OK, so yesterday's birthday card had to have been created today, as it is based on this picture of Juan and Carmen above -- and happy to now post the original, also graced by Harriet.
Can't argue with the sentiments of Carmen's card, of course (+ the flower was lovely -- and was happy to recipricate with cupcakes) --
given that she certainly comes from good stock, as witnessed by Juan and Emma.
A good time is had by all,
on a day
(the 40th of summer, high up 2 to 85 --
tying March 21st as the 2nd-warmest of the year thus far,
with Davis at 84)
that allows us to sleep an extra hour on a Sunday (never to be mimimized),
since the Choir is sharing its gifts in the second service,
rather than the first (for reasons unknown, but time will... perhaps... tell...).
Here we go with the warm-up and
rehearsal of
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594) -
Sicut Cervis (1587 --
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yd5EE0hAB8
-- well, not us, but a close second...).
First time to experience the children's sermon live (with kids and Kate Boxeth), exellent homily as always from the pastoral staff (this week, Eunbee Ham), and
first communion for
quite a while...
After the playground rendevouz with
Carmen and company,
quarter-circumnavigate the
grounds,
then
head homeward
to
partiallly update
Mice Suites, Op. 68 (1998)
on the Complete Works website,
begin the parts for
Three George Crumb Tropes, Op. 392 (2022), from The Decameron: Fifth Day, Op. 247 (2015)
Novel VIII. Nastagio degli Onesti, loving a damsel of the Traversari family,
by lavish expenditure gains not her love (Songs, Drones, and Refrains of Death [1968]:
III. Cancion de Jinete - Song of the Rider)
with the practically non-existant Flute / Oboe part (may have to do something about this...),
and a briefly amplify
Book of Dreams, 2022, Op. 376 (2022)
3am Private Shady Trysting Cabanas at Cherry Glen Asian Pottery...
8am Displays of Opulence on Roads Hooking Into Leisure, and Changing the Trajectories
Temporarilly from North-South to East West on Google Maps,
and Why Have I Never Noticed This Before?
All this on the 127th birthday of
Mario Castelnuevo-Tedesco, 1895-1968, so how about
Guitar Concerto No. 1 in D, Op. 99 (1939)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1OGdfcLEGc
with other events including
news of more Russian atrocities in Ukraine,
Henry Purcell (1659-1695) - Dioclesian (1690 - troped in
Diocletian, Op. 90 (2000),
F.J. Haydn (1732-1809) - Symphony No. 26 in D Minor ("Lamentatione") (1768),
Tor Aulin (1866-1914) - Violin Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 14 (1896),
Arnold Bax (1883-1953) - In the Faery Hills (1909),
quite a lot of Harry Partch (1901-1974),
including a compilation that begins with Two Studies on Ancient Greek Scales (1950),
Revelation in the Courthouse Park (1960), and
The Dreamer that Remains (the 1972 movie, again!),
Gene Roddenberry (1921-1991) -
Star Trek (1966) - Season 2, Production 36:
A Wolf in the Fold (1967), with music of Gerald Fried (b. 1928),
a visit from Megan's friend Glenda, who used to live in a glorious spot way up Mix Canyon and who sold luckily before the disasterous 2019 fire (fortunately, in any case, no lives were lost) --
here to bid farewell to Megan, who's leaving after these many years in residence here,
Huell Howser (1945-2013) -
California's Golden Parks (2002) -
Episode 144:
Kelso Depot
(2006),
Leslie Bohem (b. 1951) - Dante's Peak (1997, a fragment... again!), and
Terrance Blanchard (b. 1962) -
Fire Shut Up in My Bones (2019), after a line in The Book of Jeremiah,
on the 2014 titular memoir by Charles M. Blow,
world premiered on
June 15, 2019, at the
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis,
rebroadcast here from the opening of the
Metropolitan Opera's
2021–2022 season
(September 27, 2021)...