New life

I've been asked to revise the Concertino arrangement, this time orchestrating as I would prefer. The last one was constrained by the composer's instructions. Although I never actually heard it, I felt that it was rather sparse and out of the comfortable range of some instruments. I should also be able to add some octave doublings and thicken the texture to make it as dark as the original piano accompaniment. The percussion is kind of superfluous, too, so I'll have to revisit it.

I'm told that the publisher will have someone read and record for the composer to approve, and then I assume there will be a performance, but I don't know when yet. (I'll have to finish the arrangement first.)


I've also decided that I may have a go at finishing my piano concerto, just because I need to finish SOMETHING of my own (that isn't literary fiction).

I've also had thoughts of arranging my sax concerto (From Her Husband's Hand) for either cello and orchestra (slightly reduced from the original) or for sax and wind ensemble. Both would work well, I think, so it is just a matter of putting the time in ... but of course, I have a huge teaching load this term.