10 days before the Opera World Premiere of
The Nativity According to St. Matthew, Op. 72 (1998), and we are at least rehearsing the choral numbers with the DCC Chamber Choir, but the piece really requires the entire
Chancel Choir, and, luckily, Emma Turnbull is amenable to this in future (very grateful to her, of course, for programming for this concert and copying vocal scores for all).
This
as
part
of
another
congenial
and
expert
rehearsal
where
the
breaks
seem
just
as
important
as
practice
in
terms
of
community
building
as
we
prepare
all
above
as
part
of
A
Christmas
Concert!
(4pm,
Saturday,
December
11,
Davis
Community
Presbyterian
Church,
Corner
of
4th
and
C,
Davis, CA).
All
this
on
the
27th
day
of
Fall,
high
falling down 6 to 54
(52 in Davis).
Arrive
early enough
at Church to
deal
with costumes,
etc.,
in consultation
with Deborah Jory and
Emma Turnbull,
all for the sake of
Amahl (Carmen),
directed by Harriet.
Fore and aft, work on a variety of musical enterprises, including placing
Broke Dance Intermezzi: H, Op. 304 (March 22, 2019)
on the
Complete Works site
https://markalburgerworks.blogspot.com/2019/03/broke-dance-intermezzi-h-op-304.html
in cahoots with a variety of audio-visuals, featuring
J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Organ Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (1707)
Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838)
Symphony No. 6 in D Minor, Op. 146 (1822)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Froissart Overture, Op. 19 (1890)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Symphony in C (1940)
Symphony in 3 Movements (1945)
Symphony No. 7 ("Angel of Light") (1994)
Louis Andriessen (1939-2021)
De Staat (1976)
Joe Biden (b. 1942) giving a speech, and
Stepehn Colbert (b. 1964) interviewing Janet Yellen (b. 1946)!...