MARK ALBURGER, 2022: February 12

Another marvelous day, 9th of summer, high down 4 to 77, with a number of avian warblers stereophonically calling around the yard, motivating creation of

Catalogue of California Birds, Op. 382 (February 12, 2022)
V. Mourning Dove

Before this,

out for the daily Vacaville Streets outing,

walking with Harriet from East Lassen Flower Parking,

southeast to Yellowstone,

then

solo

southeast

past

the

Greenspace,

West

shuttle pickup.

Big day for birthdays (Charles Darwin, 1809-1882, and

Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865 -- Hey! Same birth year -- +

Roy Harris... mentioned in the 1965 World Book, but not 1995 version),

work

throughout

the

interval

also includes updating the Works site vis-a-vis

Yellow River Concerto II, Op. 18 (1979),

editing

Isaiah, Op. 175 (2009)
   VIb. Whom Shall I Send? (6: 8-13)

and

more text for

Book of Dreams, 2022, Op. 376 (2022)
     February 11-12
          5am Probably Someone Has Stolen the Keys to the House/Motel,
               Shall We Stay Up All Night in Vigil?...
               Watching Harps in Neat Boxes Being Sent Along Conveyor Belts in Factory/Airport...

multitasking again, against

news of the dispersing of Canadian trucker protesters,

David Attenborough (b. 1926) holding forth literally on the Galapagos,

Henry Purcell (1659-1695) - The Fairy Queen (1691),

G.P. Telemann (1681-1767) - Taffelmusik, Suite No. 1 (1733),

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) - Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 (1807),

Gabriel Pierne (1863-1937) - Ratmuncho, Suite No. 2 (1908)

Jacques Ibert (1890-1962) - Divertissement (1930)

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) - Nobilissima Visione (1938),

a nice documentary, Whole World in her Hands (2022), on Marian Anderson (1897-1993), seen here with Aaron Copland, 1900-1990, as narrator in A Lincoln Portrait, 1942)

The Three Stooges 1945 episode, Micro-Phonies, featuring Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) - Lucia di Lammermoor: (1835): Sextet and Johann Strauss, Jr., (1825-1899),