March 7 - The Privilege of Rebirth

Another glorious, sad day, with the soft undulations of Mt. Diablo and the Sulfur Springs Foothills beckoning,



on the way east of Eden,



the snaky evergreen-oak ravines above Long Barn,



and the Chinese Wall for another



Dioclesian/Diocletian rehearsal, finishing an initial staging of this short version of the latter, from I. Abject and Obscure (with Maria Mikheyenko [Edward Gibbon], Alexandra Jerenic [Diocletian], Katherine Cornelius, Indre Viscontis, and Annmarie Ballinger) to



VI. Country Dance (with the addition of Allison Collins, Robin Cox, and Kimberly Anderman [Drusilla].



After a walk on the Reliez Valley Station / Glenside Road Trail, with views of Rheem Hill,



past oaks and



forelorn abandonment,



a rendezvous with the U.C. Davis Library copy of Arthur Honegger's Le Roi David provides guidance for the beginning of King David orchestration.

February 1 - Farewell Hello

Harriet at W.A. Mozart Marriage of Figaro rehearsal in Berkeley most of the day while I say goodbye to the orchestration of Babe Ruth: IV. Daybreak Dance / Feria (Turn Aside), blitzing through 11 pages, for a total of 19 in the movement and 34 for the piece. Not exactly an extended score...


Moving towards finishing up the March 2009 issue of 21st-Century Music (21st-centurymusic.blogspot.com, eventually at 21st-centurymusic.com); re-visiting George Crumb Black Angels, Makrokosmos I and II, and Peter Peter Maxwell Davies Eight Songs for a Mad King; and casting about for orchestrational source material for Saul! Saul!, next up. Also received contract from St. Mary's today, so looks like the Music in the Enlightenment course is a go (syllabus-in-development is fourth posting from top at markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.com).