November 27 - Change and Progress


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)...