(WIP) Symphony No. 2 ( on B.A.C.H. motif for PIERRE BOULEZ ) op.117 1. LIKE A Thing being Born .2. DON"T GET OFF THE ROAD ! Scherzo (IrrationalExuberance)

This symphony has had some considerable influence on myself, as a lot of your work. You're an inspirational guy too John. I like your attitude to composing as well, you follow your muse and create stuff that is beyond even my comprehension at times. The way you treat contrapuntal textures is awesome and the way you juxtapose rhythms. Thank you for your very valued contributions John :)

what in the world

Hey John, I don't know if you have the score or not but Atmospheres can be found here: http://classic-online.ru/uploads/000_notes/6400/6343.pdf

I still really love this Symphony, like as a symphony in general. It's one of my favorite symphonies from the 21st century!! :)

This symphony is still one of my favorite works from you John, I love it! (I've repeatedly listened to it quite a few times over the past 6 months!)

This shit makes my ears hurt

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Very interesting. I'm 51, so I guess I'm more your target audience. I wish I could compose like you do. Having said that, in my opinion you carry on with some ideas to the extreme, but many great Romantic composers such as Schubert did the same. I listen to his music sometimes and think to myself "Aren't you done repeating that yet?" The whole of the piece of music is enjoyable and in retrospect the over repeated passages make sense in its context. As far as playability, the orchestra will be able to play this either by cycle breathing or planning breaths. Part of the reason Schubert wasn't played much during his life is that the amateur wind musicians couldn't play his long passages without passing out. His more famous contemporaries put his music in front of professionals and it took off. Music volumes are relative. Some notes have less of a range of volumes than others, no matter who plays them. If others are playing at the same time the conductor will adjust the rest of the volume of the orchestra to match it. Your biggest problem in getting it performed will be putting a large enough orchestra together to be able to play it. That is an awful lot of flutes for most orchestras and few will want to spend the money to hire extras for a single performance. Same with the percussion and other non orchestral instruments. Overall you have a very good piece of music, I look forward to the finished product.

Anybody that says this is good and playable and says that it should be performed is kind of dumb. This is in no way performable for wind players, and it would never sound good in real life. ever.

I- What's the point of having so many parts when they barely play anything? It seems kind of boring to me.

This was... fascinating actually. As a Neoclassical composer and a contemporary composer I find your use of harmony and instrument limits fascinating. You are quite literally reaching to the far ends of the flute and piccolo at certain points and can Doublebass/Contrabass go to a low B below the staff? Regardless, people say you just randomly put things on a page which I don't think you do but even if you do, there are still motifs floating around this piece even something as simple as a held pitch was able to give a sense to nostalgia from earlier. So in short, I would be really curious to know your method of composing.

I've listened to this piece so much over the past few weeks and I got to say, this is genius! I really want to hear this performed, it goes well in the textural/spectral cannon too! You're definitely my favorite composer on this site!

Id hate to be a flutist in this piece

I've heard many BACH -realisations, and I've also played some of them. This one doesn't appear to be 'just another one'. It sounds promising to me, the BACH-motive is really a driving force.

Good job. Shame this piece is misunderstood. Its chaotic side is what makes it more creative. I can remember soundtracks from Tom and Jerry and Thriller movies when listening to this. Our styles are completely differently, but from what I can tell, you put much effort into this, and I respect that. GG + 1 favorite.

You know what you are doing. Nice composition

BACH