Harriet and Emma usher again, at Lara's invitation, re American Bach Soloists, back at Davis Community Presbyterian Church, in an all-Italian decidedly early Baroque program, entirely predating J.S,'s productive life, billed as Pious and Profane, with the former overall more engaging / the latter relatively tame -- featuring
Giovanni Gabrieli (1557-1612) - Sonata No. 21 for 3 Violins (1612),
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) - Vespers (1610): Magnificat -- the alternate a 6 version (the most magnificent and moving performance of the evening, which could have still meritted even more punch in some of the male vocal lines),
Biagio Marini (1594-1663) - Echo Sonata for Three Violins (1626,
a diverting, surprisingly intuitive / not totally predictable work,
with soloists fore, mid, and aft),
Isabella Leonarda (1620-1704) - Violin Sonata No. 12 (1695), and
Monteverdi's vastly over-rated Combattimento di Tancredi et Clorinda (1624,
which, nevertheless, Carmen favors!).
The evening
starts
with the
pilgrimage
there,
pandemic preparations
significantly less stringent than previously,
with Juan and Carmen zooming in at the appointed hour...
Earlier in the
goings on,
a walk with Cliff (58th of the Vacaville Streets series), from the junction of Green Tree and Ponderosa,
east on the former to Ulatis Creek Access,
and
southwest on the latter to
Spruce...
on the 64th day of summer, high down 8 to 76 (77 in Davis) --anniversary re the imprisonment of poor
Anne Boleyne (1501-1536) in the year of her execution, and the
evacuation of Chernobyl (1986), + the 362nd birthday of
Alessandro Scarlatti 1660-1725) and 60th for
Elizabeth Berridge (b. 1962, seen here, with Tom Hulse, b. 1953, in the film of
Peter Schaffer [1926-2016] - Amadeus, 1984).
The hours can also be marked, so to speak,
by the complete Works site semi-update of
Quartet for the Beginning of Time: Adam and Eve and Cain and Abel, Op. 97 (2001),
editing pages 27-28 vis a vis
Oboe Concerto ("Wanderer"), Op. 118 (2004),
and doing the requisite dreamwork that is
Book of Dreams, 2022, Op. 376 (2022)
May 1-2
3am Giants Mowing Suburban Streets Lawns... A River Circling Back on Itself...
What Do We Do?...
Days, weeks, months... who knows?
With concerns growing that Russia may be broadening its aggression into Moldova, and stunned -- yet not -- by the news of a Supreme Court draft
the would overtunr the 49-year precedent of Roe vs. Wade, that several hypocritical lying judges vowed to uphold (assuming that this ruling becomes official), which would gut equal and privacy rights in the U.S. and lead to God Knows What Else...
Nothing to do at this late hour but re-supply with wine and discover a new source of diet potato chips, finishing up the playlist du jour, which has included
Franz Josef Haydn (1732-1809) - Piano Sonata No. 30 in B Minor (1776),
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) - Silvana (1810),
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) - Grand Symphonei Funebre et Triomphale, Op. 15 (1840, once more with score),
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) - Symphony No. 5 in Bb Major (1876),
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) - Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15 (1958), and
Amy Beach (1867-1944) - Symphony in E Minor ("Gaelic"), Op. 32 (1897)...