March 5 - Rochambeau Roulette

The sky is falling. But meanwhile, this is evidently how we determine who's up for the weekly keyboard-solfege. After a very long session with Quiz 7 (excerpts from J.S. Bach, C.P.E. Bach, W.A. Mozart, and Franz Gruber), finally make it to the lab to record Saul! Saul!: XI. Make an Offer andXII. Infernal People (ringing true),



then home, past the devastatingly lonely Mothball Fleet and distant forlorn hills, to speed through the orchestration of S!S!: XIII., XIV., and 7 pages of XV. O fatal Day.

March 4 - Cloudier Mountains Verdant of Earth

The continuing saga of the rain continues, in shadow and sun, past a vivid Cordelia Junction from afar (the warehouses are almost forgivable)



or anear,



rocketing to the cumulo-nimbus of Diablo,



the Pleasant Hill offramp,



and St. Mary's, where Claudio Monteverdi (definitely Green Mountain and/or Forest) reigns supreme, blasting off again for DVC and Franz Gruber Silent Night dictation,



then to Marin for paper grading, postbox (with greetings), and a view of the Big Rock Ridge and Terra Linda Divide from Macy's, as thoughts turn to finishing the orchestration of Saul! Saul!: XI. Make an Offer (through page 134 of score) and also that of XII. Infernal People (all of two pages more).

March 3 - Mystic Turn of the Year

Happy Birthday, George! And many more!



Hope your day was less hectic than mine, which involved a dictation on W.A. Mozart's classic Sonata in C, intriguing compositions by Anthony Gurnack and Julian Lessin, marathon paper grading at Elephant Bar, the evening Music Literature class from Zarlino to G.F. Handel, and a mere one page more (4) of orchestration for Saul! Saul!: XI. Make an Offer.

March 2 - Somewhere Overboard

In the driving rain to St. Mary's for the Renaissance-Baroque transition -- Giovanni Gabrieli (1553-1612) to Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1642) -- then DVC for dictation/harmony based on the J.S. Bach Cantata 140 ("Wachet Auf"): VII. Chorale, with Chris Knight assisting at the board. In the lab thereafter, recording Saul! Saul!: IX. Hide and Seek Ye and X. Author of Peace. Then, in the car, over the past the rainbow-penetrated Mothball Fleet,



with clouds over the Sulfur Springs Mountains,


Chinese Wall, Dinosaur Spine,



Twin Sisters,


Vaca Mountains,


Fairfield Pyramids,


Poverty Hills,



to a clearing of the Lagoon



and North Lagoon Ridges, beginning the orchestration of S!S!: XI. Make an Offer (3 pages).

March 1 - Piece of Quiet

Home all day while the fertility Rite of Spring rain continues, as poor Harriet has to put in another 6-hour rehearsal for Marriage of Figaro.



Soon after she returns, orchestration of Saul! Saul!: X. Author of Peace is finished.