O glittering bones lay to rest

string orchestra: 8/8/6/6/3 minimum

2023

duration: 4'

This piece was originally written for the RCM String Band workshop, 2023.

I initially begun writing this piece with an entirely different concept and title. However, after a very surreal dream, I changed the concept and title to the one in front of you now.

In this dream I was stood in a forest clearing. The sun had long since gone down and a thin layer of fog covered everything. In front of me was an open grave, with a skeleton three times what you might expect a human skeleton to be occupying it. From its bones sparked purple light, flickering aggressively against the night scene. This dream was surreally peaceful, even as the sparks grew more and more aggressive. It felt as though I was watching the final energy leave this “giant’s” body.