Hmm – my intention was to get back to writing this blog more or less daily once things got back …
Category Archives: Composing
Making music
It is hard to have a bad weekend when you spend your entire Saturday working on the Bach Mass in …
Over my shoulder
The work continues to come in. Yesterday must have been something like the seventh or eighth day in a row …
Tap, tap, tap
I tapped away little by little on the new cantata yesterday afternoon, solid and decidedly unglamorous work in a piece …
All talk and no action
The work continued to come in yesterday as the world, or at least this part of it, appears to be …
Loose threads
Well, if you are going to get back to proper choral singing you might as well get back with a …
Stepping forward
So, after a sabbatical which was originally intended to last for six months but which then extended to twenty, and …
The Week That Was
I think it is fair to say that the week just gone was one of the most stressful I have …
You’ve got to start somewhere
The main project over the past year and more has been the symphony, of course, but as things are threatening …
Breaking ground
To start a journey you need to take the first step. Obvious really, even when you are sitting there and …
