First Davis Community Church rehearsal of
Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007 -- partner of Samuel Barber, 1910-1981 -- so, they lived in West Chester, PA, about 1/2 hour from where I grew up.... all those years back...)
Amahl and the Night Visitors (1951)
as part of this year's
Davis Community Church Christmas Concert (4pm, Saturday, December 11)
with Carmen Ruiz-Guajardo, Amahl, and
Jadi, as The Mother
Music Director / Pianist Emma Turnbull
has ably prepared her talented daughter for the former,
and Jadi
bringing her prowess
to the latter --
all directed by
Harriet March Page,
conducted
by
Mark Alburger.
And,
all
proceeds
on
schedule,
accustoming
singers
to
staging
and
conducting...
So,
looking
forward
to
continued
evolutionary
excellence
by
rote
and
regimen,
with
Juan Ruiz-Guajardo
as Melchior,
thus
far,
all
excellent!
Before
this,
a
consultation
with
Tay Yong
at
Community
Medical
Center,
then
off
to
local
farmacia
and
phood --
on the
229th day of summer,
high up 9 to 88 --
the birthday of
Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki (1870-1966) and
Lotte Lenya (1898-1981).
Eventually
out
to
the
Church
for
study,
meetings
and
rehearsal.
Later,
a
viewful
return
via
I-
I-
80
southwest,
etc.,
to
return to
labors including
placing
Ezra Pounds, Op. 263 (2017)
on the Complete Works site, and
edit page 38
Harp Concerto ("Ballerina"), Op. 124 (2004)
I. Allegro giusto
against a background of
Utah politics,
Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840)
Violin Concerto No.1 in D Major, Op. 6 (1818)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Night Ride and Sunrise, Op. 55 (1908)
Rick Steves (b. 1955)
Florence