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About 6 minutes. It's chromatic, impressionist and through-composed, based on 3 motifs; 1. at the opening; 2. the quiet bit at bar 13; and 3, the oboe solo at bar 21. Like some of my things it's about struggle. Here, inspired by jungle, its unpredictability, its tensions. I've tried this mood before but failed - I may have failed here but there were three rules this time: it must not sound like Villa-Lobos; no orchestral imitations of jungle sounds; and no ethnic folk tunes. My own crit is that there are several outbursts but almost none lead to a sustained tutti, they break off into quieter passages. I'm not sure if this works. I've tried cutting some of them out but they leave the work incoherent. I suspect at least one of the 'upward rushes' should lead to a fuller episode. So, please, if you have time to listen (I know 6 minutes is a bit long) and are of a mind to comment it would be most appreciated. I don't expect good critique. Feel free to react as you will. But thank you for anything you have to say. Bear in mind it's modern which won't be to everyone's taste. Edit: P.S. All instruments at concert pitch except Basses (transposed up 1 octave) and Piccolo (1 octave down).

Thank you so much for listening and compliment , I'm glad you like it. nevertheless an amateur piece far behind the Vivaldi's masterpiece