Symphonic Song is a lyrical, at times dramatic, threnody for string orchestra. Commissioned by Martin Anderson as part of this 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