Last night's premiere

I thought last night's Composer's Guild concert went very well. Even composers represented whose music I don't like or whose professional competence I question came up with interesting and worthwhile music, and performances were excellent.

I got to hear my Ave Regina Coelorum for the first time; the only chance I had had to hear and make comments was in the pre-concert run-through. I'd had my doubts about the value of the piece, but it works quite well. Hearing Brenda Pongracz nail the high stuff (up to altissimo e) was great fun. Some of the ensemble near the beginning was a little loosey-goosey, but it all fell together.

Comments we got included "magical" and "the sweetest thing you've done" ("Sweet" isn't a value I generally seek out; blame it on the BVM), and everyone was fascinated by the Queen of the High Cs.

I also got a recording of the Mac concert yesterday, so I'll be "going poddy" here Real Soon Now.

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