I worked all morning, then drove to Lenox to find a tux shirt. On the way I listened to my latest efforts, and these are the notes I scribbled on the way up and back:

• + bassoon to RR echo (ended up not necessary)
• stronger minor [chord] after duet (it’s a major chord; see below)
• extend duet? (not yet, but I may still)
• + woodw to 2nd [building phrase] (not today, but I will)
• downbows on 2nd [building phrase] (done)
• string pad for duet? (haven’t tried it yet)
• A major m. before D7 m.? (did that, it worked)
• continue Eng. horn to B (did that, it worked)
• alt. up and downbow on 3rd [building phrase] (done)
• extra E major m. [after duet] (did that, will double-check it)
• 1/2 notes for Grandiose brass [chorale] (tried it, discarded it)

And with that, my next bit of work will be the minor agitato section: extend that and get us back to the Grand Recapitulation of the Rachmaninov Ripoff™ theme.

You may recall a gentle, wistful version of the agitato theme. I think that’s actually going to be the coda of this whole thing: a lullaby to put it all to bed, only with one final chordal sequence to swell to double forte, of course.