Happy to have Lee Riggs join us as Melchior in the opera world premiere of The Nativity According to St. Matthew, Op. 72 (1998) at Davis Community Church (4pm, Saturday, December 11, Corner of 4th and C, Davis, CA), with Juan Carlos Ruiz Guajardo transferring over to portray Joseph alongside of Jadi Galloway as Mary. This our first rehearsal for the show with these new actor-singers in the roles,
following
another
beautiful
commute
on 80
and
113
to
Davis
Community
Presbyterian
Church
for
a
yet-
once-
more
dynamic
Sunday
service,
featuring the Chancel Choir,
Prayer,
Guest
Sermon,
Blessing,
and
Postlude.
There's
also
more
planning
re
Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007) -
Amahl and the Night Visitors (1951)
on
this
23rd
day
of
auutum:
68 --
high
down
3
from
yesterday's
summery
71 --
returning
homeward via I-80, Currey, Sievers, Halley,
Sweeney,
Tubbs,
Allendale,
505,
and
Monte Vista,
to place
Broke Dance Intermezzi: D, Op. 300 (March 1, 2019)
on the Complete Works site.
Late
afternoon
break,
back
on the
Vacaville Streets
route --
a simple north-south from the Morningstar / Valley Oak intersection,
south on
the latter
to its
end on
Ashford Circle,
returning
Heraclitianly,
futher
exploring
the
environs
and
stopping
for refreshments
at the
junction of Nut Tree and Elmira,
in view of the Vaca Mountains.
Return to
continue musical endeavors,
in consort with
J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Violin Concerto in A Minor (1730)
F.J. Haydn (1732-1809)
Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major (1783)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Sonata No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 90 (1814)
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Symphony No. 4 in C Minor (1816)
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Annees de Perlerinage, Book 1 Switzerland (1855)
II. Auf Dem Wasser au Singen
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, Op. 70 (1885)
Englebert Humperdink (1854-1921)
Shakespeare Suite No. 2 (1907)
VII. Procession
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Cockaigne: In London Town, Op. 40 (1901)
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Turandot (1924)
Joaquin Rodrigo (19011999)
Soleriana (1953)
Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in F (1945)
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Adios Nonino (1959)...