Amanda Lee Falkenberg: The Moons Symphony London Voices, London Symphony Orchestra & Marin Alsop

• Amanda Lee Falkenberg: The Moons Symphony:
• 1 Falkenberg: The Moons Symphony: I. Io: Celestial Tug of War 08:24
• 2 Falkenberg: The Moons Symphony: Ii. Europa: Is there an Ocean? 05:50
• 3 Falkenberg: The Moons Symphony: Iii. Titan: Equatorial Dunes and Methane Monsoons 06:12
• 4 Falkenberg: The Moons Symphony: Iv. Enceladus: Rows and Rows of Gigantic Geysers 05:47
• 5 Falkenberg: The Moons Symphony: V. Miranda: Monolithic Cliff 04:23
• 6 Falkenberg: The Moons Symphony: Vi. Ganymede: Magnetic Forces and Colossal Discoveries 05:43
• 7 Falkenberg: The Moons Symphony: Vii. Earth Moon: Earthrise – the Overview 05:44
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918): Suite bergamasque, L. 75:
• 8 Debussy: Suite bergamasque, L. 75: Iii. Claire de lune 04:42
• Amanda Lee Falkenberg: Reflections on Symphonic Space Flight:
• 9 Falkenberg: Reflections on Symphonic Space Flight 01:36
• Total Runtime 48:21

Info for Amanda Lee Falkenberg: The Moons Symphony

International award-winning composer, Amanda Lee Falkenberg has composed a dynamic new work that merges music and science. The seven-movement symphony dramatizes past, present and future moon explorations, and highlights discoveries that have been made in our search for other worlds that could possibly sustain life.

Through seven exhilarating movements, concertgoers will experience a stunning space adventure that focuses on the stories of these fascinating moons. But what uniquely defines this symphony is its planetary core message which culminates in the 7th movement, dedicated to Earth-Moon. This final movement offers a discovery of a different kind and provides a unique opportunity to view our planet united and whole, from the surface of the Moon, a breathtaking, life-changing experience referred to as THE OVERVIEW EFFECT. The impact of such a privileged sight has inspired a call to action from Astronauts and as a result, has propelled them to share this profound perspective shift with all of us here on Earth.

Through the persuasive and powerful forces of music, the symphony offers Earthlings a chance to contemplate who and where we are in the universe. In 42 minutes they will be taken on an emotional journey, marveling at the wonders of these moons, the beauty of our planet, and possibly even experience their own perspective shift as crew-mates aboard this spaceship we cruise, Earth. This is the story of THE MOONS SYMPHONY.

London Symphony Orchestra Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Daniel Koek, tenor
Leo Jemison, treble
Amanda Lee Falkenberg, piano

Amanda Lee Falkenberg
Australian born composer and pianist, Amanda Lee Falkenberg, began her journey into composition through the hours spent in the ballet studio as dance accompanist with the Australian Ballet company in 2000. She wrote over 120 compositions to accompany ballet dancers as they trained, which led to the production of her Moving With Music 3-part CD series. In 2003 saw the world premier of her orchestral 30 minute ballet “Edge of the World” commissioned and performed at the International Barossa Music Festival with the prestigious Leigh Warren and Dancers which received glowing reviews from the National press.

Falkenberg is inspired by visual imagery, so natural progression led her to write for film and TV. stage plays, documentaries, feature films including a 13 part animation series featuring voice over talents Lucy Lui and Mark Hamill. In July 2017 her 10 minute orchestral suite “Sea Trilogy” received a world premier at the London Film Music Orchestra Gala Concert with herself conducting.

In October 2017, having just completed a concerto for piano and orchestra called “Crossing of the Crescent Moon” Falkenberg began work on her 7 movement Symphony called THE MOONS which celebrates past, present and future missions to moons of our outer solar system.

Falkenberg has given several presentations in Dubai and London to discuss her creative process as a composer and earlier this year was invited to present at a Ted x Youth conference in Dubai “Composing Music to tell the Secrets of the Moons” where she discussed her latest creation THE MOONS Symphony.

​ Following this was a presentation in July this year at NASA/JPL, Los Angeles for the Cassini Project Science Group including lead scientists Dr Linda Spilker, Dr Earl Maize and Dr Scott Eddington, where she presented the music and scientific inspiration for four completed movements from her MOONS Symphony as she has been consulting with lead scientist, Dr Robert Pappalardo, Dr Ashleey Davies from NASA and Dr Ralph Lorenze from John Hopkins University/APL for accuracy during the conceptual phase.

That same month, she also presented her music from the 1st Movement of THE MOONS symphony dedicated to moon Europa at Caltech, Pasadena for the international Europa Clipper/JUICE scientists conference including Europa Clipper lead scientist, Dr Robert Pappalardo, former NASA /JPL Director, Dr Charles Elachi, and director of Lunar Planetary Institute, Dr Louise Prockter, who came together for the first time to discuss synergistic and complementary science with their teams since both missions will be at the Jovian system at the same time.

Falkenberg has received many nominations and has won multiple international contests including, The Great American Song Contest, Marvin Hamlisch emerging film composer contest in New York, The International Composition Competition in Italy, Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA), and the Los Angeles Music Awards.

The Moons Symphony celebrates the merging of art and science to inspire and educate wider communities at large and to provide a theatrical foundation for the thrilling stories of these moons and the spectacular discoveries being made in our outer solar system.

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