Abstract:
Symphony No.2, "Crime in the House of Names," is a forty-minute work for
large orchestra in four movements. The final movement features a mezzo-soprano soloist
who sings a setting of the poem "Herbsttag" ("Autumn Day") by Rainer Maria Rilke in a
version that was freely adapted for music by the composer. While the symphony is not
expressly programmatic, it is deeply philosophical in nature; it is an expression of the
archetypal human themes of pain, loss, struggle, acceptance, and redemption.