In the One Minute Symphony project, composition students from the Royal Conservatoire The Hague take to the streets to make contact with a resident of The Hague or are inspired by a location or a work of art somewhere in the city. The students write a one-minute symphony about this encounter, which is played by us a short time later. A personal story transformed into music. That is only possible at Residentie Orkest.

Irish composition student Rose Connolly was inspired for her One Minute Symphony by the moments when she flies over Scheveningen to Ireland and vice versa. She experiences homesickness with each trip and this gives her a melancholic feeling. The view of Scheveningen slowly turns into a surreal environment of clouds. This image fascinates her and her feeling of homesickness disappears. She wants to combine the combination of melancholy and the surrealistic clouds in her One Minute Symphony.

The premiere of Rose Connolly's One Minute Symphony sounds to Rachmaninov & Dvořák on Friday, March 25 at 8 p.m. at Amare.

Follow the process

Rose Connolly loves to show you how the creative process goes while composing this One Minute Symphony. From first meeting to the Last note, you can follow along in a series of short vlogs.