Symphony No. 1, The Lord of the Rings, I. Gandalf - the Wizard, Johan de Meij, revised 2023

Winds of Ohio, Sarah Brown, Conductor, performance at the 66th ASBDA National Convention, Cleveland, OH at the Marriott Westin. I. GANDALF (The Wizard) The first movement is a musical portrait of the wizard Gandalf, one of the principal characters of the trilogy. His wise and noble personality is expressed by a stately motif which is used in a different form in movements IV and V. The sudden opening of the Allegro vivace is indicative of the unpredictability of the grey wizard, followed by a wild ride on his beautiful horse, Shadowfax.