Happy Birthday to Megan!
As
we
celebrate
at
her place in Nancy's residence
on
the 20th day of Spring,
high again 55 (true for the last 4 days) --
heading
earlier
south
for
a
supply
run
vis a vis
Megan and
us.
In
the
fullness
of
time,
down
the
freeway
to
Nancy's
domicile.
Interspersed with all this, design cover and place
Op. 355 IMAGINATION DEAD IMAGINE (September 17, 2021)
To Harriet, Cliff, George, Bette, Sorrel, John, Erling, Don, Megan, and All!
For Open Ensemble, performing freely in a semi-improvisational manner
on the Complete Works site
https://markalburgerworks.blogspot.com/2021/09/imagination-dead-imagine-op-355.html
to the counter-rhythms of
Thomas Arne (1710-1778)
Symphony No. 2 in F Major (1740)
F.J. Haydn (1732-1809)
String Quartet in C Major, Op. 20, No. 2 (1772)
Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
Orpheus in the Underworld (1858)
Overture
Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936)
Scenes de Ballet (1894)
VI. Danse Orientale
Agustin Barrios (1885-1944)
Danzas Paraguayas (1925)
Virgil Thomson (1896-1989)
Acadian Songs and Dances (1948)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Symphony No. 10 in E Minor, Op. 93 (1953)
Lars-Erik Larsson (1908-1986)
Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 34 (1945)
news of Buzz Aldrin (b. 1930) marrying on his 93rd birthday,
Rick Steves (b. 1955)
Europe (2000)
9, IX. Southeast England
filling out a Kaiser Questionnaire, and
taking in Seth Meyers (b. 1973) holding forth!...