Grades finished, feels like the first day of break, and the weather a bit better, with a high just cresting 70, to compose the fifth page of Psalm 58, based on a movement of George's Crumb's Makrokosmos I orchestrated after his Echoes of Time and the River, now with a first change of orchestration -- from 2 tubas, soprano, piano, and glockenspiel -- to a substitution of the former for xylophone. Also pdf the third section (Australia: Olga Walkabout) of Book ("Prehistoric Atlas") (Op. 15) and orchestrate the sixth page of The Countess Cathleen, being careful to provide Harriet with an option of dialogue, rather than singing, for this opening section.
After this, we are both out the door -- severally to a Goat Hall pre-production meeting and the
Library for more
video enrichment, now including
Seabiscuit (Laura Hillenbrand, 2001 / 2003),
Sergeant York (1941),
Serpico (1973),
Ship of Fools (Katherine Anne Porter, 1962 / 1965),
Snow Falling on Cedars (1994 / 1999),
Something of Value (1957), and
Stalag 17 (1953). Additionally, m'lady picks up an impressive number of Agatha Christie Poirots, among which are
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920 / 1990 -- Christie's first novel),
Death in the Clouds (1935), and
an 18-episode [!] anthology (the second part of the 36-billed [!!] cover).
Upon
return,
begin serious reconstruction of the January 2006 issue of 21st-Century Music, with an article on Peter and Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, transfer all the old calendars from PC to Mac via email, finish the video of Camino Real: Block 9, and have
dinner and a movie with Harriet.
