Symphony 6 by Dafydd Bullock

Symphony 6 Opus 100

Written for string orchestra, in 5 movements, opening with slow, meditative contrapuntal music with ever increasing intensity, followed by a quirky and at times bi- or polytonal dance-like movement. A troubled 3rd movement, lyrical upper strings with aggressive, pizzicato counter-theme in cello and bass. A further almost Beethovenian slow movement follows, strong chord progressions contradicted by restless and at times hysterical high violins. The 5th movement offers night music, lower string tremolandi, bleak chords in the upper strings, an austere dialogue, uncompromising and questioning.

Buschdorf, Luxembourg, 1997

Dedicated to Ulrike Wiedenbach

Dafydd Bullock was born in Llanberis, Wales. In 1995 he was admitted to the highest Order of the Gorsedd of Bards. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2005.
Works include 39 Symphonies, 19 Symphonic Poems, 2 Operas, 2 Requiems, 2 Mass settings, a Missa Brevis, an Oratorio, 40 String Quartets, 9 Trios and other chamber music and many songs and pieces for piano, and 41 CDs.

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