August 20 - Sowing Wild


Create cover and



webpage on the Works site for


Mairzy Variations, Op. 207 (2012)



produce a new edition of

Henry Miller in Brooklyn (1999)
     IV. At the Blood Bank

edit

page 57

Piano Concerto ("Child's Play"), Op. 122 (2004)
     I. Allegro

begin a new configuration of

Parables ("Terror and Wonder"), Op. 365 (2021)
     XIII. Set Free

and advance just a bit more text for

Book of Dreams, 2022, Op. 376 (2022)
    August 19-20
        10am, A Woodwind Repair Shop, Tom Berkelman Examining...


Despite it being winter down there, the Antarctic Ice Sheet is overall melting more during the course of recent years, and it's much warmer here, too, of course -- on the 170th day of summer, high back up 3 to 104... an AABACDC of 102-102-108-102-104-101-104, first time this year over a span of Sunday-Saturday, although the 2nd of the season for 7 days above 100 (July 16-22)... both bested by 8 continguous days in June (21-28).


On this birthday of Jacopo Peri (1561-1633),


Paul Tillich (1886-1965), and



Eero Saarinen (1910-1961 -- his father, Eliel... 1881-1959... was also born this same day),


the hit list includes

J.S. Bach (1685-1750) - Double Concerto for Oboe and Violin in C Minor, BWV 1060 (1736),


F.J. Haydn (1732-1809) - Symphony No. 100 in G Major ("Military") (1794): II. Adagio,



Richard Wagner (1813-1883) - Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (1867),


Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) - Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor, Op. 102 (1887),


Jean Sibelius (1865-1959) - Scenes Historiques, Suite 2, Op. 66 (1912),



Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) - Symphony No. 6 in Eb Minor, Op. 111 (1947),


Lou Harrison (1917-2003) - Symphony No. 3 (1982),


Gene Roddenberry (1921-1991) - Star Trek (1966):


Season 1, Production 26. Errand of Mercy (1967),


David Attenborough (b. 1926) - The Blue Planet (2001)
     II. The Deep and

     IV. Frozen Seas,


Tan Dun (b. 1957) - The First Emperor (2006), with


Placido Domingo, and


the composer conducting --


an elaborate production by The Metropolitan Opera, with



fine commentary...


plus words of wisdom from voices at CNN and MSNBC, including Michael Cohen (b. 1966)


and


Symone


Sanders (b. 1989)...