Just a quick addition - my latest article for 2MBS-FM's monthly programme guide, 'Down the rabbit-hole', a look at the influence of Lewis Carroll & his 'Alice' books is now online, linked from the Editorial section of the site, and from the CV.

I am also pleased to announce that the glockenspiel part to Red drops, scarlet heat is now complete & the piece should receive its first performance in about March or April this year. The score will be published shortly by Minim.

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Just a short journal to celebrate the start of the new year. Not much has been happening musically, due to Christmas madness - I've been revisiting old friends from the CD shelf of late - Gavin Bryars' The Sinking of the Titanic, Gorecki's Symphony No. 3 - playing Mozart (I was given his complete piano sonatas for Christmas), reading, watching James Bond DVDs & the usual end-of-the-year recovery activities.

On a more intelligent note, I'm currently reading William Duckworth's Talking music: Conversations with five generations of American experimental composers, which is a marvellous book - fascinating interviews with experimental composers from Conlon Nancarrow, Milton Babbitt & John Cage through to Philip Glass & Laurie Anderson. Highly illuminating.

On the fiction front, I've been re-reading A.S. Byatt's Possession (although refusing to see the film), which I've enjoyed, and reading Jasper Fforde's excellent follow-up to The Eyre affair, Lost in a good book.

See? Quiet - just as I said. Anyway, Happy New Year to all - may it be exciting and artistic!

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