2nd Tuesday-Night rehearsal of
Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007)
Amahl and the Night Visitors (1951)
to be presented with the opera-oratorio World premiere of
Mark Alburger (b. 1957
The Nativity According to St. Matthew, Op. 72 (1998)
both part of the Davis Community Presbyterian Church Christmas Concert
(4pm, Sunday, December 11, Corner of C and 4th Street, Davis, CA),
with Jadi Cunningham as The Monther and
Carmen Ruiz-Guajardo-Turnbull as Amahl,
stage direction by Harriet March Page and
music direction from
Emma Turnbull, conducted by Mark Alburger,
and
already
we
are
in
impressively
fine
form --
Carmen learning her demanding leading role from
her mother by rote --
on this
earth-shaking
235th
day
of
summer --
high
down
2
to
75
(Dixon /
Davis, 72).
Afterwards, there's time to design a cover and
web page on the Complete Works site for
That Which Survives, Op. 269 (2017),
to a continuing playlist of
F.J. Haydn (1732-1809)
String Quartet No. 77 in C Major, Op. 77 (1797)
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
The Seige of Corinth (1826)
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Symphony No. 4 in A Major ("Italian"), Op. 90 (1847)
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1901)
Symphony No. 3 in Eb Major, Op. 10 (1879)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Agon (1957)
The Flood (1962)
Requiem Canticles (1966)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 (1891)
XVIII. Gavotte
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
An Outdoor Overture (1938)
James Cohn (1928-2021)
Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra No. 1, Op. 62 (1986)
and the political day including the voices of
Liz Cheney (b. 1966),
John Fetterman (b. 1969),
Beto O'Rourke (b. 1972), Joy Reid (b. 1968), and
Alex Wagner (b. 1977)!...