Out early with Harriet and up
505
through
the
Zamorra
Hills
to
5,
the scenery unfolding past Sutter Buttes
and
Snow
Mountain,
to
where
the
Sacramento
Valley
ends in the encircling Klamath and Cascade Mountains,
at
Mountain
Gate,
zig-zagging
up by Lake Shasta
and
Grey
Rocks,
Castle
Crags,
Dunsmuir
Canyon,
Mt.
Shasta's
snow-impoverished heighs, and
Black
Butte
Summit ---
to
the
high
plains and on towards
Yreka
for a
supply
stop --
then
up
the
Anderson
Grade,
down
to
the
River,
mounting the
Siskiyous,
lowering into
Ashland,
aiming for Medford,
where
ice
fog
encrusts every limb toward the
Rogue
River.
Grants
Pass,
Seton
Mountain,
Sunny
Valley,
Wolf Creek,
Glendale,
Canyonville
Casino,
Riddle
Canyon /
Ranch /
Hills
(just
about
the farthest north extension of the Californian / Mediterranean "Zone 7" climate),
Myrtle,
Round
Prairie,
the
Windsor
area
for
a
dizzy
detour
dinner,
past Roseburg
Cliffs in the half light,
darkness beyond Cottage Grove, Eugene-Springfield, Willamette
free
coffee, the greater Portland area, to
Troutdale, for a close, cozy night.
The playlist for the trip? Mostly preparing for The Opus Project presents Opus 13 (8pm, Saturday, January 25, Berkeley Arts Festival, 2133 University), plus Harriet's listenings re opera (upcoming and in general)...
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) - Il Trovatore (1853)
Giocamo Puccini (1858-1924) - Suor Angelica (1917)
Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945) - Cavalleria Rusticana (1889)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) - Symphony No. 1, Op. 13 (1895)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934) - Indra, Op. 13 (1903)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) - Peace on Earth, Op. 13 (1907)
Bela Bartok (1881-1945) - The Wooden Prince, Op. 13 (1914)
Zoltan Kodaly (1882-1967) - Psalmus Hungaricus, Op. 13 (1923)
Anton Webern (1883-1945) - Four Songs for Soprano and Chamber Orchestra, Op. 13 (1918)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) - Maddalena, Op. 13 (1913)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) - Melancholie, Op. 13 (1919)
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987 - Piano Sonatina No. 1, Op. 13 (1930)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) - Ten Aphorisms for Piano, Op. 13, No. 1 (1927)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981) - Four Songs, Op. 13 (1940)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) - Piano Concerto, Op. 13 (1938)
