April 14 - In Service
Maundy Thursday at Davis Community Presbyterian Church,
Chamber Choir in rehearsal
before performance
during
the service
Thomas Tallis (1505-1585) - If Ye Love Me (1565)
and
Ola Gjeilo (b. 1978) - Ubi Caritas (2007).
After
communion,
Chancel Choir rehearsal in the balcony for tomorrow's Good Friday observance.
Before and after, update the Works site almost completely for
Job: A Masque, Op. 79 (1999),
collate the Clarinet and Bassoon parts for
Three George Crumb Tropes, Op. 392 (2022), from The Decameron: Fifth Day, Op. 247 (2015),
and dream up more
Book of Dreams, 2022, Op. 376 (2022)
with
April 13-14
2am Emma Wins Several Prizes in Church on YouTube...
6am Community Cause for Opus, Child Care a la "BeWitched" Witchcraft,
w/ Appearance of Samantha and a Father Telling Fibs as to Who His Children Exacly Are,
Rescuing One Youngster About to Be Good-Naturedly Abducted by Slightly Older Well-
Intentioned Kids, After Finding Apparently Unaccompanied Tot in Lower Level Abandoned
Urban Area...Samantha Appearing at One Point as a Talismanic, Model-Devil Small Witch w/
Bats Wings, All Happy Smiles, Some of the Kids Are Those of the Handicapped Children
Commericals...
9am Re-Organizing the House (325 and Present, etc) Starting w/ Dining Room, and Moving
Toward Very Elaborate Bookshelves Including Many Figurines, Most Biological and
PreHistoric...
10am Harriet Kissing Me On Lips While Standing To Side of My Left Shoulder; Extensive
Groceries on Large Conveyor, Make Sure We're Not Charged for the Next Person's Items...
on the 57th day of spring,
high down 5 to
60 --
coldest day since this same temperature on March 5 --
Bastille Day! And the birthday of
Gustav Klimt (1862-1918, who makes his appearance in
ALMA MARIA SCHINDLER MAHLER GROPIUS WERFEL, Op. 232 [2014]
An Opera in Three Husbands and Multiple Lovers [All Famous]
XIX. 1897 - GUSTAV KLIMT [Alma's Second Kiss]),
Gerald Finzi (1901-1956), and
Gerald Ford (1913-2006).
This day will also be marked by the Ukrainian takedown of a Russia flagship, with a playlist of
Giuseppi Verdi (1813-1901) - Il Vespri Siciliani (1855): Sinfonia,
Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884) - [Ten] Czech Dances II (1879): VII. Hulan (Lancer),
Richard Strauss (1864-1947) - Dance Suite after Couperin (1923): IV. Sarabande,
Roger Quilter (1877-1953) - Where the Rainbow Ends (1911), and
Kurt Weill (1900-1950) - Youkali (1935 - again!).
In doing a little follow-up research on Joseph Marx (1882-1964),
find his connection to Graz, Austria, and the pesence there of
Wladimir Koppen (1846-1940, of
climate classification fame...