Yesterday I read for the first time ‘Tolkien gesture‘ by Alan Mearns, an Irish composer.The work, a suite consisting of independent movements with no thematic connection, is divided into: Mirkwood Forest (dark, mysterious) Queen Galadriel (luminous, harp like) Treebeard (slow, cumbersome) Wraiths (menacing, agitated) Gandalf escapes on the Great Eagle…