composing today

26 January 2007
Again my intention was to flush out the second section with the piano lead. Instead, again I got caught in cleaning up some of the earlier material as well as parts of the piano transition which I think works well now. I continued the piano section to its conclusion, that is, the beginning of what will be the next section, and laid out the location for the various mini-trios, they are only about three measures each, in order to get a sense of what the dramatic flow of this 10 or so measures. We’re at about the 2:30 point, maybe one fourth of the way through the piece. I think I need to take down the density some in the next section as it is still remarkably dense. I think perhaps I can do this with some longer melodic lines rather than the fanfare-type lines I’ve been working with. I added a smidge of heterophony with the clarinet relating to the piano, which I haven’t been able to enter yet to hear it. All in all, I’m much more pleased with the piece than I was about a week ago. I hope to have by the end of the month reached at least the beginning of the fourth section – the one-third point.