New cover for
Ezra Pounds, Op. 263 (2017) and edition re
The Gospel According to St. Matthew, Op. 85 (2000)
I. The Temptation
both inspired by the Davis Community Presbyterian Church Zoom service du jour,
particularly Kate's children's talk and
Eunbee Ham's homily on
Nehemiah 8 (a bit cherry-picked -- but the omitted verses are lists of names probably more important back then than now -- and my setting as
even more truncated, mostly focussing, Nehemiah-wise on 8: 9...
after Chris Erdman's benediction,
out for errands,
on the 22nd day of spring, high back down 3 to 67,
continued work on above, as well as longest additional text this calendar year re
Book of Dreams, 2022, Op. 376 (2022)
January 22-23
4am Cross-Country Trip, Stopping at Antioch Gas Station,
Something Attendant Says Makes Me Start to Relate Tales, It's a Great Country, I Say at End,
Going Back Once, Lingering, But There Are Problems, He Agrees....
5am Change the Facebook Link-Code for Wedding, to "George Orrwell 1984"...
9am Sending Out Wedding Invitations in 3/4 - 5/4 Simultaneous Time Signatures on YouTube...
10am Re-Vamped Chambers Memorial Presbyterian Church,
First w/ Susan Upshaw Singing a Duet, I Don't Have Copiy of Music, Can't See From Hers,
and She's Not Very Forthcoming, Go Out of Rehearsal Area,
Long Circuitous Route Outside Inside, Twice, Ready for Church, Where's My Robe?
In Library / Fellowship Hall, No Procession to Music, We Go Up to Pulpit Area,
Accross to Choir Loft, Back Down, Church Packed,
Choir Loft Is Given Over to Overflow Crowd, Who Are Waiting for Me, Sorta,
As Straggler to Pass, Mostly Recent European Immigrants Waiting to Take Space,
I Manage to Squeeze Through, Not Totally Approved, Hard to Find Way Up to Balconies,
Up One Tiered Ramp, Somewhat Hidden By Secret Removable Crawlspace,
No Access From Here But Spectacular View, Take Some Panoramas,
Which Don't Work at First or Second Try, Pews Below Have Been Cleared Out,
Purple Festive-Lit Floor, a Procession of Horses, Then Kids and Other Annimals,
Blinding Bright Light from Without and Dramatic Dark Interior, Back Down,
Some Choir Members in Niche Areas, Find Interior Double Staircase to New Lofts at Back,
Glass Windows Looking Out at Sanctuary, Many Choristers and High-Tech People,
I Sit Toward Front, One of Ministers at Computer,
Making Announcements That Are Projected Below...
Find Fairly Blank Plastic Choir Folder with Some Music, Not Sure the Correct Selections,
Before Entering All Above...
Wow! All this and more work against
F.J. Haydn - Piano Sonata No. 36 in C# Minor (1780)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) - Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36 (1802)
Jules Verne (1828-1905) - Around the World in 80 Days (1872 -- this nice, though revisionist, 2021 incarnation)
Andre Messager (1853-1929) - Isolene (1888): Ballet Suite
Leos Janacek (1854-1928) - The Excursions of Mr. Broucek . . . to the Moon (1920)
Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936) - Scenes de Ballet, Op. 52 (1894)
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) - Symphony No. 3 ("Sinfonia Espansiva"), Op. 27 (1911)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) - Pohjola's Daughter, Op. 49 (1906)
Hugo Alfven (1872-1960) - Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 11 (1898)
Siegmund von Hausegger (1872-1948) - Natursymphonie (1911)
Frank Bridge (1879-1941) - Three Idylls (1906)
Nino Rota (1915-1879) - La Strada (1966): Ballet Suite
Gyorgy Sviridov (1915-1998) - Snowstorm, Musical Illustrations after Pushkin (1975)
Gene Roddenberry (1921-1991) - Star Trek (1966):
Season 3, Episode 11 - Day of the Dove (1968), including music of
Fred Steiner (1923-2011),
third installment (missed 4, at least for now, since we had other delightful goings-on) of the CNN Marilyn Monroe (1226-1962) documentary,
with comparatively little political news (it's Sunday, after all), aside from the news that criminal-perhaps-a-bit-contrite Bill Barr is talking to the January 6 Committee +
another Family Zoom, with Cliff and Summer zooming along in a car...