The last few days' work was just that: work.
I got up every morning, made coffee and sat down to work on the opera. I made some pretty nice progress, but at the moment, I'm just orchestrating the first scene. I haven't started writing the second scene yet, even though the short score of the first scene is done. The reason is this: I am so close to finishing the orchestration of the first scene that I am just anxious to see it done before moving on. The other reason for this is that it is always scary to start something new, even if it's within the same piece that you're already writing.
But I know how I am going to approach it: I will read through the scene several times and look for some kind of climax or key moment in the theme. Then I will compose all of the main parts, those that are more lyrical or melodic, and then fill in the gaps. When one starts something from the beginning, there is always that vacuum and that expectation that the beginning will be enticing, inviting, amazing, perfect... By starting from the middle, it takes a lot of the pressure off, and then you can always use cool ideas from the middle and insert bits of them into the beginning, so as to foreshadow what's coming.
Other than working hard on the opera, I saw a bunch of friends, most of them German, just as a social thing, we didn't go to any concert or event. Come to think of it, I haven't gone to a concert in some time, because when I can already take a break from work and see someone, I just want to relax and have a good conversation... And apart from friends, I'm working on my German.
That's life right now: work, friends and German...
Sorry if it's not as exciting as the beginning of my blog...
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