Continued
birthday
celebrations
with
Cliff --
spaghetti, cake, ice cream, cards, gifts!
Before this,
early errands and
the 69th Vacaville Streets Walk: Rockridge
northwest and
southeast, then
left, northeast to Circle Bend...
on
the
89th
day
of
summer,
high up 6 to
91 -- the
Johnstown Flood (1889) anniversary, and birhdays of
Alessandro Allori (1535-1607 -- Self-Portrait, 1555),
Hieronymus Colloredo (1732-1812),
Walter Sickert (1860-1942 -- The Juvenile Lead [Self-Portrait, 1907]),
Charles Ringling (1866-1936), and
Fred Allen (1894-1956).
An excellent time to edit a second page of
Bassoon Concerto ("Grandmorther"), Op. 120 (2004)
I. Allegro,
create cover and
Complete Works page for
Bass Concerto ("Comrade"), Op. 126 (2004),
and do the necessary text re
Book of Dreams, 2022, Op. 376 (2022)
May 30-31
12noon Two Giant Bears Attempting to Enter a Small Rowhouse-Storefront Theatre
(Music Next Millenium), One Ridden by John Kendell Bailey, Before a Rehearsal / Concert of the
San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra
1pm God's Body, Mate! In the Wrong Lane Trying to Turn From Allison Northwest to Monte Vista
Southwest in View of the Vaca Mountains and English Hills...
12am 17th Floor of the Hospital, and the Gurney Goes Down the Stairs...
4am Try to Audition for Jazz Band on Trumpet with Rory Snyder; at First I Attempt to Play
Suspended Cymbal Bebop in One Hand and Tpt in Another, Dispense with Cymbal and Go for
Just Trumpet, I Am in Next Room, a Band Starage Area, So I Am Encouraged to Appear Live,
But Already Out of Breath re Playing Instrument, and Give Up, Withdrawing my Audition,
Rory Insists on Having Me Sing Instead, So I Do The George / Lennie Act I Finale Section of
Mice and Men, Doing Both Parts, I Do Pretty Well, and He Is Satisfied, Almost Leaving
Before End, But I Insist on Doing the Back-and-Forth Spoken Repartee w/ Him, Including, "Aw
You Can Just As Well Go to Hell, Now Shut Up Now"... I Have No Idea Whether I've Scored a
Part in the Jazz Band... Slim Is a Train Warden, But an Evil Racist One, Rounding Up
Minorities...
Big media day, including
J.S. Bach (1686-1750) - Violin Concerto in A Minor, BWV 1041 (1730),
F.J. Haydn (1732-1809) - Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major (1765): III. Allegro Molto, and
String Quartet No. 68 in B Minor, Op. 64 (1790),
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) - Variations on "God Save the King" (1803),
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) - La Gazza Ladra (1817): Overture,
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) - Symphonie Funebre et Triomphale, Op. 15 (1840),
Henri Vieuxtemps (1820-1881) - Violin Concerto No. 3 in A Major, Op. 25 (1844),
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) - Symphony No. 7 in E Major (1883),
the Republican Party pressured on Gun Control,
Julius Rontgen (1855-1932) - Symphony No. 3 in C Minor (1910),
the Department of Justice seemingly slowly ramping up its activity,
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) - The Wasps (1909): I. Overture,
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) - Symphony Serena (1940),
Doreen Carwithen (1922-2003) - Suffolk Suite (1964),
Nature Shows on
PBS,
Harriet delivering a reading,
the Lying Psychopath approving of his henchmen's desire to Hang Mike Pence,
and some his minions
failing to come to terms
with indictmenst / criminal subpoenas,
Zoom debriefing after our very successful Composers Chamber Orchestra Bring 'Em Back Alive Concert (May 28), and
more Republicn non-co-operation as to testimony before the January 6 Committee...