August 14 - Call and Response
With Emma and Juan on vacation, the Band at Davis Community Presbyterian Church this week is guitarist Sharyn, organist Joan, and vocalists Alex, Harriet, et moi.
The readings of this week and
last
motivate
a sending to interested parties of settings of same, including
Psalms, Book III, Op. 197 (2011):
X. Psalm 82 "How Long Will You Judge Unjustly?,
Isaiah, Op. 179 (2009):
XLIII. Fear Not,
The Gospel According to St. Matthew, Op. 85 (2000),
XXVIII. The Parables
(this being the parallel text to the Luke passage today), and
Colossians Collisions, Op. 395 (2022):
IIIc. The Peace of Christ.
Other labours of the times include a Complete Works website update of
Triple Concerto for Bassoon, Contrabassoon, and Harp, Op. 201 (2012)
edit page 51
Piano Concerto ("Child's Play"), Op. 122 (2004)
I. Allegro
and do what's necessary text-wise re
Book of Dreams, 2022, Op. 376 (2022)
August 13-14
2am In a Map, Trapped... A Voice...
7am Unusul Chamber Music Rehearsal, Prominently Featured on Oboe,
I May Decline Playing the Orchestral Component as I've Missed Rehearsal,
All on Eastgate Near Amusement Park, Where We Will Possibly Be Taking in Delights...
Trying to Say Something Nice in Presentation Re the Other Political Party...
Agile re Upcoming Performance...
8am Eating 3/4 of a Kit Kat Bar..
Ah yes,
all this beginning at the
Church,
with
rehearsal and
service --
Eunbee delightfully delivering Discovery Time
and
Sermon,
nice Scriptural delivery and
fine Musical Meditation (Robin and Joanne in J.S. Bach),
and, of course, the
singing,
followed by a
bona fide
Coffee Hour --
on the
164th day of
summer,
high up
5 to
102
(Locally and in Davis)! --
heading homeward via
Russell
and
505...
the media circus including
the ongoing injustices of the Russians in Ukraine,
Arthur De Greef (1862-1940) - Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Minor (1914),
Gustav Holst (1874-1934) - Somerset Rhapsody, Op. 21, No. 2 (1907),
Natanael Berg (1879-1957) - The Suitors of the Duchess Suite (1927),
Eduard Tubin (1905-19820) - Symphony No. 3 in D Minor ("Heroic") (1942), and
The Dick Van Dyke [b. 1925] Show (1961): I, 14. Buddy Can You Spare a Job...