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 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.

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).

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.

December 23 - Temple of the World

Finish orchestration through page 9 of The Gospel According to St. Matthew: XLIV. The Temple, proof reconstructed October 2005 issue of 21st-Century Music, print that and current January 2010 issue, then head out to deliver Sex and the Bible score and CD to Beth, and drop off the two issues at Copy World -- so, a great pseudo-circle, initially through Jameson Canyon, past


the Wine


Guy,



Napa Eucalyptus



Row,



then up beyond suspicious smoke of Stags Leap,



the Yountville Hills,



towards the Mayacamas Mountains.



There's time for a brief walk on Dry Creek



Road, from the namesake



Bridge,



uphill with



views across the interior valley to the



highlands,



part of a series of strolls as close to the unfinished Bay Area Ridge Trail as possible (the terminous today above), beyond which it's




Trinity Road into



Sonoma Valley and lights out near



Sugarloaf Ridge and



Hood Mountain -- with Windsor and Berkeley and all the rest in darkness.



So, attempt to provide a little light with album covers through Op. 60 upon return.