The First & the Last!
3 Movements:
A continuation of Millennium, this work depicts the final confrontation between Good and Evil. It begins with a viral fragment. Like a disease (this piece was written in 1995), the motif twists and multiplies Read more
3 Movements:
A continuation of Millennium, this work depicts the final confrontation between Good and Evil. It begins with a viral fragment. Like a disease (this piece was written in 1995), the motif twists and multiplies in and around the ensemble, ending irresolute. It folds to In the Hollow of the Heart... bittersweet. For this is where the "real" battle ensues.
In the Battle at Meggido... we experience the triumphal theme of Good pitted against the viral theme of the Dark.
All 5 movements from Millennium and The First & The Last are interchangeable and offer many choices to the Conductor. WAY of the WARRIOR is its WPIM Counterpart.
Teaching strategies include a synopsis of the work's harmonic vocabulary, making for expedient teaching of the technical component.
In fact, this work was the subject of a Doctoral Thesis.