THE CITY IN THE FOG AND THE RAIN for piano concerto with cello orchestra

Basically it's the 2nd movement of the concerto after The City between the Sun and the Sea (later on as City 1). The composition contrasts with the 1st movement based on the character of the music and the geographical location, where the City 1 refers to Surabaya and the City 2 refers to the two mountainous cities Malang and Batu, due to their proximity location from one to other. Speaking of the character, the City 2’s atmosphere can be described as more cool, chilly and wet even often rainy and foggy. To describe this phenomenon, the composer experiments the sounds artificially with the cellos via col legnos to produce the clicking sounds whereas the wind sound is created via rubbing the resonance body of the double bass. It starts with a passage that is played at the previous movement. At the middle of the piece, the clicking sound via col legnos enters in the mid of the rainstorm phenomenon. Gradually but silently the a short motif appears from the piano, indicating a new main theme of the music. That's when it starts “foggier” by the time the F major motif flows away and the new main theme begins to enter via solo cello. Some listeners or audiences may be curious and wonder about the melody in this City 2. Where does the melody come from? The secret lies on it’s origin. The composer doesn’t create it from zero. It’s refered from the Christian hymn called A Song of Blessing (Pujian Berkat) which was sung by the congregation after the service before Amen. Thus this inspires the composer due to its loving, gently and innoncent nature of such melody. Though not too demanding, fiery or pushy, but its lyrics contain a very deep message yet powerful and impactful exhortation, namely God protects and blesses us, His face will shine upon us and grants us His grace and peace (based on Numbers 6:24-26). Additionally it’s actually still connected to the main theme of the City 1. Therefore the composer decided to use this melody as a main identity of this composition to show and remind us that even in the midst of the scary, chaotic and dramatic storm (the composer is severely astraphobic, i.e. fear of loud sound of thunderstorms), God still be with us though the future remains uncertain!