“Sweet melody amidst the moving spheres
Breaks forth, a solemn and entrancing sound,
A harmony whereof the earth’s green hills
Give but the faintest echo; yet is there
A music everywhere, and concert sweet!”
– Music, Bessie Rayner Parkes
Symphony No. 1 in D♭ Major “Amidst the Moving Spheres” was inspired by my childhood love of astronomy, and some serious questions that arose out of it as I grew older: What if extraterrestrial life already found Earth? What if they saw the self-destructive tendencies of humanity and decided that they would be better off leaving us alone? What if that is the reason why when the people of Earth call out into space, nobody answers? While Symphony No. 1 in D♭ Major “Amidst the Moving Spheres” brings up as many questions as it answers, it is a symphonic reflection of an outside observer’s look at Earth, and humanity itself.
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