February 13 - Across the Distance
Well before midnight, safely ensconced with Harriet in a San Diego hotel featuring Moorish / Moderne overtones.
To
get
there
takes
a
trip
down
80
and
the
foggy /
clear
skies
of
680
through Solano
and
Contra
Costa
Counties
to
Diablo Valley College to meet the Music Theoreticians for Quiz 5 (examples drawn from Josquin des Pres's El Grillo and Scaramella, Costanzo Festa's Quando Ritrova, Henry VIII's Pastime with Good Company, Louis Borgeoise's Old Hundredth, Thomas Morley's Now Is the Month of Maying, and Claudio Monteverdi's Vespers).
Subsequently,
return
up
a
continued
beautifully
stratus-
compromised
corridor
and
beyond
to
point of
origin,
then off via 80 and
50 briefly and
5 majorly,
to points south in
San Joaquin,
Stanislaus
(Shane P. Donlon Ranch,
Del Puerto Canyon,
Crow's Landing,
and
Newman),
Merced
(Santa
Nella),
Fresno,
(Panoche,
Joaquin
Rocks,
and
a
brief
respite
at
at
Harris
Ranch near
Coalinga),
Kings,
Kern
(Lost
Hills,
Buttonwillow --
sunset and
moonrise,
Mettler-Maricopa,
California aqueduct
and the
long
ascent
of
the
Grapevine,
to another break near Tejon Summit),
Los Angeles,
below Orange
to
San
Diego County --
to a
convenient locale,
lengthy wait behind suspect folks with complicated banking / ID problems,
and an intimate haven. Very late, email out Hector Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique International Music Score Library Project parts link to Opus 14 participants.