MARK ALBURGER, 2022: March 7

Compose

Lies, Op. 391 (2022)
For Vocal Duo and Orchestra

on a text from Ephesians 4:14-15, just enough to keep it universal, to be incorporated eventually into

The Letters, Op. 360 (2021)

Begin to pdate the Works site re

Mice Suite No. 1, Op. 41 (1990)

and

go for more text, as to

Book of Dreams, 2022, Op. 376 (2022)
     March 6-7
          2am Mark and Harriet Home Alone, Huge Thunderstorm,
               Front Door Is Blown Open and We Don't Know Until Later, Great.
               Now Will Have to Check House All Over for Intruders, Or Will We Know Naturally Later,
               Contemplate Having Cliff Move In w/ Us, Can Caregivrs Be Allowed Residencey?
               Other Security Issues Just Looking Outside Window....
          3am Attempts at Diplomacy in Vertical Panoramas from 100 to 140%,
               Covell Southwest in View of Vaca Mountains
           8am Fleeing Across Bridges, the Secret Police Keeps Wanting Us to Worry About Trade...

The seeminly-never-ending, but increasing, horribles continue

with a new low of killing fleeing civilians,

photograph printed in New York Times

by brave Lynsey Addario (b. 1973).

At least some captured Russian soldiers seem to be seeing the light (assuming there's no coercion on the Ukrainian side)...

Of course, the only thing Harriet and I have to flee is the house,

for the almost-daily constitutionals,

presently walking East Carlsbad from the Arborial Mid-Point to its junction with Yellowstone

(32nd walk of this Vacaville Streets Series,

and final to finish up the Seven Storied Circles of Leisure Town... horeshoes, really),

then southwest,

past the Greenspace

to a

Rendezvous with Destiny

at a kindly provided shuttle pick-up by M'Lady...

Futher manifest / modest explorations on the 19th day of summer,

high up 4 to 71 --

the birthday of Piet Mondrian (1872-1944 --

how about a little (or all, really) of

Louis Andriessen (b. 1939) - De Stijl (1985)?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qJtKiZLUhE

Oh, but, even better, how about the performance with score?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxRNV8_OCIo

and

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937 -- let's go for the earliest work we can find on YouTube:

Ballade de la Reine Morte d'Aimer (En Bohème Etait une Reine)
[Ballad of the Queen Who Died to Love (In Bohemia Was a Queen)] (1893)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWO-JjBOq6c

The media madness of the day concludes with