February 6 - Happy Encounters


With Tony and Beth Tanke and


Harriet at


Cafe Bernardo --


great conversation --


where


we are


wined and


dined,


proceeding to


Davis


Community Church


for


American Bach Soloists --


beginning with a


Lecture-Domonstration,


before the


concert,


which is...


G.F. Telemann (1681-1767)


     Sinfonia Spiritoso (c. 1711)


Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)


     Psalm 113 - "Laudate Pueri" (1719)


[calling to mind


Mark Alburger (b. 1967
     Psalms, Book V, Op. 218 (August 17, 2013)
       for Voice(s) and Orchestra
          Psalm 113-  "Laudate pueri" - Praise the Lord [Psalm 112, Monteverdi] 

(N.B. in both Vivaldi designation and here, Psalm refers to the Jewish / Protestant numbering,
     rather than the Greek / Catholic, which is designated as 112)]


J.S. Bach (1685-1750)


     Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (1721 - an impressive early-music, standing, lead-by performers take)


      Harpsichord


                           Concerto (1738)


Vivaldi


     Bassoon Concerto in Bb Major ("La Notte") (1724 --


          with here, as throughout the evening, animated and emotive solo work)


J.S. Bach


     Jauchet Gott in Allen Landen


                               (1730 -


                                            Exalt in God in Every Land)


     Orchestral Suite No. 3 (1731)
          II. Air on the G String

***


Earlier,


errand


run,


on


this


34th


day


of



Spring


day


of


Spring



 temperatures,


high


up

8


to


63 (Davis, 59).


Eventually,


homeward,


in


beauteous


conditions.


With Xfinity,


in its wisdom,


cutting internet to upgrade


(unprecedented and unwelcome),


we set out


early again for


Davis


to


rendezvous with the Tankes at


Bernardo.


On either side of the outage, various musical endeavors including posting


Op. 371 EITZEN ORCHESTRATIONS (December 13, 2021)
    For Voice and Orchestra
    Psalm 139 (1953): Verses I-XXIV


on the Complete Works site
https://markalburgerworks.blogspot.com/2021/12/eitzen-orchestrations-op-371.html


partly during

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
     The Rite of Spring (1913)
     Renard (1916)
     Symphonies of WInd Instruments (1920)
     Les Noces (1923)
     Octet (1923)
     Symphony of Psalms (1930)
     Babel (1944)
     Orpheus (1947)
     Mass (1948)
     Scherzo  a la Russe (1948)
     The Rake's Progress (1951)
     Agon (1957)

and


while Symone Sanders (b. 1989) manages to stay online...