#blaquiere

The third piece I will share is one I am incredibly surprised not to have shared already. Completed in November 2015, this is my second symphony, and surprisingly the last one I have completed. This is very similar in style to the last piece I shared, though they were composed two years apart, except the final movement, instead of being reminiscent of Mendelssohn and the early Romantics, almost reminds of Brahms 1 or Holst’s Jupiter. As a final moment of composer-like smartarsery, I included references to all 3 previous movements at the end of the fourth movement – as if anyone would hear them over one another. That’s the kind of things composers do, and you’ve got to hate us for it.

A diminutive early nineteenth-century schoolhouse, prominently located at the corner of North Circular Road, and now converted to a house.

BLAQUIERE BRIDGE SCHOOLHOUSE – NORTH CIRCULAR ROAD Different accounts and discriptions use different spellings “Blacquiere” or “Blaquiere” but the name on the building and the spelling a local streetsign is the version without the “c”. A diminutive early nineteenth-century schoolhouse, prominently located at the corner of North Circular Road, and now converted to a house. The overall form and…

The second piece I wanted to share is another septet, this time in C minor and for exclusively strings. More in the Mendelssohnian style than the late-Mozartian style of the last one, this is quite a dramatic piece and I won’t deny this is a very difficult piece to play. However, I’ve been blessed that due to unforeseen circumstances, I was given a chance to hear the first movement of this performed by staff at a music festival held this year in Singapore that I went to when I was in high school. It’s a very pleasant surprise how much I’m getting to hear my pieces finally performed.