David Lang

I know the basic outline of everything.

I know the shape of it.

I know how all the tunes work.

I know how all the chords work.

Whether or not it becomes as three-dimensional as I think it's going to become, that's a different question.

It's the hugely exciting part for a composer to make this thing that requires the cooperation of so many people.

It's a little like Adam Smith in The Wealth of Nations.

It's a little like The Woolen Coat.

Yes, that's right.

Yeah, it's a little like Adam Smith.

I can't do what I do without the cooperation of hundreds of other people.

I know we have eggs, and I know we have cheese, and I know we have onions.

Today we're going to find out if we have an omelet.

But I don't know that yet.

I don't know it, because we haven't heard the things together.

So I know that every little individual bit I'm happy with, but the whole thing together, we'll see.

I think they put the composer now probably like 10 rows away from the stage where it's really quick to get up on stage to take a bow.

I'll be sitting there with my wife and kids.

With dread, I think.

Seriously?