February 28 - Tension and Release

Post

Pied Piper Suite, Op. 132 (2005)

on the

International

Music Score

Library Project
https://imslp.org/wiki/Pied_Piper_Suite%2C_Op.132_(Alburger%2C_Mark)

(146 works on site thus far)

and

Delicate Balances, Op. 393 (March 16, 2022)
     Etude for Orchestra

on the Complete Works site
https://markalburgerworks.blogspot.com/2022/03/delicate-balances-op-393.html

-- despite being Winter in the

Sierra Nevada, etc., this being the 49th day of Spring temperatures -- high back up 4 from a Wintery yesterday -- now to 53...

Out

to

pick

up

a

birthday cake for Harriet,

re a

planned

delayed

celebration --

returning to continue musical endeavors, in consort with

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
     Symphony No. 7 in E Major (1821)

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
     String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10 (1893)

Hugo Alfven (1872-1960)
     Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 11 (1898)

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
     Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 (1908)

John Fernstroem (1897-1951)
     The Capricious Troubadour, Op. 21 (1931)

with uncertain politics

continuing...

February 27 - Intensity

Email out

The Gospel According to St. Matthew, Op. 85 (2000)
     L. The Last Judgement / The Annointment

to hopefully-ointerested parties -- after making a new edition of the score,

place

Concerto for Orchestra, Op. 131 (2005)
     I. Andantino

on the

INternational Music Score Library Project

https://imslp.org/wiki/Concerto_for_Orchestra%2C_Op.131_(Alburger%2C_Mark)

after

preparing for publication (145 web page thus far),
https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Alburger,_Mark

post

Three George Crumb Tropes, Op. 392 (2022)

on the Complete Works site
https://markalburgerworks.blogspot.com/2022/03/3-george-crumb-tropes-op-392.html

-- this being the

4th day of Winter,

high down 2 to 49

(ABA of Winter-Spring-Winter -- 46-51-49 -- last 3 days)...

with errands afoot

in the

semi-sun and

inclemency --

returning

to

continue

musical labors to the atmosphere of

J.C. Bach (1735-1785)
     Symphony No. 4 in Bb Major, Op. 3 (1774)

John Knowles Pain (1839-1906)
     Oedipus Tyrannus, Op. 35 (1881)
          Prelude

Enrique Granados (1867-1916)
     12 Spanish Dances (1890)

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
     Symphony No. 6 in E Minor (1947)

     Symphony No. 7 ("Sinfonia Antartica") (1952)

     Symphony No. 8 in D Minor (1955)

Charles Ives (1874-1954)
     Symphony No. 2 (1902)

Alban Berg (1885-1935)
     Three Pieces for Orchestra (1914)

Samuel Barber (1936-1981)
     Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 (1936)

Einojuhani Rautavaara  (1928-2016)
     Symphony No. 7 ("Angel of Light")  (1994)...