First rehearsal of the newly-created (thanks to the largesse of Tony Tanke) Davis Community Church Chamber Orchestra,
taking on
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
The
Nativity
According
to
St.
Matthew,
Op. 72 (1998)
and
Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007)
Amahl and the Night Visitors (1951)
and, so far, so excellent!
This
after
a
nice commute --
on the
18th
day
of
fall,
high
down
1
to
65 --
and
morning
service --
preceeded by
Handbell Choir
and
Band
rehearsals --
at the Church (including, Community News, with Eunbee Ham officiating throughout,
Bell Processional,
Welcome,
Discovery
Time with Kate Boxeth,
a Reading of
John 14: 1-44 (The Resurrection of Lazarus -- hmm, will have to check to see the setting here, no doubt as part of The Gospel According to St. John, Op. 327 [2019]).
Video
Sermon,
Musical Meditation,
Prayers of the People,
Lord's Prayer,
Blessing,
and
Recessional).
Thereafter,
much
preparation
for
the
afternoon
rehearsal --
|with Juan and Jadi as
Mary and
Joseph,
extra
Kings-Mother
practice
for
Amahl...
wow!
Return
homeward
to
create
a
cover and
web page on the
Complete Works site
https://markalburgerworks.blogspot.com/2018/12/renaissance-orchestrations-op-293.html
for
Renaissance Orchestrations, Op. 293 (December 24, 2018), to the counterpoint of
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Symphony No. 5 in F Major, Op. 76 (1875)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
St. Paul's Suite for Strings, Op. 26 (1913
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Visions Fugitives, Op. 22 (1917), and
Ernesto Lecuona (1896-1963)
Suite Andulcia (1928)
VI. Malaguena