Schizophrenic Composing

As I mentioned in my last post I am currently working on two separate and completely dissimilar pieces.

The first piece I started a couple of weeks ago is a fugue in e minor for string orchestra. I have found that I have not been able to completely put this piece on the back burner and have continued to work on it even when I should be working on the Hot Potato piece. This piece which currently does not have a title, other than Fugue in e minor, is, as I have said, for string orchestra and is written in 5/2 time at the slow tempo of a half note equalling 45 BPM, and is sketched out to last about eight minutes. Preview taste of the beginning of the the fugue is here: Fugue in e minor. This piece (Fugue in e minor) seems to complement my previous piece The Forlorn Hope. Or should I say The Forlorn Hope complements the Fugue. Id est I have taken to listening to the MP3 files of both of them, first The Forlorn Hope followed by The Fugue in e minor.

The other piece I am working on, Rock the Potato, [
Rock the Potato thread on the SibeliusMusic Chat Page] is coming along well and I hope to finish it before the weekend. But we will see.



Ursus Demens