This is a Symphonic poem that imagines a woodland scene in Summer as bright sunshine gives way to a rain storm

A Melodic House track for Pride

Symphonic Poem for My Mother Pt 2 by Mike Workman

My mother will be 89 years old soon. This music is by way of a thank you!

(This is the revised and remxed version)

The last of three parts of a gentile piece of music inspired by a walk on a sunny day in Spring.

The second of three parts of a gentile piece of music inspired by a walk on a sunny day in Spring.

The first of three parts of a gentile piece of music inspired by a walk on a sunny day in Spring.

This is a short symphony in one movement. Rather than use triads, this time I've been experimenting with free counterpoint -- although in effect, many of the chords that emerged are triads -- although not all of them. I'll try to be more adventurous in future! The music has four voices, played in parallel with slightly different additional voices.

What inspired it? A sense of gratitude that i live in a democracy in a place where we are able to change the government without risking the ire of an evil dictator, alongside deep concern for the peoples of Ukraine and Russia whose democratic rights are being destroyed -- and anger at the evil war being waged against the people of Ukraine, whose lives, homes, livelihoods, and future are being taken away from them.

A gentle piece of slow, relaxing music where I explore counterpoint. I began writing the music at the same time as hearing the death of Archbishop Tutu, one of my personal heroes.