MARK ALBURGER, 2022: April 16

In the evening,

walk

(the 45th of the Vacaville Streets series)

from the triangular intersection of Sequoia and Yellowstone,

southwest on the latter,

to Bryce-Leisure Open Space,

in view of the Lagoon / Vaca Mountains and English Hills,

on the barely 49th day of summer,

high down 1 to

70 --

the anniversary re the

Fall of Masada (70) and establishment of

Natural

Bridges

National Monument (1908) -- also the birthdays of

Ford Madox Brown (1821-1893, whose paintings include

The Last of England, 1855),

John Millington Synge (1871-1909, two of his plays -- respectively from 1904 and 1907 -- set to music:

Ralph Vaughan Williams [1872-1958] - Riders to the Sea [1927]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPmEsQ0R1ik

and

Mark Alburger [b. 1957] - The Playboy of the Western World, Op. 111 [2003]),

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoeCV5JDuYA&list=PLE4AA342FE52B5B4C&index=12

Henry Mancini (1924-1994), and

Edie Adams (1927-2008).

The day also lives in infamy with Florida striking another blow against women's reproductive rights;

in hopefully more positive veins, update the Works site (still sans video at the moment, however) vis a vis

The Beatitudes, Op. 81 (1999)

collate the Low Brass / Keyboard parts of

Three George Crumb Tropes, Op. 392 (2022), from The Decameron: Fifth Day, Op. 247 (2015)

and another morningsworth of

Book of Dreams, 2022, Op. 376 (2022)
     April 15-16
          3am What If...
          4am Then...
          5am Tremendously Good Small-Time Summer Stock Theatre in Remote Camp Area Where
               There Will Be Changing Audiences, Up Close, Lose Camera, But Find,
               Take a Couple of Pictures, One That May Distract Key Player, Apologize After,
               As Several Sit at Cabaret Talbe, But All Is Well, Many Purples, Blues, Reds,...
               Combination Shakespearean Elements w/ Avant-Garde... Before,
               Remote Hike in Dangerous Area, Old Jeep Trail, But Amazingly Steep,
               Sections Where Hands and Feet Are in Danger of Disappearing Into Crevaces,
               Some Granite Handhold Boulders Incredibly Tenuous, Final Section w/ Ice Cave /
               Restaurant / Pavilion that Segues Into Cabaret Above, Curtains Pulled Back to Reveal
               Magnificent Views, Some Panarama Shots to Great Beyond and State / Natioal Park Signs...
         9am How to Make a Mexican Omelet / Huevos Rancheros...