September 30 - And Again!

SAN FRANCISCO COMPOSERS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA PRESENTS
MUSIC OF AIR, EARTH, FIRE, AND WATER

8pm, Saturday, October 4                
Old First Presbyterian Church
1751 Sacramento Street
San Francisco, CA
                                  
Mark Alburger - Abducted by Aliens
Michael Kimbell - Front Line
Loren Jones - Raven and Panther
Lisa Scola Prosek - Interludes from "The Lariat"
Stardust - Railway Sonata

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By morning, design the SFCCO's Fall 2014 poster,

and

head

off

towards

the wonders of

Diablo Valley College, rendezvousing with the Theoreticians for the W.A. Mozart Piano Sonata in C Major, K. 545: I for Dictation, Keybard-Solfege, and Board Harmony. 

Mid-day

out-and-about,

grading

papers,

returning

for

the

evening class, proceeding through matters Baroque towards the Classical and Early Romantic, as below:

C Melodic Minor Scale (Key Signature of Three Flats Bb - Eb - Ab)

Ascending - C D Eb F G A-Natural B-Natural C

Descending - C Bb Ab G F Eb D C


Four Movements of a Typical Symphony, and their Letter Designations

Sonata Allegro A (Exposition) B (Development) A' (Recapitulation)
                         ab                                                  a'b'

Theme and Variations A A' A'' --- (etc.)

Minuet and Trio A                            B                              A
                           a(repeat) b(repeat) c(repeat) d(repeat)   a b

Rondo  ABACA  (ABACABA)

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 -1827)  
Stylistic Periods and Characterizations


Early - Classical

Middle - Typical

Late - Romantic

Listening
[8732] F.J. Haydn - Symphony No. 94 ("Surprise"): II
[8756] W.A. Mozart - Violin Concerto No. 5 ("Turkish"): III
[8770] Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 1: I
[8803] Hector Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique: V. Dream of a Witches' Sabbath
[8807] Felix Mendelssohn - Oveture to "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
[8813] Giuseppe Verdi - Rigoletto: Quartet

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Compose page 3 of Portraits of ... (Some Multiple of 3) Women: XXI. Who Is She?, upon return, making this the 199th day of summer, high an identity at 82 (142nd this year at 80+).

September 29 - Waking Up

Week 7 for the Theoreticians, with Triad Inversions via J.S. Bach's Cantata No. 140 ("Wachet Auf"): VII. Chorale, first phrase. 

Getting

there

always

a

pleasure,

and 

continuing so in the lab with Carol,

a lunch stop,

and

homeward to

Harriet, composing a second page of Portraits of ___ (Some Multiple of 3) Women: XXI. Who Is She, on the 198th day of summer, high waltzing back up to 82 (141st of season for 80-or-more).

September 28 - And Center

Second rehearsal for San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra's Music of Air, Earth, Fire, and Water (8pm, Old First Presbyterian Church, SF) -- including Michael Kimbell's Front Line,

Lisa

Scola

Prosek's 

Interludes 

from 

"The Lariat", Mark Alburger's Abducted by Aliens, Stardust's Railroad Sonata, and

Loren Jones's Raven and Panther...

after which, a circuitous return, via a detour north of 37, on 121 and 12, in the dead of night. 

Before all  this, begin gathering the repertory for The Opus Project presents Opus 22 and commence composing Portraits of ___ (Some Multiple of 3) Women: XXI. Who Is She?, troped on Charles Ives's The Unanswered Question, after picture and texts by Roland March,

eventually

heading

down

I-

80

on

the

197th

day of summer,

the mercury returning to two-days ago's low high of the month, at 75 (actually one degree warmer -- a patriotic 76 -- in the City).