December 26 - Holiday Opus

Rehearsal for The Opus Project presents Opus 24 (8pm, Saturday, December 27, Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA), including...

Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)
     Es ist ein Ros entsprungen [Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming] (1609)

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
     The Damnation of Faust, Op. 24 (1854)
          Act I:  III. Hungarian March

Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
     Eugene Onegin, Op 24 (1878)
          Act II:  I. Waltz

Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)
     Elegie, Op. 24 (1883)

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
     Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24 (1890)
          Finale

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
     Hugh the Drover, or Love in the Stocks (1914)
         Prelude

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
     Renard (1916) 
          Marche (Entrance of the Actors)

Anton Webern (1883-1945)
     Concerto, Op. 24 (1934)
         II. Sehr langsam

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
     The Gambler, Op. 24 (1917)
          Prelude
     
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)
     Les Choéphores, Op. 24 (1915)
          I. Furious Funeral

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
     The Gunshot, Op. 24 (1929)
          I.  Con moto
     
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
     Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24 (1947)
          Conclusion

Mick Jagger (b. 1943)
     (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (1965)

Scott Sterling (b. 1970)
     Endless Rolling Round  

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
     Kleine Kammermusik, Op. 24, No. 2 (1921)
           III. Ruhig und einfach (Quiet and easy)

Stardust (b. 1962)
     Quartet No. 1 for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, and Horn (2014)  
          I / II / III

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Pretty

committed:

the

day 

after

Christmas --

rehearsal

day

voted

by

the

players!...

While Boxing Day is a holiday in Canada; here,

it's a symphony of Renaissance / Romantic / Modern Airs and Dances...

with composition re page 6 Portraits of ___ (Some Multiple of Three) Women: XIX. Pandora somewhere in the mix

December 25 - Sharing Gifts, Travelling Near

Christmas

with Harriet, Megan,

Hector, Flora, Marshall, and Felicia:

almost the same crew as last year in Lake Tahoe --

now comfortably local, and a good time is had by all... including extended matters Biblical, sometimes referencing The Bible, Op. 168.  A call to Bette, George, Chris, and Ann: mid-afternoon, general merriment on the Eastern front, as well.  Late-night composition page 4 Portraits of ___(Some Multiple of Three) Women: XX. Pandora, Op. 231 + a new edition of  

The Creation, Op. 93 (2000). 

Also post new Facebook banner and

profile pictures as promos for The Opus Project presents Opus 24 (8pm, Saturday, December 27, Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA).

December 24 - Eve, Eve...

Who is there that singest Noel?  Ah, aye, a friend... friends...  Produce the yearly Christmas card, second-annually doubling as Holiday Concert-Party poster (specifically The Opus Project presents Opus 24) -- effective in either capacity?  Hmmm...  Send out International Music Score Library Project pdf links of all relevant Opus repertory to committed / potential / prospective participants,  compose page 4 Portraits of ___(Some Multiple of Three) Women: XX. Pandora, prepare score for Orpheus Cycle, Op.24: II. E: The Lament - Desperate Orpheus.

+ a new arrival at Harriet and Mark's: a more efficient vacuum cleaner... 

Head

out

for

gifts

at

the local emporium --

twice --

and prepare the traditional Eve's fare -- spaghetti!... what could be more Christmassy, after all?...  Ah, melodious night...

December 23 -- Raisons d'Etre

Plenteous preparations, over engaging televisionic fare, re The Opus Project presents Opus 24 (8pm, December 27, Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA)

and other endeavors of the season, plus composition page 3 Portraits of ___(Some Multiple of Three) Women: XX. Pandora,

with Megan

over for

a

visit.

December 22 - Sounding Day

Take in Kevin Puts's notable Silent Night on PBS,

and other video fare, during general catch-up and a second page for Portraits of ___(Some Multiple of Three) Women: XX. Pandora -- on the first completely sunny day of the month, after 21 completely / mostly / partly cloudy ones...

December 21 - Time and the River

Finish the registering of Fall 2014 Diablo Valley College Music History and Theory Grades on the website -- hallelujah! -- and begin composition for

Portraits of ___(Some Multiple of Three) Women: XX. Pandora,

on the warmest day of the month (70!: so, make that, probably, the last summer day of the year, 239 such), over various video volumes....