I have been playing with this idea for a while now....but I think I finally found a way to do it. I want to write a piece for orchestra called "Seven Deadly Sins." And I want to give each sin a theme. Originally I thought it would have to be done in seven short movements, but now.....now I'm thinking I can do it in four. I just have to tell a story.
So I'm going to create a character and he will be influenced by the various demons associated with each deadly sin. In first three movements he will maliciously perform each of the deadly sins, and in the final movement, he will face judgement day, and he will be tormented by the sins he did commit while the demons laugh. The last movement should be a fast paced, complex, multi-tonal mix of all the sin's themes. Each theme will surface for a bit the be replaced by another until two and three themes are going at once.......and finally they will all be going together, expressing the eternal torment of this character.
So no one has to go looking for them.....here are the seven deadly sins and associated demons:
luxuria ( lust, Asmodeus), gula (gluttony, Beelzebub), avaritia (avarice/greed, Mammon), acedia (sloth, Belphegor), ira (wrath, Satan), invidia (envy, Leviathan), and superbia (pride/hubris, Lucifer).
Comments, questions, and suggestions are always welcome.
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This is quite extraordinary, but I had this same idea back in 2004 and I had my mind set on bringing it to fruition. Unfortunately, I haven't managed to until when I was looking for composition ideas and I remembered my Seven Deadly Sins idea. It's not quite as well thought into as yours, but my intention was much like yours - to set a short movement to each of the deadly sins - which makes up a complete work.
I still feel like I could render a new perspective to this concept, now it's been covered already, but I suppose I should start fishing for more original ideas.
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