The climax of the third movement. I’ve said before and I’ll say again this must be one of the most climactic moments in all western orchestral music. It has been extremely challenging although my...

This extract opens with a characteristic Sorabjian mediterranean dance with castanets, tambourines and harps. The static accompaniment in the strings (quasi strummed guitar?) building from 6-part bassi and celli adding each section until we...

This excerpt features an extended choral passage where they divide from their usual 8 parts into 16 parts and then into 32 parts. A quiet mysterious opening reaches a first climax at 1’32” at...

This extract starts where the last one from 2013 ended. I hope the quality of the performance is better. It sounds better to me. One of the significant changes is to add a second...

In case there are any computer freaks listening in I thought I’d post the specs of my new PC. The components which make it possible to cope with the huge task of creating this...