The Spheres

This score is the wind band version of material taken from my Mass for choir and string orchestra, called Sunrise (2008). In the first part of The Spheres, I use a kind of overlapping fade-in/fade-out effect; this is meant to give a sense of floating in space, in relative darkness and silence, as if surrounded by stars and planets light-years away…

The theme was influenced by Alan Silvestri’s wonderful score for the 2007 Robert Zemeckis movie Beowulf. I remember coming home the premiere night from the theater, feeling very touched and inspired, and improvising my way into what would end up being the chorale theme that The Spheres is based on, starting with the five notes that comprise the first phrase of the work.

Published by Hal Leonard.