Six pages of orchestration of Israel in Trouble: II. Esau Was a Cunning Hunter, with a mess of lyrics derived from King James, Revised Standard, and Today's English -- a harmonization in 7th chords of Ghirardello da Firenze's caccia (a chase or hunting song, with two upper strict canonic parts at the unison, and a free bass line, now harmonized) Tosto che l'Alba -- serendipidously replacing the original hocketting Italian syllable "su" with "soup"[!] as Jacob taunts his brother with the temptation of a ladled meal.
Before this, making a table of contents for markalburgerworks.blogspot.com, and, before that, the weekly Mice and Men rehearsal at Chamber Arts, now with can of beans (or is that soup that Wayne Wong's George is holding, as he holds forth to Maria Mikheyenko's Lennie?) in Act I: everyone's memorized and we're on a good trajectory for the early September performances, concluding practice today with recording of the two Dreamsongs
[Mice Suites: Dreamsong I]
and Threatsong
(additionally graced by Megan Cullen as Boss) posted soon at above and also for markalburgerevents.blogspot.com.
Dinner with Harriet at local bistro (tempted by the chowder), and, oh yes, and decide that it is officially time to acknowledge this crazy work-in-progress The Bible, with an opus number, 168, consisting of --
THE BIBLE (August 24, 2008)
GENESIS
THE CREATION
QUARTET FOR THE BEGINNING OF TIME: ADAM AND EVE AND CAIN AND ABEL
BABEL
NOAH'S FLOOD ("Noah, Noah"): A MYSTERY PLAY
ABRAHAM AND ...
LOT IN LIFE
. . . ISAAC
ISRAEL IN TROUBLE
AMAZING JOSEPH
MOSES AND AARON
EXODUS / THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
LEVITICUS
NUMBERS
DEUTERONOMY
JOSHUA FOUGHT THE BATTLE
SAMPSON AND DELILAH
DEBORAH
GIDEON
SAMPSON
SAUL! SAUL!
KING DAVID
SOLOMON
ELIJAH ROCK
ESTHER XERXES
JOB: A MASQUE
PSALMS
PSALM 6 FOR OBOE
PSALM 92 (SONG FOR THE SABBATH DAY)
SONGS OF DEGREES (PSALMS 130-134)
ECCLESIASTES, OR THE PREACHER
THE OPERA OF DANIEL
MATTHEW
THE NATIVITY
JOHN AND . . .
THE GOSPEL
THE BEATITUDES
THE LORD'S PRAYER
. . . SALOME
THE PASSION
LUKE
THE NATIVITY
MAGNIFICAT
ST. PAUL SUITE
SAN TIMOTEO CAN[YON]TATA
BOOK I
BOOK II
-- which will be eventually supplemented by other works infilling. Meanwhile, have recorded thus far approximately one hour and forty minutes of above.
