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I visited the Coral Coast of Fiji in October 2017, and the beauty and tranquility of the region inspired me to write a short suite. While sitting on my hotel room’s balcony, gazing out towards the crashing waves on the distant reef, and the perfectly still lagoon in the foreground, a melody spontaneously popped into my head.
The day after that melody hit me, I did a long run along the coastline. I started trying to imagine what I wanted the ‘Coral Coast Suite’ to actually sound like, and I got the idea for what turned out to be the first theme of ‘3. Along the Sunset Strip’. The natural pace of the run was partly responsible for the energy and rhythm of this theme, but the Fijian singers I saw in the resorts were the main inspiration. They often perform in groups of three or four, and strum their own accompaniments on guitars and ukuleles.

‘1. Sigatoka Sunrise’ is based on a reworking of the first theme of ‘3. Along the Sunset Strip’, and it was the final piece of the suite to be composed. It is in ternary form, with a short middle section that is mostly based on reworked thematic material. I started composing this movement on the 1st of December 2017, and I had basically finished it by the 8th.

- Michael Stoop

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