In the evening,
Harriet and I are
inducted into the
august membership of
Davis Community
Presbyterian Church.
Before this, update, as much as possible at present, the Works site re
Flute Concerto ("Mythological"), Op. 85
finish, with the Cello / Bass, all the parts for
Three George Crumb Tropes, Op. 392 (2022), from The Decameron: Fifth Day, Op. 247 (2015)
-- yay! -- and also contemporaneize
Book of Dreams, 2022, Op. 376 (2022)
with
April 18-19
5am Out, When Returned, Harriet in Tears of Uncertainty Wondering If I Would Come Back,
Comforted by Emma...
7am Southwest Return, Mark as Byron Jones Choir Director, Beautiful Sunset...
Computer on Lap, But Isn't...
As Vladimir Putin honors war criminals of Bucha, Ukraine --
we continue to semi-guiltily
revel in the relative
benignity of West Coast weather,
heading out
for the 49th walk of the
Vacaville Streets cycle,
walking from the intersection of Rushmore and White Sands,
northwest on this latter to its
circle,
then
returning with a diversion to
Whitney --
on the
52nd day of summer,
high down 3 to 70
(ABBA of 70-73-73-70 these past 4 days).
Homeward past Isle Royale,
East and
West Lassen,
E. /
W. McKinley,
the 2
Olympics, and
Rainier.
Lots of listenings:
Franz von Suppe (1819-1895) - Flotte Bursche (1870),
Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) - Manfred Symphony, Op. 58 (1885),
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) - In Nature's Realm, Op. 91 (1891),
Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909) - Iberia, Book I: II. El Pueroto (1908),
Manuel de Falla (187-1946) - Seven Popular Spanish Songs (1915),
Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936) - La Boutique Fantasque (1919),
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) - Ballet Suite No. 4 (1953), and
Eugen Suchon (1909-1969) - Metamorphosis (1953).
Politics:
Joe Biden's poll numbers,
more
criminality
from the Former Occupant Serial Lying Evil Loser's
minions,
comic relief from Stephen Colbert and
Jimmy Kimmel.
+ continuing planning for upcoming
SFCCO's May 28 concert!
Events / Birthdays of the day? Ah, yes, in 1770, Louis XVI (1754-1793) proxy marries (a strange old aristocratic device, also utilized much earlier as the raison d'etre of the Jacopo Peri [1561-1633] Eurydice, 1600)
Marie Antoinette (1755-1793 --hmm, interesting that they died the same year...); and, in 1927,
Mae West (1893-1980) is jailed for 10 days for her
Sex of that year.
As for birth anniversaries, how's about
Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983) and
Sol Kaplan (1919-l1990)?...