Fall comes in resoundlingly, with the first rain of the new July 1 precipitation year, and the coldest high temperature -- 66 -- since June 24's 64... indeed the first reading below 80 since the ensuming 25's 73.
While the gray skies eventually
give
way
to
delirious
azure
and
striking cumuli, most of the interval is spent in dealing with and sending out parts for The Opus Project presents Opus 9, including
Bela Bartok (1881-1945) Dirge, Op. 9, No. 1 (1910)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Poem of Paul Verlaine, Op. 9, No. 1 (1910)
Anton Webern (1883-1945) Six Bagatelles for String Quartet, Op. 9 (1913)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Two Poems, Op. 9, No. 1 (1911)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) Three Songs, Op. 9, No. 1 (1917)
Kurt Weill (1900-1950) Quodlibet, Op. 9 (1923)
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) Piano Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 9 (1928)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981) Symphony No. 1 in One Movement, Op. 9 (1936)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000) Piano Quintet, Op. 9 (1926)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Soirees Musicales, Op. 9, No. 1 (1936)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957) Psalm 92, Op. 9 (1977)
Also welcome two additions to the program -
Michael Stubblefield (b. 1989) Distant Worlds (2009)
Austin Graham Mild Insanity (2013)
Also time to compose the next page (33) of At a Medical Deposition and Psalm 102,
all over
more truly
enlightening videos....
