March 29 - Pale for Weariness

Out with Harriet,

on

the

disreputable

5th day of Winter high down 3 to 49,

eventually

also

 picking up

intriguing Togo bill-of-fare, including the quixotic pastrami cheese steak --

 how can one resist?

Return home to  a cleaar/starry post of

Genre Implosions No. 1 ("Mass Confusion")
     I. Introit

on the

International Music

Score

Library Project
https://imslp.org/wiki/Genre_Implosions_No.1_'Mass_Confusion'%2C_Op.161_(Alburger%2C_Mark)

(175 works total thus far),

as the world transpires, including

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
     Symphony No. 3 (1896)

     Symphony No. 9 (1909)

Ali Velshi and Timothy Snyder (b. b. 2969) holding forth, plus

Zooms from Family and

Opus 97 (8pm, Saturday, June 17, Center for New Music, SF)!...

March 28 - Harder Than It Looks

With the Street Ukulele  Band, at Davis Communiy Church,

and it is quite a challenge,

from the non-intuitive-yet-practical

Cadd6

tuning on ---

hereby

the 77th day of miserable spring, high down 11 to 52, featuring a challenging raiy drive, particularly homeward,

subsequently placing

Vocal Sonatina No. 5 ("Angier")
     I. When You Stroke a Feline

on the

International Music

Score

Library Project
https://imslp.org/wiki/Vocal_Sonatina_No.5%2C_Op.160_(Alburger%2C_Mark)

((174 works posted there

thus far),

in an interior atmosphere of Harriet's marvelous company, plus

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
     The Hebides Overture, Op. 26 (1830)

and

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
     Symphony No. 2 in Bb Major, Op. 4 (1865), in counterpoint with CNN / MSNBC, etc....

March 27 - Eye-Eye

Dr. Pinky Weiser

at

Kaiser,

works her ocular prescriptive magic, and

Kat facilitates in

glasses! -- which should be delivered soon...

beyond this

o-so-clever-humanity day --

the

75th interval of ostensible spring,

high up 2

to

63 (locally + in Davis) --

there

snd

back

again,

revelling in the outdoors, and, in the fulness of time,

prepare and post

Vocal Sonatina No. 4 ("Khayyam"), Op. 159 (2008)
     I. A Book of Verses

on the

International Music

Score Library Project
https://imslp.org/wiki/Vocal_Sonatina_No._4_(%22Khayyam%22)%2C_Op.159_(Alburger%2C_Mark)

(173 works on the site

thus far)....

In due course,

head off

to

Davis Community Presbyterian Church

for another discussion re

Marcus Borg  (1942-2015)
    Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time (19940

On either side, while working, note with alarm and ssadness the tragedy in Tennessee,

with meaning from

J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
     Fugue in G Minor ("Little") (1807)

F.J. Haydn (1732-1809)
     String Quartet No. 74 in G Minor (1793)

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
     Cello Sonata No. 4 in C Major, Op. 102 (1815)

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
     Symphony No. 3 in D Major (1815)

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
     Le Corsaire Overture (1844)

Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
     Morceau de Concert, Op. 154 (1887)

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
     Orchesttral Suite in A Major ("American"), Op. 98 (1895)

Hubert Parrty (1848-1918)
     English Suite (1915)
          Prelude

Gustaav Mahler (1860-1911)
     Symphony No. 4 in G Major (1901)

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
     Symphony No 2 in C Minor, Op. 29 (1901)

Arnold Bax (1883-1953)
     Northern Ballad No. 1 (1933)

George Gershwin (1898-1937)
     Rhapsody in Blue (1924)

William Walton (1902-1983)
     Facade Suite (1922)
          II. Popular Song

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
     Symphony No. 2 (The Age of Anxiety") (1949)...