February 24 - Flying Luck

After very late night and driving rain, we take a flying run down to Berkeley Chamber Arts (would that the day were as pleasant as the picture) for our second rehearsal there and first shot at music for the next two Four Horsewomen of the Apocalypse shows: April 19 The Red Horse and May 9 Black Horse / Gray Horse at St. Gregory of Nyssa's SF again (a bit of info at markalburgerevents.blogspot.com and more to come).


Harriet, Kat, and I go over San Rafael News and


some Kurt Weill Threepenny Opera (Polly's Lied, First Threepenny Finale, Jealosy Duet).

Record some Flying Out the Mouth excerpts, including

XIV. The Woman from the Sky



and III. Yonder in the North with Kat there, and V. All the Dark Birds and

VII. Flying Out the Mouth



with Harriet at home. Will also post at markalburgerworks.blogspot.com soon, plus mixes utilizing the original Native American songs.


The latter versions constitute part of a new piece, as of today:

Op. 155 FLYING MIXES (February 24, 2008)
I. Yonder in the North (Northern Plains Rabbit Dance)
II. All the Dark Birds (Navajo Ribbon Dance)
III. Flying Out the Mouth (Yurok Women's Brush Dance)
IV. The Woman From the Sky (Creek Gar Dance)
XV. Wind Song I-III (Seneca Alligator Dance)

February 10 - Berkeley Bounce

To Berkeley for Four Horsewomen of the Apocalypse: The White Horse rehearsal (show is 8pm, February 16, St. Gregory of Nyssa, 500 De Haro, SF, more info at markalburgerevents.blogspot.com and goathall.org), beginning with Harriet and Sarah for Flying Out the Mouth, concluding with a run-through, with MIDI tracks and keyboard.


Next up, Suzanna, with Mice Suite No. 2 and a White Horse Suite of June's Song from Henry Miler in Brooklyn, Block 12 from Camino Real, and Brunnhilde from Cats, Dogs, and Divas, a combination of known material and coming-along-nicely.


Lunch, and probably the last time, at Celia's Berkeley at its near-the-waterfront local, since they're closing this Thursday, then we're back home in merry glissading abandonment, putting up material on the blogs.


Including recordings just made of Op 60 12 Preludes and Fugues: IIa Basic Position on the Triads (Prelude)



(with its alarming pseudo-G.F. Handel-Water-Music distortions) and

XIa. Turn On, Boot Up (Prelude)



(a rhythmic regularizing of The Bald Soprano: Goodness Someone Is Knocking [Part II], with thrashy guitars) both here and at markalburgerworks.blogspot.com, plus writing up Claudio Monteverdi and posting pictures and three versions of the Toccata from L'Orfeo up at markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.com.