Off to Fairfield's impressive
Our Lady of Carmel for
Kim Andre Arneson's
Magnificat --
considerably gentler than those of J.S. Bach, Claudio Monteverdi, Alan Hovhaness, and Mark Alburger --
with Jill Wagoner as the magnificent soloist.
Before this, piano-vocal and
visual libretto re Alma Maria Schindler Mahler Gropius Werfel, Op. 232: XLVIII. 1926 - Rupert Joseph / Oskar Kokoschka, Paul Kammerer (Alma's Inspiration), and composition of
Variations on the Romanesca, Op. 251: XXVIII. Benjamnin Britten (1913-1976) - Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 (1946) and
Eight Waltzes, Op. 252, from Alma...VIII. High down 4 to 75 on the 38th day of summer, with a bit of precip in the mix: .04, for a total of 19.63 since the rainfall year began (July 1).
