November 4 - Banking on It

Finish the composition of Pini di Surriento: IV. Torna a Via Appia, plus orchestration of page 6 to The Gospel According to St. Matthew: XXVII. The Sower, before heading out for Theory dictation of Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms: II (the I, vi, IV, ii, V, I bit), plus board harmony of same. Blitz to Marin for the first time in several weeks for paper grading and


errands,


mercifully returning in the half-light, to do the publication-preparation and visual libretto for



Sex and the Bible: 6. Israel in Trouble: IX. One Day Dinah.

April 8 - Light in the Dark

Finish the orchestration of King David: XXIV. Rock and Strength and the composition of Psalm 18 before late pilgrimage to DVC, via Eden clouds, for dictation on Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms: II. Psalm 23 / Psalm 2,


then in the lab to record KD: XXIII. XXIII. Absalom, Absalom! (Absalon Fili Mi) (Sibelius) and XXIV. (Encore).


It's a Marin day, with benefits, beyond Mt. Tam, to Celia's paper grading,



then San Francisco for Lisa Scola Prosek soiree (music of Lisa, Loren Jones, + King David: O for the Wings of a Dove, The Witch of Endor, and Song in the Forest of Ephraim) and SF Composers Chamber Orchestra Board Meeting, where Moses Sedler joins us at the home of Erling Wold (above). Home finally, beginning instrumentation of KD: XXV. Census and Plague.