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December 31 - Envoi

Bassoon parts of Pini di Surriento and Salome Suite generated, The Gospel According to St. Matthew: L. The Last Judgement / The Annointment orchestrated, Journals mailed, up and out with Harriet down the 680 corridor,



past Mt. Diablo's



foothills,



towards Sunol's Maguire Peaks,



delivering a transcript to LaVerne's in Fremont, near Mission and Monument, then farther



south through greater San Jose to



Route 152 beyond Gilroy



up


Pacheco



Canyon



to



the



Pass then



down



past



the setting sun of



San Luis Reservoir



into the



Central Valley, continuing to



lower latitudes near Vasquez Rocks to the



Harris Ranch for dinner



and overnight. Happy New...

December 30 - Beyond the Mountains

Harriet again out (this time on a job), and the clarinet parts happen for Pini di Surriento and Salome Suite as well as the orchestration of San Timoteo Canyontata: I and Gospel Matthew: XLVIII. Sleepers, Awake!


Big trip is merely to the post office for stamps then back, with Harriet's return, a classic holiday dinner, and instrumentalizing Gospel Matthew: XLIX. The Three Servants.

December 29 - Morning and an Evening

Harriet's visiting Sharon in San Francisco, while the oboe parts for Pini di Surriento and Salome Suite and orchestration of The Gospel According to St. Matthew: XLVI. The Great Commandment are produced. Blitz to Berkely to up the January 2010 (plus October 2005 back) issue(s) of 21st-Century Music, dropping off Sex and the Bible score and CD to William and disk to Nanette, both in Oakland.



Diablo Valley Tritone Orchestra recording is next -- specifically

Pini di Surriento:

IV. Torna a Via Appia

and

The Gospel According to St. Matthew:

XLIV. The Temple

XLV. The Tenants in the Vineyard



Then home, rendezvousing with Harriet, composing Psalm 147, and orchestrating Gospel Matthew: XLVII. Jerusalem (Lauda Jerusalem).

December 28 - Everything in Black and White

Begin score preparation and produce the flute parts for Pini di Surriento and Salome Suite, plus orchestrate The Gospel According to St. Matthew:




XLV. The Tenants in the Vineyard.