Orchestral Music

Romanza And Fugue For Strings

Ballade For Bassoon And Orchestra

Symphony In One Movement Final Audio

Threnody Audio Version 2

Attempt to understand techniques of Morton Feldman

Kairos

A short orchestral fantasy based on a Gregorian Easter hymn.

Perfect curtain warmer

Fantasy On Ad Coenam Agni For Orchestra

Here is a tone poem based on Franz Kafka's short sketch Poseidon. The piece can be performed with or without narrator.

Poseidon No Narrator

This piece was written 39 years ago as part of my composition portfolio for graduation at Berklee College of Music. I was seriously influenced by late romantic music including Mahler, Bruckner and Scriabin. The piece marries those sensibilities with expressionist harmonies from Berg, Bartok and particularly Bernard Herrmann.

The title is Scots Gaelic for Tragedy....because I like Scots Gaelic!

Bron Chluich; a Dramatic Poem

Crystalline Structures 1.

A short dance piece from the upcoming Life Lines Fall show production of Coraline.

the lost souls.wav

Work in progress for large orchestra First major section Complete working toward the transition into the very fast section.

Orchestral Music

Christopher Gordon Forbes