Only in my memory... [for Symphony Orchestra]

From the "Dreams" suite for symphony orchestra, Only in my memory... explores the futile, yet comforting landscape of daydreaming or fantasy. This short vignette follows the story of two young people who meet and share a brief moment in time (oboe and clarinet duet) before fading into a distant memory.
The primary theme is the piano melody at the opening. I wanted to melodically capture the moment between sleep and awake in a simple manner and chose a lullaby as the motif. The harp and rising brass lines are the moment when we drift into another plain of consciousness and have our dance-like moment between the two star-crossed lovers.