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Time: 10:02
Instrumentation: Piano, effects, cello, violin, tympani [currently]
Composed: Sunday, November 12th, 2006

I'm not sure what to name this yet. I'm working on the National Solo Album Month project of making a solo album in the month of November, from scratch. So I can't use my vault of hundreds of starters that I have. So far I've outlined three or four new pieces on the piano, and this is the most promising one.

I was improvising in the backyard of Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings (which is the 2nd movement from one of his string quartets). This key has some awesome power to it-- it's also used in Liszt's Pathetique Concerto, one of my very favorite pieces.

I haven't exited from it gracefully, yet, but the idea is that it will flow into another piece. The section at 7:00 will be expanded.

Additional horn and synth parts are going to be added throughout-- so far the cello is there, at least when it starts, to outline some counter melodies.

I'm very excited about this.