And so our long national nightmare begins.

Having successfully copied the piano score parts from 1. “Let us joyfully gaze” into an orchestral score, I set about assigning instruments.  You might think that this particular piece might be a lark, given that it’s just faux-Baroque excess, and to a certain extent you would be correct.

But it doesn’t sound right: too loud, too repetitive.  I will have to let it sit for a day and annoy me.

Mercy, what’s it going to be like when I have to do something subtle?