Davis Community Church with Chris Erdman,
Eunbee Ham,
Emma Turnbull's DCC Chamber Choir,
and
Jane Gentry.
Oh, and the congregation. The readings inspire new editions of
Psalms, Book I, Op. 172 (March 15, 2009) for Voice(s) and Orchestra
Psalm 36 (To the Choirmaster - A Psalm of David, the Servant of the Lord) [Greek Psalm 35]
"Sin Speaks" (a.k.a. "Your Constant Love") / [after Alban Berg - Wozzeck: Act I, Scene 1]
and
The Gospel According to St. John, Op. 327 (2019)
II. The Wedding at Cana [after Igor Stravinsky - Les Noces]
work on these after another
run-about-town
with Harriet
on the 16th day of spring
(high back up 5 to 62), and contemporaneously with listenings / watchings of
J.S. Bach (1685-1750) - Harpsichord [Keyboard] Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1052 (1734)
F.J. Haydn (1732-1809) - Piano Sonata No. 32 in B Minor (1776[!])
Joachim Raff (1822-1882) - Symphony No. 7 in Bb Major ("In den Alpen"), Op. 201 (1875)
Jules Verne (1828-1905) - Around the World in 80 Days (1872) - 3rd installment of revisionist, though engaging, 2021 filmic take...
Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921) - Suite Algerianne in C Major, Op. 60 (1880): II. Rhapsody Mauresque
Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911) - Symphony for Organ and Orchestra (1907)
Josef Bohuslav Foerster (1859-1951) - Cyrano de Bergerac Suite, Op. 55 (1903)
Henri Rabaud (1879-1949) - Divertissement on Russian Themes, Op. 2 (1899)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) - Sonatine (1908)
Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881-1950) - Symphony No. 23 in A Minor ("Suite on Karbardanian Themes"), Op. 58 --
referencing Kabardinia in the north Caucasus...
William Walton (1902-1983) - Symphony No. 1 in Bb Minor (1935)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000) - Concerto No. 10 for Piano, Trumpet, and Strings (1988 - nice analog to the Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 1)
Jose Pablo Moncayo (1912-1958) - Huapango (1941)
Steeven Spielberg (b. 1944) -
E.T.
(1982, yes again, with signature John Williams [b. 1932] score)
and a discussion with daring / humorous / perceptive Jordan Klepper (b. 1977)
+ another family Zoom get-together...
Oh yes, also update
Book of Dreams, 2022, Op. 376 (2022)
January 15-16
12am Unless They Had a Handprint or Something... Use or Abuse It....
8am Exploratory Meeting re Joining an Old/New Vibrant/Struggling
Westminster Presbyterian Church, Led by Harriet's Amazing Grace Friend,
Perhaps Standing In as Music Director, Spelling Emma,
We Enter Where There's a Meeting in Progress, Service Before This,
Walk to Front Heavily Laden, Close Macrone Hall Style Stage Curtain, Labor in the Back,
Everyone Leaves, I Relax on Chair, Think About Really Getting Comfortable,
Then Think Better of That, Someone Bursts in on My Relining Figure,
Am Ushered to Pastor's Office, Wake... Previous, New Hymnal in Hand...
9am Lake Powell-Like But More Desert Mountainish Side-Canyon View Almost Still Short,
with Road on Side Bridge a la European Alpine Construction...