Cliff looks over
various properties online, and we decide to go out for in-person looks, this Saturday, May 14.
But, for now, time to create a new edition of
The Creation, Op. 94 (2000)
III. Let the Waters Be Gathered
devise a new page on the
Works site for
The Nativity According to St. Luke, Op. 106 (2002),
edit pages 45-46 of
Oboe Concerto ("Wanderer"), Op. 118 (2004),
dream
Book of Dreams, 2022, Op. 376 (2022)
May 10-11
3pm Sunlit Palm Trees, Violently Backed by Dark Storm Clouds...
2am Little Animated Big-Googly-Eyed Dogs Emerging from Cellphone...
9am Crowded on a BART-Style Train, Heads Up Against Other's Posteriors in Semi-Sleeping
Posititions, At Last, Fewer People, 4 of Us Move to Sit Up Front in Observaton Seats
(6 of Them, so Space), in Great Windowed Area, 2 Major Destinations, w/ 3 Subdivisions
Each, Wonder Why Situation Isn't Clearer.... Preiovious, Think About Making a Joke About
"Abutting" Other People, But Think Again... Mehdi Hussein Says, "6 Animals," but
Could Have Said "6 Mammals"...
and begin
Poulenc Orchestrations, Op. 398 (May 11, 2022)
with
Priez pour Paix, FP 95.
Somewher in the middle of all this, take a break -- the 62nd Vacaville Street Walk --
strolling northwest on
Yew
and
southwest
Ponderosa-wise,
on the at-last 70th day of summer,
high up 15 to
74 -- the birthday of
Martha Graham (1894-1991, seen in Aaron Copland, 1900-1990 - Appalachian Spring, 1994 -- choreographed by and dedicated to her),
William Grant Still (1895-1978), and
Salvador Dali (1906-1989, self-portrait detail from
The Ecumenical Council, 1960).
Other miracles of the interval include an amazing plane landing in Florida,
a documentary on Guru Nanak (1469-1539) and his founding of
Sikhism (1526),
the premiere of David Attenborough (b. 1926) - Dinosaur Apocalypse (2022),
another old Gene Roddenberry (1921-1991) - Star Trek (1966) - this time Season 3, production 74 (the 2nd to last) Cloud Minders (1969), plus
G.F. Handel (1685-1759) - Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F Major: VIII. Hornpipe,
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857) - Valse Fantasia (1839),
Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983) - Flute Concerto (1952): IV. Rondo,
Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999) - Soleriana (1953): IV. Pastorale,
William Walton (1902-1983) - Facade Suite No. 2 (1921): IV. Noche Espagnole,
Gunnar de Frumerie (1908-1987) - Pastoral Suite, Op. 13a: IV. Siciliano -- as well as 2 Zooms!:
the first with Opus Project, in relatively long-range preparation for 95 (8pm, Saturday, July 9, Center for New Music, San Francisco) and
second
with
family!