Second reading of
Aerial Requiem, Op. 27 (1895)
X. Agnus Dei
with the Davis Community Church Chamber Choir, after
the
Chancel
rehearsal (first time for us, and for group since Pandemic's onset, in the Music Room).
Previous to this,
the procession
there, on the 67th day of summer,
high plummeting down 15 to 76, locally and in Yolo... the birthdays of
Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855),
Karl Marx (1818-1883),
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949),
Michael Palin (b. 1943, here in the Monty Pythom 1969 Dead Parrot Sketch, with John Cleese, 1939), and
Brian Williams (b. 1959).
In a
divided region and nation,
time join a Zoom meeting for
Jamie Mcleod Skinner's Democratic Primary bid in Oregon.
Also an opportunity to partially update the complete Works site re
Symphony No. 6 ("Apathetic"), Op. 100 (2001),
edit pages 33-34 of
Oboe Concerto ("Wanderer"), Op. 118 (2004),
and devise more
Book of Dreams, 2022, Op. 376 (2022)
May 4-5
3am Harriet Prepared... Climbs Up to Cab-Over Bunkbed Section of Motor Home,
Then Eventually Comes Down with Unstable Energy.... DCC Choir First Request...
7am Spanish Session at Local Hall; In Hallway, Alone, She Lifts Shirt to Reveal a Double Bra,
the Outer One a Black, Low-Cut, Flimsy Affair...
In counterpoint to this,
Bela Bartok (1881-1945) - Concerto for Orchestra (1943), and
a documentary on the Brooklyn Academy of Music that makes reference to important works of Philip Glass (b. 1937) and John Adams (b. 1947), without bothering to say their names, but does at least provide some nice visuals re Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) -
Endgame (1957), plus
more news from the January 6 Committee on the criminality of an array of top Republicans, and
additional demograthics on the weekly
SHS Zoom...