Emma calls for an opening a capella solo, accompanied by her performance on conga, in
Ken Medema (b. 1943) - Lord, Listen to Your Children Praying (1970)
and
am
happy
to
oblige
in
both
services
at
Davis Community Presbyterian Church,
the first with the Summer Choir
and
second featuring
Band -- miked! -- and this is pretty much a first experience as a more-or-less classical soloist in church, despite several stints (Westminster and First San Rafael Presbyterians, both Marin) as Director/Minister of Music in the '90s...
after the monophonic stint, unison men, then SATB eventually, covering Tenor, followed by Bass...
Opening is
Dan Schutte (b. 1947) - Come to the Table (2008)
with alto harmony for Harriet in the chorus and descant from verse 2 on...
Ah, yes, the rest of the services
a reading from Ephesians 1, which later motivates the composition of
Book Ephesians, Op. 401 (July 10, 2022)
I. Grace to You and Peace
II. Death to Life
III. Prayer
IV. Lies
[previously composed earlier this year as Op. 391]
V. Sleeper, Awake
VI. Benediction
-- plus thoughtful sermon from Eunbee,
2
beautiful
eventually
outdoor
communions,
and
a good time is had
by all.
A universe
of
possibilities,
there
and
back
again
(Pedrick,
I-80,
Dixon
West,
Meridian and
Sequoia),
fire still raging in
Yosemite,
creating cover and
web page on the Complete Works site for
Civic Disobedience, Op. 166 (2008),
editing page 17
Piano Concerto ("Child's Play"), Op. 122 (2004)
I. Allegro
and doing the dreamwork text re
Book of Dreams, 2022, Op. 376 (2022)
July 9-10
12pm Ave Maria Bike Path Along Canal Ulatis Creek in Small Ravine Canyon,
Viewed from Bridge Above, [None of This Exists in This Configuration] Near Arcadia,
in View of Vaca Mountains [This Does]...
6am Snackbar / Trailhead Sign Increases As Wilderness Decreases at
Arizona Grand Canyon National Park...
Then out again for the 84th Vacaville Streets Walk --
north
and
south on
Arcadia
(northeast Danbury and down to
Ulatis),
on the
129th
day of
summer,
high up
5 to
101
(Davis, 103!),
the death day vis a vis Hadrian (79-138) and birth of
John Calvin (1509-1564 -- but not of
Thomas Hobbes, 1588-1679),
Marcel Proust (1871-1922),
Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978 -- Self-Portrait, 1911),
Carl Orff (1895-1982), and
Reg Smyth (1917-1998).
Media playlist is
Anton Bruckner (1824-1897) - Symphony No. 4 in Eb Major ("Romantic") (1874),
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Double Piano Concerto (1932)
Gloria (1960)
Gene Roddenberry 1921-1991) -
Star Trek (1966):
Season 2, Production 45:
A Private Little War (1968),
David Attenborough (b. 1926) - The Green Planet (2022): I, 1. Tropical Worlds,
Family Zoom,
Harriet and Cliff on
future prospects,
Huell Howser (1945-2013) -
California'sn Golden Parks (2002) -
Episode 166.
Paramoun Ranch (2010),
a ploy by Steve Bannon (b. 1953) to avoid his contempt charge,
Larry Hogan (b. 1956) opining on the Lying Murdering Whining Psychopath's waining influence (we
hope),
funeral services for Shinzo Abe (1964-2022),
a rebroadcast of
the Metropolitan Opera Production o'
Matthew Aucoin (b. 1990)
Eurydice (2020),
looking forward to the January 6 Committee's Hearing VII (Tuesday, July 12),
and taking in a CNN
special on
Argentina's
Patgonia (2022) region...