Happy 35th Birthday, Cliff! Zooming in from Scandia Rohnert Park, with Summer (looking forward to having in-person celebration here, soon... re-scheduled due to circumstances today beyond control) -- an august anniversary day, shared with
Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909),
the premiere-riot of Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) - The Rite of Spring (1913),
Erich Wolfgang Korgold (1897-1957),
John Kennedy (1917-1963), and
Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001).
Way before
this,
conduct the Davis Community Church Chancel Choir (here in the early stages of the day's warm-up) in Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876) - Praise the Lord, O My Soul (1876): Lead Me, O Lord.
A lovely service,
on this Memorial Day
Sunday.
Thereafter,
make
our
rainbow
way
homeward
via
I-80
on the 87th day of summer,
high back up 3 to 84
(locally and in Davis... ABAB of 81-84-81-84 last 4 days).
Scattered through the hours, edit pages 27-28 of
Viola Concerto ("Felicitations"), Op. 119 (2004)
I. Allegro moderato
produce new cover and
Complete Works page for
Percussion Concerto ("Dictator"), Op. 124 (2004)
and finish editing
Jeremiah (Lamentations), Op. 278 (2018)
VIII. Bones / Balm
(6 pgs total), creating a new cover,
and dream the dreamwork necessary for more text re
Book of Dreams, 2022, Op. 376 (2022)
May 28-29
1am Room for Cream? -- Ice Cream...! A Cartoon Character on the Back of SFCCO Concert
Program, Under Personnel... "Ah, I'm Unsure. Just Stare at Me and Think That You Can Come
Up w/ a Story"... "He Just Sings in a Jeep" -- "And I Am Singing in a Jeep, Too".. Michael
Climbing on a Tall Fire-Truck-Style Ladder to the Ceiling of the Church. "Be Careful,
Michael! In the Old Days I Would Have Done That!" ... In a High Sardonic Female Voice:
"Oh, Eddie, Show Your Lovely Bird Pieces" ... Islamowhich...
2am "Yale?" -- ''58 Obamawhich"... "Then w/ the Hampers"... "Turns Out, the Mountains Didn't
Exist"... "If You Thrust Mommie Against that Wall, Who Will Die, Lord?"...
"Sorry to Have Left You Two Shouting at Mitt Romney".. "All Sorts of Legal Fees"... "Love...
Oh, No!".... "Higher Chairs!"...
3am "Do You Want the Dictator?...You Weren't Tellin' the Truth!"... "We've Been Highly
Cavalier!"... "Only Sacred Services"... "To Protect Them from the Coming Coronavirus"...
5am "The Weather Is Going to Be Rough This Week: A Lot of Rainfall and A Lot of Suisuns..."
Third session of the Mark vs. Luke DCC class with Jim Goss, this time on Zoom,
then eventually
Megan over briefly about the time that it is
propitious
to
go
out
on
an
errand
run,
w/r/t
the
Cliff
Celebration,
whene're
it
occurs,
so off we go again!
Other media for the day include
F.J. Haydn (1732-1809) - Symphony No. 104 in D Major ("London") (1795): III. Menuetto and Trio: Allegro,
Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936) -
Six Characters in Search of an Author (1936,
in the 1976 production,
starring Andy Griffith, 1926-2012 -- which was definitely in mind when composing
Six Characters in Search of an Author, Op. 109 [2003]), and
two Huell Howser (1945-2013) -
California's Golden Parks (2002) episodes: 157. San Onofre State Beach and
158. Alcatraz Gardens,
both from 2007...