Cliff arrives for his
60-day-max stint with us, but almost immediately departs again as his mother and Toby are moving out of their San Anselmo house today, and have last-minute arrangements pending.
Before this,
head out for errands and
astoundingly, inadvertently leave the Egypt / Luxor / Las Vegas coffee mug given to me by Cliff many years ago, emblazoned with "I Love My Dad" on one side, on the roof of the car, which survives intact until a brisk turn from I-80 offramp to Mason / Elmira south. While had been hearing strange vibrating noises from car, which were perceived as perhaps a seatbelt caught on the door outside, now unmistakeably a motion, including liquid, and a small crash on the pavement, and, well, the inevitable realization... Relating the story to Cliff and Harriet, he nicely concludes "Now you don't need the I Love Dad mug since I'm right here to love you"!
OK, the run-about-town, for matters fiduciary and
culinary --
these latter including spaghetti
fixings
and
cake,
on the 61st day of summer,
high up 6 to 82.
There's time to linger in the backyard with Harriet,
and take the 56th walk on the Vacaville Streets route,
today White Sands northeast from Inyo to Teton,
then reverse course
to the
Circle --
this being also the
123rd birthday of
Duke Ellington (1899-1974).
There's also time to partially update the complete Works site re
The Bald Soprano, Op. 94 (2001),
edit pages 21-22 of
Oboe Concerto ("Wanderer"), Op. 118 (2004), and
get in gear
Book of Dreams, 2022, Op. 376 (2022)
April 28-29
9am A Forest Panorama Shot Contributed to byAll Members of a Choir...
Additionally note that Davis Community Presbyterian Church has printed our Welcome bios, although with several notable alterations. So, for the record, here is original...
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Hello, DCC! The Presbyterian Church has been an interrupted through-line of my life -- Chambers Memorial, Rutledge, PA (1957-1975), Swarthmore (graduating adjacent College, 1979), Panorama (Los Angeles, 1983, meeting female fellow-oboist), San Rafael and Tiburon (bass / Music Minister, 1986-1999, son Cliff baptised in former, 1987, receiving M.A. Composition and Ph.D. Musicology, Dominican / Claremont Graduate Universities during this time), Vacaville (tenor / Substitute Music Director, 2002-2003). Recently retired after 20 years at Diablo Valley College (Conductor / Music History / Theory Adjunct Professor), I continue as Music Director (Goat Hall Productions / SF Cabaret Opera, with wife / mezzo-soprano / Artistic Director Harriet March Page; SF Composers Chamber Orchestra, Opus Project) and composer (397 works to date, many Biblical).
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Other sights and sounds of the interval include fearful discussions on Russian TV,
Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745) - Capriccio No. 5 in G Major (1729): II. Contento,
Bi-partite Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) as Clarinet Trio in Bb Major, Op. 11 (1797) and
Piano Sonata No. 18 in Eb Major ("Hunt"), Op. 31, No. 3 (1802): II. Scherzo,
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) - Grande Symphonie Funebre et Triomphale, Op. 15 (1840),
Franz Liszt (1811-1869) - Consolations (1849): V. Andantino,
Alexander Borodin (1833-1887) - String Quartet No. 2 in D Major (1881): III. Notturno,
Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) - Symphony No. 3 in D Major, Op. 29 (1875): IV. Scherzo,
Vincent d'indy (1851-1931) - Tableaux de Voyage, Op. 36 (1889): IV. Lac Vert,
Edward Elgar (1857-1934) - Falstaff: Symphnic Study in C Minor, Op. 68 (1913),
Josef Suk (187-1935) - Fantasticke Scherzo, Op. 25 (1903),
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) - Petite Suite de Concert (1910),
Erkki Melartin (1875-1937) - Sleeping Beauty, Op. 22 (1904): XIX. Waltz,
Jamie Raskin (b. 1962) calling out Marjorie Taylor Green (b. 1974) for another one of her idiocies, and
the return of Cliff and Megan,
for stimulating discourse,
including positive analysis of a local contender's promotional material...
