June 25 - Stages

After the ordeal of finishing the taxes, printing out copies (grateful to have replaced the cartridge 5 minutes before the office supply store closed the day previously), and sending off (turns out the local UPS doubles as a postoffice -- yes! -- thanks to Harriet's advice) -- H and I deliver to Fairfield's Missouri Street Theatre the



errant cemetary pices for those not responsible enough to do it themselves.



Following



this,



we



zip back through that burg to our town,




putting the next Magnificat item (the fifth) into place in the Vespers, and editing and beginning to post



Antigone: XI. TRIO - "What Is This" through



XV. ARIA - "You Think You Knew".




Oh yes, also in the midst of this, take a break (H staying home to pack) and drive to Marin (with financial greetings at the postbox) and San Francisco (totally fogged in, cold) for the third



Sex and the Bible cast party at David Garner and Crystal Philippi's, with



Kim Anderman,



Maria Mikheyenko, Vicki Holder, and Nanette McGuinness, and Steve Mobia, viewing the latter's video of the last night's misbehaving performance, then



returning to Harriet's arms, etc, in this her last night before the big Washington State trip.

April 3 - Songs, Sex, Shostakovich

Up early again (do we detect a pattern here?) to finish The Song of Solomon: II. I Am the Rose of Sharon (25 pages total), begin III. of same, and publication-prepare page 3 of Psalm 15 "But Who May Abide." Then off to second rehearsal of Job, with Marilyn,



Sarita, Heather, Harriet, and



Keisuke. Now off to dine with Ms. March Page -- more later...


After Connecticut Yankee al frosto (thankful for the outdoor heater), we check the mail at Goat Hall with financial greetings, and head to the Sex and the Bible video party at



Robert's


beautiful



spread with views



north,


northeast,



west, and



down, with



Kim (clearly getting into the spirit of the event),



Maria, Robert,



Crystal (doing an SATB move "You Are So Beautiful"),



Theresa, and Barney.



Hasty retreat through a mad padded elevator and



appointed hall towards the



Civic Center and



Davies



Hall



(arriving precisely at the appointed hour) to review the



San Francico Symphony in Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto in A Minor (which receives a



partial standing ovation)



and



Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 8



(which receives another -- latter part of report in 21st-Century Music -- 21st-centurymusic.blogspot.com, 21st-centurymusic.com, and in print -- soon).



Into that good night and (t)hereafter, home.

March 14 - Sex and the Closing

Well, we've done it.



Sex and the Bible: The Opera (Part I) --



smiles all around --



thanks to everyone who made it a success in this premiere run, featuring Theresa, Liz, Marilyn, Nathan, Maria, Nanette, Indre,



Beth, Kim,



Robert,



Crystal, Vicky, and Harriet -- before a very responsive audience including Johns Bilotta and Mcgrew,



Steve Mobia, DVC Music Lit and Theory students, friends and family, and interested others.



That Rite of Sex-and-the-Bible Spring is in the air all day, on these the first hours of Daylight Savings, after the late-night cast party, losing an hour sleep (but thankful for the late-afternoon/early-evening sun), with the last show additionally an interval early at 7pm. The sun shines on a quixotic Wagnerian still life, and it's time to spring to action renting another



van and making the scenic drive past the



English Hills,



Vaca



and



Lagoon



(Central



and



South) Mountains,



Paradise Valley,



Fairfield Water Tank,



Twin Sisters,



Sulfur Springs, American and Jamison Canyons, Sentinel Hill,



Buckhorn Peak,



Long Barn,



Eden,



Suisun Marsh,



Stonewind Canyon,



The Rills,



Mothball Fleet,



over the Benicia Bridge, to the realm of the



Port Costa Hills,



Martinez Refinery Hill, and



Mt. Diablo to



Pleasant Hill.



Beyond Route 24,



through Orinda



Canyon and



Ridge



(including Shakespeare Hill) to



Berkeley, printing up more programs at Copy World,



parking near Fulton and Durant,



walking up Bancroft past



St. Mark's Episcopal and



Trinity United Methodist Churches to



U.C. Berkeley's



Zellerbach Hall,



lingering in the



lobby



over



the



views and



refreshment,



before a presentation by the



Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre, with the



St. Mary's Perceiving the Performing Arts



cadre in attendance.

After SATB set strike, back home to prepare for publication another page each of Psalm 10 and Psalm 110 (respectively page 2 and 16 -- which completes the latter) plus compose third sheet of Vespers: IV. Psalm 112 (Laudate pueri).