Symphony No. 2/title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript">  </script> <meta name="keywords" content="symphony, Sleeper, composer"> </head> <body background="AcelamaWallPaper.jpg" onLoad="MM_preloadImages('HomeOver.jpg','BioOver.jpg','compOver.jpg','recordOver.jpg','newsOver.jpg')"> <div align="center"> <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td> <div align="center"> <a href="index.html" target="_top" onclick="MM_nbGroup('down','group1','HomeBtn','',1)" onmouseover="MM_nbGroup('over','HomeBtn','HomeOver.jpg','',1)" onmouseout="MM_nbGroup('out')"><img src="HomeBtn.jpg" alt="" name="HomeBtn" width="90" height="25" border="0" onload=""></a></div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> <a href="sleepe-bio.html" target="_top" onclick="MM_nbGroup('down','group1','BioButton','',1)" onmouseover="MM_nbGroup('over','BioButton','BioOver.jpg','',1)" onmouseout="MM_nbGroup('out')"><img src="BioButton.jpg" alt="" name="BioButton" width="110" height="25" border="0" onload=""></a></div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> <a href="compositionList.html" target="_top" onclick="MM_nbGroup('down','group1','compbutton','',1)" onmouseover="MM_nbGroup('over','compbutton','compOver.jpg','',1)" onmouseout="MM_nbGroup('out')"><img name="compbutton" src="compbutton.jpg" border="0" alt="" onLoad=""></a></div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> <a href="sleeper_recordings.html" target="_top" onclick="MM_nbGroup('down','group1','recordbutton','',1)" onmouseover="MM_nbGroup('over','recordbutton','recordOver.jpg','',1)" onmouseout="MM_nbGroup('out')"><img src="recordbutton.jpg" alt="" name="recordbutton" width="110" height="25" border="0" onload=""></a><a href="sleeper_news.html" target="_top" onclick="MM_nbGroup('down','group1','newsbutton','',1)" onmouseover="MM_nbGroup('over','newsbutton','newsOver.jpg','',1)" onmouseout="MM_nbGroup('out')"><img src="newsbutton.jpg" alt="" name="newsbutton" width="110" height="25" border="0" onload=""></a></div> </td> </tr> </table> <p> </p> <p></p> </div> <p><strong><font size="7">Symphony No. 2</font></strong></p> </div> <p align="center"><font size="6"><strong>"Little Leylie"</strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font size="6"><strong>2+1 2 2 2 - 4231- timp + 4- harp - strings</strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font size="6"><strong>duration c. 12 minutes</strong></font></p> <p align="center">mp3's of VERY rough midi realizations below</p> <p align="center"><font size="5"><a href="01.Symphony_2.mp3">Movement I</a></font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"><a href="02.Symphony_2.mp3">Movement II</a></font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"><a href="03.Symphony_2.mp3">Movement III</a></font></p> <p align="center"></p> <div align="left"> <p><font size="5"><b><i>Symphony No. 2</i></b>, “Little Leylie”, was written for my daughter, Leyla Michelle Sleeper.</font></p> <p><font size="5">Various themes and motives from my life and hers intersect and play prominently – (especially her little lullaby - which I have sung to her from birth). </font></p> <p><font size="5">The work was conceived as an attempt at very concise symphonic thought – few closely related ideas – lean and distilled. Initially I envisioned (or challenged myself to create) a work in four movements lasting around 4 minutes. Materials have a way of evolving as they need and the work is finally c.12 minutes long with three discernable movements. One of the biggest surprises for me was the unexpected appearance of a quote from the “Faust” movement of my piano concerto (from1987 - almost 20 years prior to her arrival).</font></p> <p><font size="5">The second and third movements have been played in various studied iterations, either for solo piano or orchestra. Some of the themes appear in the films "The Silver Mirror" and “One Water”. </font></p> <p><font size="5"><em><strong>Symphony No. 2, </strong></em>“Little Leylie”, received it’s premiere November 25, 2012 at Bailey Hall in Dania, Florida with the Florida Youth Orchestra.</font></p> </div> <div align="right"> <p>ts </p> <p></p> </div> <div align="left"> <p><font size="5">The First Symphony was permiered by The Meadows Symphony Orchestra under Maestro Paul Phillips. It was subsequently recorded and released by Albany records. </font></p> </div> <div align="center"> <p><font size="5">Live video of the premiere performance available on YouTube</font></p> <p> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLC987D97072D7ECFB&hl=en_US" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> </p> </div> <p><font size="5"></font></p> <h2 align="right"><font size="5" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"></font></h2> </body> </html>