Symphonic Song is a lyrical, at times dramatic, threnody for string orchestra. Commissioned by Martin Anderson as part of a recording project to commemorate the life of his late fiancée, Yodit Tekle, the work was composed in May 2015, in Tangier, Morocco. It is cast as a continuous dark-hued narrative, and incorporates some material from my Tenth Piano Sonata, dating from the same year. The sonorous fortissimo ending is marked Grandioso.