December 30 - Feelin' Fine, Maybe

For some reason, start thnking about the end of Georges Bizet (1838-1875) Carmen (1874): Act II - Don Jose's aria "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée" (The Flower Song) -- a moment that Bette always found striking and is indeed so... turns out to be Db: Am/C C F/C Db i.e. bvi6 VII III64 I -- lovely!

Out for errands on the 50th day of fall,

high up 2 to 59 --

suddenly having, with Harriet the inspired notion that we should get away for New Year's Eve, doing some research online and determining that it would be auspicious to reserve space at Rumsey House in Capay Valley, arrangments made, at least on this end, then back to editing page 7 new-edition Mice and Men, Op. 45 (1992): Act IV,

beginning

The Decameron, Op. 289 (2018)
     100 Novels for Voices and Instruments, after the work (1353) of Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375)
          Tenth Day - Novel VII - King Pedro, apprised of the fervent love borne him by Lisa

composing system 3

Broke Dance Suite, Op. 290 (2018)
     V. Unkempt Gigue (Images from the Stark Land)

and orchestrating pages 13 / 9

Ravel Orchestrations, Op. 291
     I. Berceuse on the Name of Gabriel Faure (after Mother Goose Suite: I-II)

Satie Orchestrations, Op. 292 (2018)
     I. Secular and Instantaneous Hours: I. Obstacles Venieux (after Parade)

December 29 - In Conference

Out for brunch

on

another

beautiful

day with

Harriet and Megan,

returning

on

this

49th

of

fall,

high

again

57, to 

watch no less than four operas

W.A. Mozart (1756-1991) - Marriage of Figaro (1786)
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) - Aida (1871)
Georges Bizet (1838-1875) - Carmen (1875)
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) - Turandot (1924)

on the portable video projector, given and kindly loaded up with media by Angelica.  Projector's focal range a bit limited, so our solution decidedly idiomatic, and will continue to use older projection source for our Goat Hall Productions presentations et al.  Plenty of time to edit page 6 new-edition Mice and Men, Op. 45 (1992): Act IV, compose all of

The Decameron, Op. 289 (2018)
     100 Novels for Voices and Instruments, after the work (1353) of Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375)
          Tenth Day - Novel VI - King Charles the Old falls in love with two young maidens


[6 pages total], compose system 2

Broke Dance Suite, Op. 290 (2018)
     V. Unkempt Gigue (Images from the Stark Land) ]

and orchestrate systems 12 / 8

Ravel Orchestrations, Op. 291
     I. Berceuse on the Name of Gabriel Faure (after Mother Goose Suite: I-II)]

Satie Orchestrations, Op. 292 (2018)
     I. Secular and Instantaneous Hours (after Parade)

December 28 - Bernstein Centennial, Belated

Months after the event(which happened on the exact date in question), PBS airs the Tanglewood Festival's Leonard Bernstein (August 25, 1918 - October 14, 1990) Centennial Celebration, and it's a pretty fine foray into the composer-conductor-musicans's varied output, interests, and influences ...

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Boston Symphony Orchestra and Tanglewood Festival Chorus

The Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood
August 25, 2018
Koussevitsky Music Shed, Tanglewood, Lenox, MA
Andris Nelson, Christoph Eschenbach, Keith Lockhart,
Michael Tilson Thomas, and John Williams, conducting


Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
     Candide (1956)
          Overture

     Serenade (After Plato's Symposium) (1954)

          I. Phaedrus: Pausanias (Lento­–Allegro)

          Midori, Violin / Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

     Mass (1971)
           Meditation No. 3

           Kian Soltani, cello

     Symphony No. 3 ("Kaddish") (1963)
          II. Din-Torah - Kaddish 2

          Nadine Sierra, soprano

     West Side Story (1957)
          Prologue
          Maria
          A Boy Like That – I Have a Love
          Tonight (Quintet)

           Isabel Leonard, Jessica Vosk, Tony Yazbeck, vocalists
          Joshua Bergasse, choreography

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
     Des Knaben Wunderhorn (1899)
          I. Der Schildwache Nachtlied (1892)

          Thomas Hampson, baritone

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
     Appalachian Spring (1944)
          Finale

John Williams (b. 1932)
     Highwood’s Ghost: An Encounter, (2018)

          Jessica Zhou, harp / Yo-Yo Ma, cello

Gustav Mahler
     Symphony No. 2 ("Resurrection") (1894)

          Nadine Sierra, soprano / Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano

Leonard Bernstein
     West Side Story
          Somewhere


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While Mass: Meditation 3 is rather a medley of motives from the work, used as a vehicle for solo cello et al, and one might have preferred an all-Bernstein compositional array including music from Chichester Psalms (1965), etc. -- the program is overall a very worthy endeavor, taken in here on the 48th day of fall, high down 2 to 57,

Megan over for a visit,

brief

errands

out,

other musical videos in the mix (George Duning, 1908-200 - 3:10 to Yuma, 1957).  Edit page 5 new-edition Mice and Men, Op. 45 (1992): Act IV, finish composition of

The Decameron, Op. 289 (2018)
     100 Novels for Voices and Instruments, after the work (1353) of Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375)
          Tenth Day - Novel V - Madonna Dianora craves of Messer Ansaldo a garden [9 pages total],

begin

Broke Dance Suite, Op. 290 (2018)
     V. Unkempt Gigue (Images from the Stark Land),

and additionally orchestrate (pages 11 and 7 respectively)

Ravel Orchestrations, Op. 291 (2018)
     I. Berceuse on the Name of Gabriel Faure (after Mother Goose Suite: I-II)]

Satie Orchestrations, Op. 292 (2018)
     I. Secular and Instantaneous Hours: I. Obstacles Venieux (after Parade)

December 27 - Goings On About Town

A

circuit

of

errands

almost

always

in view of the mountains with

Harriet

on the

47th day of fall,

high down 2 to 59,

Megan over later in the afternoon.  Edit page 4 new-edition Mice and Men, Op. 45 (1992): Act IV, compose system 8

The Decameron, Op. 289 (2018)
     100 Novels for Voices and Instruments, after the work (1353) of Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375)
         Tenth Day - Novel V - Madonna Dianora craves of Messer Ansaldo a garden

and finish

Broke Dance Suite, Op. 290 (2018)
    IV. Varese Sarabande (Icy Folia)

[2 pages total]...

December 26 - Kennedy Center Honors, CBS Broadcast

41st Annual Kennedy Center Honors
December 2, 2018
Kennedy Center, Washington, DC
8pm, December 26
CBS Broadcast

Cher, Philip Glass, Reba McEntire, Wayne Shorter

Hamilton Co-Creators
(Lin-Manuel Miranda, Thomas Kail,
Andy Blankenbuehler, Alex Lacamoire)

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Philip Glass (b. 1937)
     Glassworks (1982)
          Opening
     Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
          Vessels

     Mishima (1985)
          V. Osamu's Theme: Kyoko's House

     Einstein on the Beach (1975)
          Act IV - KNEEPLAY 5


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Extraordinary to have Philip Glass so honored, given the Kennedy Center's decidedly mixed track record over the years, re composers...

Still waiting vis a vis Samuel Barber, Alan Hovhaness, Robert Johnson, Jan Koetsier, Nino Rota, Joe Turner, John Cage, Conlon Nancarrow, Benjamin Britten, Witold Lutoslawski, Marvin Hamlisch, Willie Dixon, Jerry Gray, Vincent Persichetti, Alberto Ginastera, Thelonius Monk, Richard Yardumian, Gottfried von Einem, George Rochberg, Bobby Troup, Nat "King" Cole, Alexander Courage, Erle Hagen, Mieczyslaw Weinberg, Charlie Parker, Malcolm Arnold, Astor Piazzolla, Elmer Bernstein, Hoyt Curtin, Lukas Foss, Neil Hefti, Gyorgy Ligeti, Fred Steiner, Claude Bailif, Paul Desmond, Maurice Jarre, Henry Mancini, Victor Montanez, Luciano Berio, Pierre Boulez, Bill Haley, Johnny Mandell, Gunther Schuller, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Gyrogy Kurtag, Lawrence Rosenthal, Jerry Bock, Jean-Michel Damase, Guido Haazen, Gerald Fried, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Charles Strouse, Fats Domino, Jerry Bock, Jerry Goldsmith, George Crumb, Edwin London, Robert Muczynski, Robert Ashley, Ornette Coleman, Lionel Bart, Toru Takemitsu, Luciano Kagel, Alexander Goehr, Little Richard, Krzysztof Penderecki, Henryk Gorecki, Terry Riley, Arvo Part, Jerry Lee Lewis, Peter Schickele, La Monte Young, Richard Berry, Buddy Holly, Steve Reich, Billy Roberts, John Corigliano, Jacques Hetu, Louis Andriessen, John Lennon, Frank Zappa, Paul Kantner, Aretha Franklin, Jerry Garcia, Jimi Hendrix, Daniel Lentz, Andy Summers, Michael Nesmith, George Harrison, Mick Jagger, Krzysztof Meyer, Roger Waters, Jim Morrison, Sima Bina, Michael Nyman, Chip Taylor, Bob Marley, Robert Fripp, Howard Shore, John Adams, Ian Anderson, Bob Berryhill, David Bowie, Steven Schwartz, Tom Scholz, Laurie Anderson, Gregg Allman, Donald Fagen, Ronnie van Zant, Brian Eno, Ian Paice, Ric Ocasek, Kerry Livgren, Peter Gabriel, Peer Frampton, Mark Mothersbaugh, Dewey Bunnel, David Byrne, Oliver Knussen, James Horner, Richard Page, Danny Elfman, Geddy Lee, Chas Smith, Eddie Van Halen, Thomas Newman, Michael Gordon, Johnny Rotten, Mark Alburger, David Lang, Tan Dun, Hans Zimmer, Salvator Brotons, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Prince, Erling Wold, Julia Wolfe, Hal Hartley, Bono, Axl Rose, James Hetfield, Joseph "Run" Simmons, Dr. Dre, Kurt Cobain, James MacMillan, Gert Hoorick, Steven Clark, Michael Romeo, Thom Yorke, Queen Latifah, Michael Cooke, Nathan Morris, Eminem, Thomas Ades, Ben Gibbard, Steven Price, Kanye West, Kat Walsh, Michael Dunsmoor, Lady Gag, Ryan Ross...

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Kennedy Center Honors - Composers / Songwriters

1978 - Richard Rodgers
1979 - Aaron Copland

1980 - Leonard Bernstein
1981 - Count Basie
1982 - Benny Goodman
1983 - Virgil Thomson
1984 - Gian Carlo Menotti
1985 - Frederick Loewe (Merce Cunningham honored, but not John Cage...)
1986 - Ray Charles
1987
1988
1989 - Harry Belafonte, William Schuman

1990 - Dizzy Gillespie
1991
1992 - Lionel Hampton
1993 - Stephen Sondheim
1994 - Morton Gould
1995 - B.B. King
1996 - Johnny Cash
1997 - Bob Dylan
1998 - Willie Nelson, Andre Previn
1999 - Stevie Wonder

2000 - Chuck Berry
2001 - Quincy Jones
2002 - Paul Simon
2003 - James Brown
2004 - Elton John, John Williams
2005 - Tina Turner
2006 - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Dolly Parton, Smokey Robinson
2007 - Brian Wilson
2008 - Barbara Streisand, Pete Townshend, Roger Daltry
2009 - Dave Brubeck, Bruce Springsteen

2010 - Merle Haggard, Jerry Herman, Paul McCartney
2011 - Neil Diamond, Sonny Rollins
2012 - Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
2013 - Herbie Hancock, Billy Joel, Santana
2014 - Al Green, Sting
2015 - Carole King
2016 - Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Timothy Schmit, Joe Walsh, James Taylor
2017 - Gloria Estefan, Lionel Richie
2018 - Philip Glass, Reba McEntire, Wayne Shorter, Lin-Manuel Miranda

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Kennedy Center Honors - Composers

1978 - Richard Rodgers
1979 - Aaron Copland

1980 - Leonard Bernstein
1981 - Count Basie
1982 - Benny Goodman
1983 - Virgil Thomson
1984 - Gian Carlo Menotti
1985 - Frederick Loewe
1986 - Ray Charles
1987
1988
1989 - William Schuman

1990 - Dizzy Gillespie
1991 - Adolph Green
1992 - Lionel Hampton
1993 - Stephen Sondheim
1994 - Morton Gould
1995
1996
1997
1998 - Andre Previn
1999

2000
2001 - Quincy Jones
2002
2003
2004 - Elton John, John Williams
2005
2006 - Andrew Lloyd Webber
2007
2008
2009 - Dave Brubeck

2010 - Jerry Herman, Paul McCartney
2011 - Sonny Rollins
2012
2013 - Herbie Hancock, Billy Joel
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018 - Philip Glass, Wayne Shorter, Lin-Manuel Miranda


***

But, overall, an interesting presentation, keeping Harriet et moi at attention...

Previous to this,

head off to

local UPS to print new-edition

The Gospel According to St. Matthew, Op. 72 (1998)

     VIII. Then Herod

and

     IX. An Angel of the Lord

as double Christmas Cards for this year,

and

eventually

mail

same, on the 46th day of fall, high down 2 to 61, editing page 3 new-edition Mice and Men, Op. 45 (1992): Act IV, composing system 7

The Decameron, Op. 289 (2018)
     100 Novels for Voices and Instruments, after the work (1353) of Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375)
          Tenth Day - Novel V - Madonna Dianora craves of Messer Ansaldo a garden

beginning

Broke Dance Suite, Op. 290 (2018)
    IV. Varese Sarabande (Icy Folia),

orchestrating pages 9 and 5 re

Ravel Orchestrations, Op. 291
    I. Berceuse on the Name of Gabriel Faure (after Mother Goose Suite: I-II)]

Satie Orchestrations, Op. 292 (2018)
    I. Secular and Instantaneous Hours: I. Obstacles Venieux (after Parade)   

and realizing that all these instrumentations amount to a large piece, so far...

Orchestrations, Op. 294 (2018)
     Medieval
     Renaissance
     Beethoven
     D'Indy
     Debussy
     Satie
     Ravel
     Prokofiev