My 10th Symphony is in one movement which contains within it the 4 movements of a traditional symphony. The main tonal focus is F minor with subsequent sections hinging on the tertiary relationships around F. The first movement is rather heavy and tragic in tone and is followed by a funeral march. Not much of a laugh so far. A fleeting scherzo provides some relief before an epilogue recapitulates some of the opening material in a different form. None of the above will give you a clue about how the music actually sounds; such is the nature of writing about music. The music will only live in performance and perhaps one day this tough nugget of a symphony will get a hearing. Until that time it seems an 11th has been started....
The Klingon opera is on the way to completion and I have realised some more music featuring the Ghost-Piano - a new piece called Shamanic Incantation No. 5. This features a piano being distressed by tuning wrenches in real time with the results being layered into a multi-piano work. After 7 minutes the portals of inner-consciousness will open. If you are lucky!
