At Trumpeter Ron Cohen's, where his brass quintet is sight-reading
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
Business As Usual, Op. 49 (1993)
from
Ia. Torculus Man
through
IIIc. Shane O'Dolan
with me covering the vocals, and we
have a great time! --
on this
6th day of Summer temperatures --
high again 70
(these last 3 days 71-70-70)
Fairfield, 68
Vallejo, 60
Pleasant Hill / Walnut Creek / Orinda, 62
Oakland, 58
heading
down
I-80
southwest
on this
blustery evening,
over
the
Sulfur Springs,
lateralling
east on 780,
south
via
680,
24
west
through
Orinda
Canyon,
Oakland's
13 --
to great views and
parking at Ron's...
but we're
early! --
so Harriet and I take a stroll down Crockett to
Joaquin
Miller
and
back,
then a crazy, sketchy drive beyond to Skyline / Grass Valley / Golf Links to the
station at 580 / Mountain for coffee and pastry.
It's
almost a
miracle that we make it back to Ron's in the gathering darkness,
but
we
are
received
warmly
for
the
sight-
reading
session,
including
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
Pictures at an Exhibition (1874)
Promenade
I. Gnome
IV. Ox Cart
V. Dance of the Hens
and Chicks
VI. Samuel Goldenberg and Scmuyle
X. Great Gate of Kiev
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Three Little Songs (1913)
I. Magpie
II. Raven
III. Tchitcher Yatche --
and a fine time all evening!
Before and after, prepare for publication
Bass Concerto ("Comrade"), Op. 126
on the
International Music Score
Library Project
https://imslp.org/wiki/Bass_Concerto_%27Comrade%27,_Op.126_(Alburger,_Mark)
(140 posts total), and
place
Periodic Table, Op. 386 (2022)
on the Complete Works site
https://markalburgerworks.blogspot.com/2022/02/periodic-table-op-386.html
partly in consort with
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Symphony No. 9 (1909)
and
Stephen Colbert (b. 1964) interviewing Bernie Sanders (b. 1941)...