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Wednesday, the 4 th  of March 2026 #composing #composernotebook #Tide #Splash #Tube #Oliver #MyHolyPlace  I’m halfway through my notebook – three months of ideas, sketches, doodles.  Tide, 3 rd movement of my Sea Symphony. For full orchestra (2222 4331). The big theme. Outline of modes. Counterpoint in the finale. Tide was played in private by London Repertoire Orchestra a couple of weeks ago.  Tube, for Percussion Orchestra of the City Lit. Flexible scoring and voices. Sket

Sunday, the 18 th of January 2026                        #monastic #officehours #plainchant #polyphony #liturgy #AlisonHawes #SimonAshdown #DominicMcGonigal #SetMeAsASeal #MyHolyPlace #Victoria #Rachmaninov #Palestrina #Parsons #Holst #Rimsky-Korsakov #Sheppard #BickleighCastle   What a feast of music! My head is full of Victoria, Palestrina, Rachmaninov, Rimsky-Korsakov, Sheppard, Schutz, Holst and... McGonigal! We ended with my Set Me As A Seal which will be the title trac