{"id":128,"date":"2026-09-16T16:45:51","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T16:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mahtabhaghighattalab.com\/?page_id=128"},"modified":"2026-09-16T16:52:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T16:52:20","slug":"elementor-page-128","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mahtabhaghighattalab.com\/?page_id=128","title":{"rendered":"Orchestral Works"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"128\" class=\"elementor elementor-128\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b187fd e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-aaf8890 \" data-id=\"7b187fd\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"7b187fd\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-id=\"7b187fd\">\n    \t\t\t<h2 data-interaction-id=\"2b32fbf\" class=\"e-2b32fbf-6d0ff69 e-heading-base\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-id=\"2b32fbf\">Orchestral Works<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<hr class=\"e-divider-base\" data-interaction-id=\"dbb34aa\"  data-e-type=\"widget\" data-id=\"dbb34aa\" \/>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf96a52 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-5b6b55e \" data-id=\"cf96a52\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"cf96a52\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-id=\"cf96a52\">\n    <div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab52db8 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-25dbd56 \" data-id=\"ab52db8\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"ab52db8\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-id=\"ab52db8\">\n    \t\t\t<p class=\"e-db6abfc-963f3b5 e-paragraph-base\" data-interaction-id=\"db6abfc\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-id=\"db6abfc\"><strong id=\"e-mu4bbo8i-fi9rqfk\">Title<\/strong>:<strong id=\"e-mu4bbo8i-at7izgc\"> <\/strong>Short Symphony <br><strong id=\"e-mu4bbo8i-0svvx81\">Instrumentation<\/strong>: Symphony Orchestra (pic+2.2+ca.2.2+cbsn. - 4.3.3+brbn.1 - t.2p.h \u2013 str). <br><strong id=\"e-mu4bbo8i-k5zqi0c\">Duration<\/strong>: ca. 10 minutes <br><strong id=\"e-mu4bbo8i-1atjhec\">Year<\/strong>: 2024<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-356b99a e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-d9f6ec3 \" data-id=\"356b99a\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"356b99a\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-id=\"356b99a\">\n    \t\t\t<p class=\"e-fae9785-88441cd e-paragraph-base\" data-interaction-id=\"fae9785\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-id=\"fae9785\"><strong>Program Note<\/strong><br>Short Symphony is a single-movement orchestral piece I wrote and analysed for my Master's dissertation in 2024. Although It was my intention to create a larger body of work (two movements), I had to limit the ideas and duration to reach my university's deadline. I have always been inspired by Russian composers, as my parents both were scholars who studied Russian literacy inuniversity, and I have been early introduced to composers such as Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky, Which i think influenced the way I have written for the orchestra in this piece. At the time, I was also largely inspired by techniques of metric modulation used by Elliot carter, and wanted to explore new pulses and rhythmic possibilities in my narrative.<br><br><em>Short Symphony<\/em> is not a piece of grand gesture, but of <strong>compressed drama and evolving symmetry<\/strong>, where familiar forms are refracted through a lens of temporal and thematic fluidity. 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