Thursday, December 31, 2009

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...

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

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.

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

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).

Monday, December 28, 2009

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.

Sunday, December 27, 2009

December 27 - Darkness Into Light


Over



the



Sulfur



Springs



Mountains



to



rendezvous with Crystal and Christina and Harriet for lunch at The Dead Fish (near the Carquinez Bridge) in Crocket. An enlightening, joyous, and lovely time -- and too soon we must depart



further south for another holiday get-together with




Eliza and company at Chamber Arts in Berkeley. Another whirlwind day, and home to complete the orchestration of


The Gospel According to St. Matthew: XLIV. The Temple (through page 16).

Saturday, December 26, 2009

December 26 - Up a Tree


Over the course of a catch-up day orchestrate pages 10-12 of The Gospel According to St. Matthew:



LXIV. The Temple.

Friday, December 25, 2009

December 25 - Christmas High


Up relatively early for a walk



down and



up Merced River Canyon between the



mists of the rising



sun and



Indian Flat.



After gift -openings and -shop purchases,



Harriet and I meander off to El



Portal and beyond to the



Arch Rock entrance of



Yosemite where a roughly



two thousand foot elevational change and



granite make for



striking



differences,



welcomed in by



El Capitan and



Bridalveil Falls (or "Fall" depending on the map source).



Up Valley, with all the classic sights including Sentinel Rock,



Yosemite Falls, and



Half Dome, to the



never-see-sun-in-winter Curry Ice Rink, past



deer,



snowmen, and



Stoneman Meadow unto the



the head of Tenaya Canyon at the Stables and back, with




more views.



Lunch at the



Ahwahnee



Bar is followed by a stroll around to



the Dining Room (with its Kandinsky-alluding



Maitre'd -- in response to an "abstract" question) and the



Great Hall's



duo pianos,



nookish fireplace, and



Mural,



Solarium,



and Winter Club Rooms.



After a second brisk Ahwahnee Meadows walk to recollect the car, we reverse course past



El Capitan,



Cathedral Spires and



Rocks, and



Bridalveil to the



El Portal and



Big Oak Flat Roads, with one more



Valley View before the deep snows of



Crane Flat, as the miles unfold parallel to



Tuolumne Canyon and Jawbone Ridge.



At Priest Station, the



elevation and



sun give out, orb and car plummeting opposite the



Old Grade.



Light and slope fade




near the cliffs of



Yosemite



Junction,



with the multiply-setting-Little-Prince sol finally giving it up



for the evening.