Symphony no. 2, Movement 2
Tranquil Blossom ... Tortured Stem
Paul Richards
Composed in celebration of Beethoven's 250th year, each of the four movements of Symphony no. 2 ("Refractions") is a response to Beethoven's music, refracted through the lens of time.
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Composed in celebration of Beethoven's 250th year, each of the four movements of Symphony no. 2 ("Refractions") is a response to Beethoven's music, refracted through the lens of time.
II. Tranquil Blossom ... Tortured Stem (Adagio, molto sostenuto)
"This moment is the best the world can give: / The tranquil blossom on the tortured stem."
- Edna St. Vincent Millay, "On Hearing a Symphony of Beethoven"
All of the harmonic material in the second movement comes from slow movements of piano sonatas and symphonies of Beethoven, sewn together and stretched such that extra notes suspend across sonorities, like the refraction of light through a prism.