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The Symphony No. 22, Op. 236, ''City of Light'' is a four-movement symphony for orchestra by the American composer Alan Hovhaness. The work was commissioned by the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra for the centennial of Birmingham, Alabama and was completed in 1970. The work has been recorded multiple times and remains one of Hovhaness's more popular compositions. ==Composition== ''City of Light'' has a duration of approximately thirty minutes and is composed in four movements: #Allegro moderato #Angel of Light (Largo) #Allegretto grazioso #Finale (Largo maestoso) Though the symphony was composed for the city of Birmingham, Alabama, the city referred to in the title is one of Hovhaness's invention; Hovhaness described, "I was thinking of a million lights, an imaginary city..." He described the second movement "Angel of Light" as "a memory of a childhood vision I had... I was always affected by Christmas." The third movement "Allegretto grazioso" is based on a dance melody Hovhaness originally wrote in high school for an operetta ''Lotus Blossom''.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Symphony No. 22 (Hovhaness)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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