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#CathedralSymphony #SeaSymphony #SmeckyStudio #CityOfPraguePhilharmonicOrchestra #AdamKlemens #DavidJones It's all about to come to life. This morning, we went through the schedule for the orchestral sessions with conductor Adam Klemens and producer David Jones. We have four sessions to record one hour of music, Cathedral Symphony and Sea Symphony. Tide, the epic fourth movement of the Sea Symphony is 15 minutes long, with a slow-paced build through the three sections – Low

#SeaSymphony #LondonRepertoireOrchestra #LeslieAnneLewis Tonight will be the first time I hear the Sea Symphony! I went through the score this morning with Leslie Anne Lewis who will be conducting London Repertoire Orchestra tonight. We are both excited to hear it come to life this evening. I'll be listening from the tuba chair. It's also a chance to read through the parts before the recording sessions in Prague in November. The lovely musicians of the London Repertoire Orc

#SeaSymphony #LondonRepertoireOrchestra #LeslieAnneLewis Thank you, London Repertoire Orchestra. You are the first musicians to play my Sea Symphony. And, you helped me prepare for the recording sessions in Prague next month. So, thank you for playing through the piece and giving it its first airing. And equally, thank you for helping me tidy up the parts so we have an amazing recording session in Prague. LRO playing Sea Symphony

Sunday, 6th of September 2026 #SeaSymphony #orchestra Dear Friends and Fans, I have prepared a sneak preview of the Sea Symphony for you. It’s only available on my Youtube channel, in the unlisted section. For your ears only! The first movement, Dawn Of Civilisation, was actually the last one I wrote. I finished it about two weeks ago. This movement took about three months to write, with breaks to write other pieces in between (two shorter orchestral works, An Comhluadar a

Sunday, 30th of August 2026 #SeaSymphony #SetMeAsASeal #CathedralSymphony You can hear I am enjoying talking to Jannie Rawlinson on Sound Radio Wales. She wanted to know where it all began, how the music appears in my head and what's behind the Cathedral Symphony. I don't know the answer to the middle question! I remember sitting in the choir of Beauvais Cathedral and hearing the first sounds of the Cathedral Symphony coming into my head. I remember jotting them down in m

It's finished! And what a journey – two years of composing

Time to celebrate. We did it!

We’re nearly there!

Just 3 days left to help bring my debut albums to life.

One week left! My debut albums Crowdfunder is entering its final stretch, and I'd love for you to be part of it.

I have the first movement of the unfinished Sea Symphony in my head

Just 2 weeks to donate to my debut albums Crowdfunder and help me get my debut albums recorded.

I am walking for Dawn Of Civilisation, the first movement of the Sea Symphony.

I am walking for Wild Dance, the second movement of the Sea Symphony.

I am walking for Tide, the fourth movement of the Sea Symphony.

I am walking for Sunset At Sea, the third movement of the Sea Symphony.

Thanks to generous donations on the Crowdfunder, we have now booked the City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra to record the Cathedral Symphony and the Sea Symphony.

It starts with two ancient melodies, one from Ireland, the other from Byzantium.

This is the house where my grandfather (Harold McGonigal) was born

Composing for me is like composting.