March 31 - Good Timess

Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf for Dictation / Keyboard-Solfege / Board Harmony for the Theoreticians,

followed by Quiz 9 --

the musical examples from

Charles Ives, Scott Joplin, Claude Debussy, and Igor Stravinsky.

The

scenic

commute

before

(fog,

sunshine,

shadow,

Stonewind.

Suisun Bay,

The Rills,

Concord Ridge,

Carquinez Strait,

Mt. Diablo)

and after,

diverting via 4

before

heading

exactly

homeward

through

the

sensuous slopes,

composing Variations on the Romanesca, Op. 251: XXX. Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) - La Creation du Monde (1923),

in counterpoint to video counterpoints--

30th day of summer, high up 2 to 75.

March 30 - Lifting Fog

Still

more

work

to

be

done

on

the

vehicle --

shock

absorbers,

etc....

loaner car provided -- so back down to Novato Toyota,

and

thence,

south /

southeast

Alameda-

and

UC Berkeley-wise,

for more research w/r/t The Opus Project presents Opus 40: Mechanical / Organic.

 Take

a

token

jog

homeward

(with

an

opportunity

to

check the increasing inland tmperatures on the way

Cordelia - 70
South Fairfield - 72
North Fairfield - 74 ),

and

soon

head out again

(Vacaville - 75

Lynch

Canyon -

66

Vallejo Pass - 65)

to

pick

up

the

renewed

transport, 

then

northward

on

101,

via San Antonio Valley,

into Sonoma,

east to Frates,

Adobe,

116,

12 over the

Mayacamas Mountains

into

Napa,

and

onward

over

the River Bridge,

up

and

down

Jamison

Canyon,

back into Solano,

and ultimately home.

Back into summerlike temps (29th day such this with a high of 73 -- 67 San Rafael, 57 the East Bay destination), creating piano-vocal score

and double-checking

visual libretto re  

Alma Maria Schindler Mahler Gropius Werfel, Op. 232: XL. 1918 - Hulda Reserl / Hermine Moos / Martin Johannes Werfel (Kokoschka's Doll / Alma's Son),

in cognative dissonance with organized video.