Tiny Symphony

Davies, Maxwell

Abstract

First and foremost, this is a little musical portrait of my two-year-old son, Sebastian. But, it does also contain all the elements of a late-classical-period symphony in miniature: a sonata form first movement, a scherzo and trio, a slow movement, and a sonata-rondo finale. So it is quite literally a Tiny Symphony, about a tiny person, and because of its bite-sized proportions, gives a little flavour of what (at least this composer’s) contemporary classical music is all about, without being too long or intimidating.

The idea for writing it came from having to teach the symphony to students who weren't interested in the subject because of the perceived typical length of works in the genre.

Performance and Competition History:
• 06/07/2019 Tiny Symphony for orchestra, Bath and North East Somerset Schools’ Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Rainer Dolz, Wiltshire Live Music Centre, Bradford on Avon
• 21/09/2018 Tiny Symphony a finalist in Kaleidoscope’s 2018-19 call for scores
• 18/05/2017 Tiny Symphony for orchestra, UWE Bristol Symphony Orchestra conducted by Max Charles Davies, ‘Orchestra Up Close’, UWE Bristol
• 26/03/2017 Tiny Symphony for orchestra, UWE Bristol Symphony Orchestra conducted by Max Charles Davies, ‘Festival of Sound’, Colston Hall, Bristol
• 03/03/2017 Tiny Symphony for orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by B Tommy Andersson, Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
• 21/01/2017 Tiny Symphony for small orchestra, Aldworth Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Taylor, The Concert Hall, Reading Town Hall, Reading
• 18/07/2016 Tiny Symphony for orchestra, St Edward’s Orchestra conducted by Max Charles Davies, St Edward’s Church, Cardiff

• Other Type: Composition
• Publication Date: Jul 18, 2016
• Deposit Date: Nov 4, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 7, 2022
• Keywords: Music Performance, Music Composition, Tiny Symphony
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10118565
• Related Public URLs: https://soundcloud.com/maxcharlesdavies/tiny-symphony/s-veCpg; ; http://www.maxcharlesdavies.com/