I've been working the last couple days on the first piece of the symphony. I guess I'm sort of going through every piece in order of their appearance. The last couple weeks have been tough since my vacation and getting a concussion.
I have a new clip linked to this post, from the very first piece of the symphony. This piece covers the very beginning of the book, where Tolkien describes how his universe is made. It also covers the first beings made in his universe, the Ainur. These beings included the Valar (the great and powerful beings of Middle-Earth) and the Maiar (think of Sauron, the Balrog, Gandalf and Saruman from The Lord of the Rings).
In The Music of the Ainur, the book discusses how the Ainur (Valar and Maiar) sang at the beginning of all things about how the universe would shape up. It talks about how the Ainur sang about the Children of Iluvatar (Iluvatar created all these beings, he's the highest deity of the lot), the Elves and Men. In the Music, one of the Valar named Melkor (click here for my synopsis of his part) created great discord. Desiring to have his own beings and things, he disrupted the music, confusing some of the Ainur and corrupting others (like Sauron and the Balrogs) to his allegiance against Iluvatar. The rest of the Valar (Manwe, Varda etc.) remain faithful to Iluvatar and go about the creative work of shaping Arda.
The piece I've composed will illustrate these things and indeed the struggle between Melkor and the Valar. I hope this serves as an interpretive framework for the piece (click here to listen) and indeed your enjoyment of the coming symphonic work.
Cheers,
Aaron
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