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 Sinfonia Unifica - Chamber Symphony no.1 (2003) "Now is the time for the lovers of God to raise high the banners of unity, to intone, in the assemblages of the world, the verses of friendship and love and to demonstrate to all that the grace of God is one." This piece depicts scenes from fictional epic of Símorgh. As recounted in "The Conference of Birds": Searching for the Phoenix, congregation of birds decides to assign a flock to explore far and wide. So they select a large assemblage of diverse races and nations to initiate the investigation journey. After proceeding through Seven Valleys of trials and tribulations, only a group of thirty birds (Sí-Morgh) remains, realizing that their mélange assembly is the long expected Símorgh. In another account: a Phoenix gives birth to new generation while dancing in fire and devouring fire! That is, sacrifices its being for renaissance and birth of successors. Throughout this piece, human beings replace Birds singing tunes of high and low, and Phoenix (supernatural Bird) is New World Order (a natural accessible aspiration!), and is humbly suggested that universal love could convert hell to Eden. Constant subdivisions throughout the piece while experiencing metric modulations, reflects relativity of time: Days are temporary equal subdivisions of life, with different credibility in our individual as well as collective prosperity. Moments of reflection, Different elements from immeasurable musical achievements and experiences are put together in space and time. From African drumming to western absolute idealistic Fugue in five, from Shakuhachi tunes in Hirajoshi to Kementché melodies in Chehár-gáh or Homayún, from fierce reez of Tár to serene plucking of Sitar, all represent not but flares of the empirical civilization of golden age. Our journey has just started! Farshid Samandari
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