June 23 - Doggin Around

Some of the posting re Waiting for Godot proves feisty, but it is now indeed up and completely running (same proviso as yesterday, however) from XXXV. A Dog through



LX. What's Wrong with You?

Nothing's wrong on a fine day (high of 91, again), and Erling talks me through installing HandBrake and the VSL Player so the 2008 Letitia video of Antigone can be edited and posted on YouTube from



Overture (Abreviated) through



V. Duet - Where Is Your Pain for now. Rendezvous with Harriet at local Mexican al fresco spot in early evening, then return to do the text underlay for both Ave Maris Stella and its melding into Vespers. Also favorite some Ralph Vaughan Williams (Job: A Masque for Dancing, and the Symphonies 5 and 6), Nam June Paik / Charlotte Moorman, Terry Riley, and Steve Reich for the DrMarkAlburger channel, post a bit more Waiting on Facebook, set what one hopes will be a pattern vis a vis organizing the boxful garage, and take a



bicycle/



pool/



spa break, marking the first time so of the summer season.

June 22 - Nowhere to Gogo

Home all day (Harriet still doesn't get a rest, as she tools down to the city to meet with Meghan [Dibble, as opposed to yesterday's Megan Aldinger]), finishing the edits and postings of Waiting for Godot (other than the problematic You Again, which seems to have been recorded differently in the studio than performed live), including XXXIII. Mister and



XXXV. At Last, plus meld the third movement of Magnificat into Vespers.

June 21 - Higher

Over the Sierra with Harriet via



Emigrant and



Yuba



Gaps, down the



Truckee River Canyon to



Megan's



for a



visit, including a run to



Jimboy's (a small chain, franchise of which has been passed many times near Auburn -- sort of slow-food Mexican take-out) and meeting her new beau



Harold. Long welcome call from John Browning in Southern California, wondering why I'm not there (the trip is planned for next week -- but various circumstances may alter plans), then time to


depart,



past a



petrol stop,



then out of the Reno basin



to



the semi-operatic



Verdi



(Vur-dye,



in local parlance),



up



the



Truckee River



Canyon to



Donner Pass and beyond, with the second movement of the Magnificat incorporated into the Vespers and new Waiting for Godot videos posted on YouTube including



XXX. Recitative - Now! and



XXXI. Arioso - Thank You, Gentlemen.

June 20 - Climbing

Leave for Lisa Scola Prosek's in what seems (with the late schedule of late) the middle of the night, but it's mid-morning, and by arrival, close to noon, for the annual San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra retreat with



Erling Wold,



Lisa, and



Martha Stoddard. There's time thereafter to sneak down to



Half Moon Bay's



Redondo Beach



(evidently a favorite)



to



video



Songs on Crane: V. The Heart (In the Desert)

In the desert
I saw a creature, naked, bestial,
Who, squatting upon the ground,
Held his heart in his hands,
And ate of it.
I said, "Is it good, friend?"
"It is bitter - bitter," . . .
"But I like it
Because it is bitter,
And because it is my heart."



Return


to


the final performance of Fresh Voices: Program B (a pleasure once again to hear Aldan Jenks's Letter from Linda, Robert Denham's Sutter Creek [enriched by new visuals, which the dedicated Wayne Wong had requested], David Garner's Medea Alone, and Jeff Myers's The Hunger Art), and finally home, lamentably laden with a tombstone set from a negligent party, alas. No matter. Directors Harriet, Meghan, and I soldier on, and upon return edit and post more



Waiting for Godot, including XXIX. His Hat! and incorporate the first movement of Magnificat into Vespers.

June 18 - Hunger Arts

Mix and post another Job excerpt (dress rehearsal version of VIII. Is There Someone?), then to



Berkeley with



fog and



pizza for Fresh Voices X: Program B, including



Alden Jenks's Letter from Linda, Robert Denham's Sutter Creek, David Gardner's Medea, and Jeff Myers's The Hunger Art. Home to mix and YouTube post more



Waiting for Godot late, such as XIV. I'm Hungry, plus compose page 33 of Vespers: Sancta Maria, Ora Pro Nobis.

June 17 - Seeing and Hearing

It's the big night for



Fresh Voices X, Program A



consisting of



Edward Knight's Life Is Fine, Chris Whitaker's George Bush: The Last 100 Days, Daniel Felsenfeld's The Bloody Chamber (above in warm-up,



Job (including VI. Man Is Born to Suffer, from dress rehearsal, above), and John Bilotta's Trifles. Impressive performances, and



party thereafter at


The Pub on Solano Avenue in Albany, just north of Berkeley. Page 32 composed for Vespers upon return, then edit and post more



Waiting for Godot, including IV. Charming Spot.

June 16 - Video This

Video the dress rehearsal of Job: A Masque (including III. Where Have You Been... or shall we say What You Been Doing II?, part of the



Fresh Voices X



evening's activities, which also includes analogous practices for



Alden Jenks's Letter from Linda,



Robert Denham's Sutter Creek,



Jeff Myers's The Hunger Art, and



John Bilotta's Trifles.



All, including Job, go well, and, upon return, relearn how to transfer video from the hand-held camera (which has not been used in about three years -- all recent movies have been with the built-in iSight device -- the relearned secret is the use of a DV, rather than USB, cord) to the MacBook, opening the way to post not ony above on YouTube and Facebook, but also to mix and upload all the material from



Waiting for Godot, Op. 128 (2005, after Samuel Beckett), beginning with I. Nothing to Be Done. Also compose page 31 of Vespers: Sancta Maria, Ora Pro Nobis.