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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

Wednesday, the 26 th of November 2025, very early morning  #Tide #SeaSymphony #SciathlúireachMhuire  I just woke up with a map of the final section of the 4th movement. I reached for my miniature pad of manuscript paper but it was not there. I had to get out of bed to get my notebook. It now has a structure for the model transposition of the cantus firmus, an augmented version of the ancient Irish melody which opens the movement and the figuration to turn it into a grand fi