I'm nearing the end of the second section of my thesis now, and it's coming along satisfactorily. I've roughly plotted it out to be a nine-part continuous work for chamber players, lasting around fifteen minutes or so. I'm still groping a little bit, but hopefully I'll hit that point of reverse inertia sometime soon and compose to its inexorable end. (MIDI is on the Music Page under Work in Progress, as always).

I picked up a copy of the 10th Anniversary concert recording of Les Miserables yesterday. The price tag always deterred me in the past, but after listening to it, this recording is easily the best of the three recordings I'm familiar with, both because of the cast and the orchestration. I may take a couple of days this week and compare the three recordings as a 'special feature' of sorts, so if you hate musicals, please come back on Thursday.