May 30 - Hot Times
Produce cover and
Complete Works page for
Cello Concerto ("Roasted"), Op. 125 (2004)
and complete editing of
Viola Concerto ("Felicitations"), Op. 119 (2004)
I. Allegro moderato
and do the necessary, re new text, of
Book of Dreams, 2022, Op. 376 (2022)
vis a vis
May 29-30
3am At a Party, Meet Rob Jackle, Who Has Married Sue Hausleine...
9am Concert Coming Up, We've Done Giant Crossword Together and Now
Cohort Won't Let Me Finish Photographing Some Joint Solutions,
Because of an Unfolding / Preservation Issue, Photos I've Taken of
Pianosaurus Potentialy Blurry Anyway, Rachel Condr Likes Doing Puzzles and Wants
Solution, Too, I Remmeber Another Copy by Choir Folder, Run Several Blocks,
Then Drive Past Abandoned, Closed School Where Choir Folder Was Stowed Earlier, But,
No Luck, It Is Sunset, and the Light Shines Vibrantly On Golden Spare Nevada-Style Grass in
Front, Against Dark Cloudy Sun-Broken Sky...
11am W/ Lisa Scola Prosek, Walking Up a Wide Outdoor Staircase That is Actually a Series of
Terraced Gardens...
Megan over for a spell
and
Cliff in residence,
on the 88th day of summer, high up a tick to 85 -- the birthdays of
Mel Blanc (1908-1989) and
Pauline Oliveros (1932-2016) --
Harriet and I taking in more awful aftermath of the Uvalde Massacre, plus
a review of the engagin Jamie Raskin (b. 1962) documentary and
the just-about-brand new (first broadcast on May 25)
NOVA (1974):
Season 49, Episode 9. Ice Age Footprints, with
Kirk Johnson (b. 1980)...
May 29 - Birthdays Beyond
Happy 35th Birthday, Cliff! Zooming in from Scandia Rohnert Park, with Summer (looking forward to having in-person celebration here, soon... re-scheduled due to circumstances today beyond control) -- an august anniversary day, shared with
Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909),
the premiere-riot of Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) - The Rite of Spring (1913),
Erich Wolfgang Korgold (1897-1957),
John Kennedy (1917-1963), and
Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001).
Way before
this,
conduct the Davis Community Church Chancel Choir (here in the early stages of the day's warm-up) in Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876) - Praise the Lord, O My Soul (1876): Lead Me, O Lord.
A lovely service,
on this Memorial Day
Sunday.
Thereafter,
make
our
rainbow
way
homeward
via
I-80
on the 87th day of summer,
high back up 3 to 84
(locally and in Davis... ABAB of 81-84-81-84 last 4 days).
Scattered through the hours, edit pages 27-28 of
Viola Concerto ("Felicitations"), Op. 119 (2004)
I. Allegro moderato
produce new cover and
Complete Works page for
Percussion Concerto ("Dictator"), Op. 124 (2004)
and finish editing
Jeremiah (Lamentations), Op. 278 (2018)
VIII. Bones / Balm
(6 pgs total), creating a new cover,
and dream the dreamwork necessary for more text re
Book of Dreams, 2022, Op. 376 (2022)
May 28-29
1am Room for Cream? -- Ice Cream...! A Cartoon Character on the Back of SFCCO Concert
Program, Under Personnel... "Ah, I'm Unsure. Just Stare at Me and Think That You Can Come
Up w/ a Story"... "He Just Sings in a Jeep" -- "And I Am Singing in a Jeep, Too".. Michael
Climbing on a Tall Fire-Truck-Style Ladder to the Ceiling of the Church. "Be Careful,
Michael! In the Old Days I Would Have Done That!" ... In a High Sardonic Female Voice:
"Oh, Eddie, Show Your Lovely Bird Pieces" ... Islamowhich...
2am "Yale?" -- ''58 Obamawhich"... "Then w/ the Hampers"... "Turns Out, the Mountains Didn't
Exist"... "If You Thrust Mommie Against that Wall, Who Will Die, Lord?"...
"Sorry to Have Left You Two Shouting at Mitt Romney".. "All Sorts of Legal Fees"... "Love...
Oh, No!".... "Higher Chairs!"...
3am "Do You Want the Dictator?...You Weren't Tellin' the Truth!"... "We've Been Highly
Cavalier!"... "Only Sacred Services"... "To Protect Them from the Coming Coronavirus"...
5am "The Weather Is Going to Be Rough This Week: A Lot of Rainfall and A Lot of Suisuns..."
Third session of the Mark vs. Luke DCC class with Jim Goss, this time on Zoom,
then eventually
Megan over briefly about the time that it is
propitious
to
go
out
on
an
errand
run,
w/r/t
the
Cliff
Celebration,
whene're
it
occurs,
so off we go again!
Other media for the day include
F.J. Haydn (1732-1809) - Symphony No. 104 in D Major ("London") (1795): III. Menuetto and Trio: Allegro,
Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936) -
Six Characters in Search of an Author (1936,
in the 1976 production,
starring Andy Griffith, 1926-2012 -- which was definitely in mind when composing
Six Characters in Search of an Author, Op. 109 [2003]), and
two Huell Howser (1945-2013) -
California's Golden Parks (2002) episodes: 157. San Onofre State Beach and
158. Alcatraz Gardens,
both from 2007...
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