Classical Ben Lunn
Abiding in Fire (2016)

‘Abiding in Fire’ is a form of meditation in which you, the practitioner, imagine a wrathful deity dancing in fire while you meditate. This evocative display, combined with the paradoxical wrathful but good is an idea which drew me to Tantric Buddhism in the first place. The work for orchestra, quite simply tries to emulate that sensation. Witnessing something full of power and wrath but inherently good, alternatively it is building a piece which is both violent and meditative in the same instance.

Dedicated to Martins Vilums and Marius Baranauskas

Performed by Robertas Servenikas and the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra