for wind ensemble

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To many of us, we have a yearning for a time when life seemed a lot more simpler compared to what we experience now. Sometimes, we reminiscence about the many jovial and warm memories of our lives when we were still in school.

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reminiscence should not be thought of in an overly romanticized way. the reality of remembering good memories is not a simple polarised dichotomy between a happy past and a sad future. This work aims to explore the emotional complexities of remembering past memories. The work is based on two ideas - a three note motif which to me represents emotional ambiguity, and a more lyrical theme representing emotional recollection.

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I wrote this work in a time of intense longing to return back to school. Having just graduated from school, I felt a deep unprecedented sense of vulnerability and uncertainty in handling the complexities of life. Reminiscing the memories I made became a central inspiration to this work.

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