The Appearance of Sorrow
June 4, 2010
The Appearance of Sorrow
“symphonic,minimalist, ambient,strings”
In the spirit of Polish composer, Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, a minimalist symphonic piece.
It is the appearance of sorrow…sorrow comes for a season
We wrestle with the reality
And understand without reason.
It passes in our notice, devoid of any form,
and holds deep the promise
of a peace beyond the storm.
The Appearance of Sorrow by Randy Maugans
Please listen with headphones or a better sound system. The nuances can be lost on computer speakers. This is a high fidelity file.
Played and mixed in Ableton Live 8.0.4, mastered with Steinberg Wavelab 5. Scoring and MIDI-Sibelius 6.
This is a longer piece in one movement. I wrote this over the winter, then began to try adding other elements to it…in the end I went with the arrangement heard here which is just strings and synth sub-harmonics.
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Very nice. Didn’t know you could do music, too!