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Adam Smyth - Horse Frightened By A Lion

from Stills 02 by Various Artists

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When I looked at Stubb’s painting, I imagined how it feels to be startled and pumped full of adrenaline. How easy it is to become dead aware of your surroundings, forcing you to fight to survive? I was also struck by the way Stubb’s depicts nature's elegance yet cruelty and uncanny ability to be majestic yet brutal at the same time.

I wanted the music to reflect this. There’s a real build in tension between these two incredible animals. Using certain bowing and harmonic techniques to really draw on a moment of calm but uncertainty. Then, with the introduction of brass, the piece explodes into its own epic crescend and battle. My goal was to try and achieve an ‘oxymoron’ type of arrangement; something slow yet fast, sad but still a little upbeat. A story of several acts.

Adam Smyth, May 2022

View the painting that inspired this piece here:
Horse Frightened by a Lion, exhibited 1763. George Stubbs. Photo © Tate.
www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/stubbs-horse-frightened-by-a-lion-t06869

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from Stills 02, released May 27, 2022
Composed and arranged by Adam Smyth
Bratislava Symphonic Orchestra, recorded at Slovak Radio Building
BSO conducted by David Hernando Rico
Mastered by Emre Ramazanoglu

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