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So I’ve finished the performance of the 1st movement. For now I’m offering excerpts from the final 13 minutes but not the actual ending – which is sublime. That will have to wait until...

Just completed the penultimate chunk of the 1st movement. Have reached 81 minutes with about 14 to go. This extract again includes a description of the music therein. I am particularly pleased with the...

This chunk of work has taken longer because it is longer and because I am working on typesetting Havergal Brian’s 3rd Symphony for the HB society for a planned future recording. I have now...

Whilst I’m working on the next chunk, I thought I would document my current working process. I have three versions of the score; a PDF of the handwritten manuscript; a “clean” typeset version and...

Still in lockdown which is allowing me to be musically productive. As well as continuing with the Jami I have been working on the typesetting of Havegal Brian’s 3rd Symphony. That would be considered...

 So here we all are in coronavirus lockdown. I’m lucky as I have a garden, the weather is good and I have Sorabji to while away the many hours. This has enabled me to...

I’ve now completed the 2nd chunk of the 1st movement which takes me to 30 minutes in and I can offer you two contrasting excerpts. The first half of this video opens onto a...

I’ve had a fair amount of spare time to spend on the ‘Jami’ recently and have completed the first large chunk of the 1st movement which takes us to around 16 minutes. This video...

So here is the wonderful opening of the 1st movement up to the first reprise of the main theme, just over 5 minutes. Interesting things compared to the third movement? Much less use of...

I had thought I would take a break from Jami after the 3rd Movement. I have lots of other smaller projects gathering dust on the shelves. But, relative to the small but concentrated Sorabjiverse,...