I've been plugging away for years on a realisation of Sorabji's 2nd Symphony 'Jami' and have reached a milestone at the completion of the whole of the 3rd movement. This movement is a continuous stretch of music lasting just over 2 hours. The whole of the symphony is likely to come in at over 4.5 hours.
The performance is created using Sibelius and the symphonic cube with VEpro 6 and MIR, no keyboard just a plethora of midi instructions and bastardisation of the notation to make it sound half decent.
The orchestration is six of each wind, 8, 6, 4, 2 brass, a double size string section able to split into 30 parts, two sets of timpani, fairly standard tuned and untuned percussion, 2 harps, celesta, piano and organ and as massive a chorus as you can get able to split into 32 parts. There is also a Baritone solo in the last movement but he doesn't appear in the 3rd.
[complete performance now available -
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You can also read some disriptionof the music on my blog should you be so inclined.
I will release the whole movement over the next few months but realise that is a lot for most people to chew.
The music is often beautiful and wonderous and always extraordinary.
Constructive criticism of the production welcome.
If your curiosity about Sorabji has been tickled you can visit his official website here.