Scott Ordway

Symphony No. 3

Ordway’s Symphony No. 3 was composed between July 2012 and March 2013 in Aspen, Philadelphia, and NYC. It unfolds in a single movement over twenty-two minutes. The first performance was given in 2013 by the Bates College Orchestra with the composer conducting. It has also been recorded by the Curtis Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Hayes. Though the work is abstract, the music is characterized by a sense of open space and gradual unfolding. The symphonic argument traces the distinction between the vast external permanence of natural landscape and the volatile subjectivity of our own inner lives.

Work Categories: Large Orchestra, No Audio

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Buffalo Philharmonic Earshot New Music Readings (2015)

February 10, 2015 7:30 am

Kleinhans Music Hall

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