Back in action

I have now slept in my own bed four nights in a row, but I've still been busy. I have been away visiting family in the US followed by a business trip to Copenhagen, with frustratingly little time to compose or write. After that I spent a few days at the York Festival of Writing, which I'll tell you about in my writing blog later.

The trip to Copenhagen was highlighted by lunch with Per Nørgård, whom I haven't seen for a few years. The performance of my arrangement of his Bach to the Future had been postponed due to schedule conflict, but we sat down to discuss it before the rearranged performance next year. It was nice to learn that he had no changes, and that he was completely happy with my arrangement. We also discussed a future arrangement (which shall remain confidential until it has been commissioned). Also, my sinfonietta arrangement of Helle Nacht has been recorded and should be released sometime this year.

Now that I'm back, I need to catch up on some work, and get down to composing this piano concerto, which I discussed briefly with Per, specifically the amount of improvisation in the second movement. I'm coming to the conclusion that I may have to write a suggested version, if I ever want it to be performed. I also need to get down to some writing.

I've sent out a few copies of A Point of Amber Light, and Per suggested I contact Danish radio. My next publishing project will be the violin and piano version, before I settle down and publish my saxophone music, which has a greater chance of being performed.

A Point of Amber Light now available on Amazon.com

My violin concerto, A Point of Amber Light, is now available on Amazon.com.

If you are interested in purchasing it from the Createspace site, I'm happy to provide a discount code to friends for a significant reduction in price. Just send me an email.

Performance materials available separately. I'm happy to send the solo violin part out in pdf form to any violinist interested in performing it. The version with piano accompaniment will be my next publication, hopefully.

UK customers can find it on Amazon.co.uk, but it is listed as out of stock. For now buy it from Amazon.com or Createspace.