Madrid-born Tomás Marco is a multi award-winning and prolific composer whose compact Symphony No 2 is a single ‘Espacio cerrado’ or ‘Closed Space’, expressed using a massive orchestra. As the subtitle ‘Gaia’s Dance’ suggests, the colourful and rhythmic Symphony No 8 borrows elements of dances from different parts of the world. Marco’s Symphony No 9 draws inspiration from the primeval sea spirit ‘Thalassa’, and combines studies in sonority with medieval music sources to create a work which unfolds in a single, extended breath.