Student Exemplar

Class Piece: Symphony No. 2 Mvt. 3 by Sergei Rachmaninoff

The piece we are playing in class is beautiful! It is movement two from

Rachmaninoffs second symphony. The way that the music moves between
instruments carries me to another world.
When I listen to the clarinet play her solo I begin to think of an open
sky with a simple white dove flying overhead. As the line progresses I
imagine the dove twisting and turning softly to the turns of the music. The
smells are incredible and I can imagine just how perfect the sun shines
through the wings of the dove. Like the dove was carried by the rays of the
setting sun.
As the other instruments join in, I imagine a lady dove coming along
and flying upwards towards the peak of a mountain with the other dove. The
music ascends and crescendos and the doves fly higher, higher than they
think they can go. As they soar upwards the music expands and finally, they
reach the top. The music resolves.