I decided to talk about my Hamlet Symphony for the Third Monday Music post because I wanted to draw a skull.  Can you think of a better reason to choose a topic?  (Actually, I’ll be talking mostly about the second movement).

The Hamlet Symphony is by far the largest music project I have ever undertaken.  This six movement piece scored for a large orchestra lasts just under an hour.  Almost every note, be it a main theme or a background part, has some “meaning” in the larger scheme of things.

That being said, here we are mostly concerned with the second movement, Hamlet.  Continue reading →