Home all day, some of it with
Harriet and Megan, who have demanding class schedules, etc. Check with Bret and Owen, re substitute teaching this week, and it's quite a lot -- double Baroque presentations for the former; Theme and Variations, and Leading-Tone Triad for the latter. Prepare in particular for the penultimate, as follows
Braye Lute Book (b. c. 1530) - Pavana (Variations on The Romanesca, 1560)
Irish Virginal Book (b. c. 1540) - Variations on The Romanesca (1570)
England (b. c. 1620) - Greensleeves to a Ground (1650)
Johannes Pachelbel (1653-1708) - Canon for Three Violins and Cello in D (1694)
Henry Purcell (1659-1695) - Dido and Aeneas: When I Am Laid in Earth (1689)
J.S. Bach (1685-1750) - Organ Passacaglia in C Minor (1713)
F.J. Haydn (1732-1809) - Symphony No. 94 ("Surprise") (1791)
String Quartet No. 62 ("Emperor"), Op. 76, No. 3 : II. Poco adagio; cantabile (1797)
W.A. Mozart (1756-1791) - Variations on "Ah, Vous Dirai-Je Maman" (1781)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) - Symphony No. 7, Op. 92: II. Allegretto (1812)
Diabelli Variations, Op. 120 (1823)
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Piano Quintet in A Major ("Trout"), Op. 114: IV. Andantino - Allegretto (1819)
String Quartet No 14 ("Death and the Maiden"), Op. 7, No. 3: II. Andante con moto (1824)
Franz Liszt (1811-1886) - Totentanz (1853)
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) - Rigoletto: Bella Figlia (1851)
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) - Symphony No. 4, Op. 98: IV. Allegro energico e passionato (1885)
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) - Symphony No. 1: III. Solemnly measured, without dragging (1888)
Edward Elgar (1857- 1934) - Variations on an Original Theme ("Enigma"), Op. 36 (1899)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) - Symphony No. 8: I. Fantasia Variazioni Senza Tema (1955)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) - Chopin C Minor Prelude Variations, Op, 22 (1903)
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 (1934)
Charles Ives (1874-1954) - Variations on America (1891)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) - Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31 (1928)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) - Bolero (1928)
King Oliver (1881-1938) - Dippermouth Blues (1923)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) - The Firebird: Variations of the Firebird (1909)
Pucinella: Gavotte with Two Variations (1920)
Octet for Winds: II. Tema con variazioni (Andantino) (1923)
Scenes de Ballet: Variations (1944)
Sonata for Two Pianos: II. Theme with Variations (1944)
Ebony Concerto: III. Moderato (1945)
Chorale Variations (1956)
Variations (Aldous Huxley in Memoriam) (1964)
Anton Webern (1883-1945) - Passacaglia, Op. 1 (1908)
Piano Variations, Op. 27 (1936)
Variations for Orchestra, Op. 30 (1940)
Alban Berg (1885-1935) - Wozzeck: Act I, Scene 3, Lullaby (1922)
Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941) - Dead Man Blues (1926)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) - Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 26: II. Tema con variations (1921)
Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 (1936)
Aaron Copland (1900-1990) - Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Tune (1944)
Louis Armstong (1901-1971) - West End Blues (1928)
Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989) - Double Piano Concerto, Op. 30: II. Theme and Variations (1948)
Joe Garland (1903-1977) - In the Mood (1939)
Paul Creston (1906-1985) - Dance Variations, Op. 30 (1942)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981) - Wondrous Love Variations on a Shape Note Hymn, Op. 34 (1959)
John Cage (1911-1992) - Variations V (1965)
Conlon Nancarrow (1912-1997) - Study No. 3 ("Boogie-Woogie Suite") (1949)
Benjamnin Britten (1913-1976) - Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 (1946)
Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994) - Symphonic Variations (1938)
Paganini Variations (1941)
Dizzy Gilespie (1917-1993) - Shaw'Nuff (1945)
Thelonius Monk (1917-1982) - Misterioso (1948)
Luciano Berio (1925-2003) - Sinfonia: III (1969)
George Crumb (b. 1929) - Vox Balaenae (1971)
Steve Reich (b. 1936) - Music for 18 Musicians (1978)
Octet (1979)
Philip Glass (b. 1937) - Einstein on the Beach (1975)
Roger Waters (b. 1943) - Wish You Were Here: Shine On You Crazy Diamond (1975)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957) - Variations and Theme, Op. 6 (1976)
Interrupted Interludes, Op. 7: II. Rod Song (1977)
The Twelve Fingers, Op. 9: X. Theme and Variations (1977)
Mary Variations, Op. 28 (1985)
Street Songs, Op. 29: II. At a Photo Shop (1985)
Deploration Passacaglicas, Op. 43 (1992)
San Fernando Hub, Op. 48: I. Fresno (1993)
San Rafael News, Op. 51: V. Lifespan (1995)
Diabolic Variations, Op. 130 (2005)
Also produce the piano-vocal (pages 17-18) and
visual libretto to Alma Maria Schindler Mahler Gropius Werfel, Op. 232: IX. 1887 - Prince Rudolf (Alma's Father's Employer), +
begin composition of Quintet ("Bullets") for Orchestra, Op. 250,
after the George Onslow (1784-1853) String Quintet No. 15 (1823),
before a late-evening
(17th day of summer, high 73) blitz to UC Davis,
for score-study re The Opus Project Presents Opus 39: Strange But True! (8pm, March 26, 2016, Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA), specifically:
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Albert Herring, Op. 39 (1947)
Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987) Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 39 (1950)
George Crumb (b. 1929) Apparition (1979)
+ piano-vocal score of Ernst Krenek (1900-1991) - Jonny spielt auf, Op. 45 (1925), re Alma...
