September 6 - Zooming to the Future

Family Zoom and completion of

           d. Orlando Gibbons

section for video

Music History, Op. 335
     VI. Baroque Music (I. Early to Middle)

midday Greenspace Walk from Sequoia

southwest in the Yosemite / Grand Canyon margin back to

Opposite Path's End,

on the

158th day of summer,

high up 8 to 111! --

tying with August 15 as highest of year!

A fine time to take in

Thomas Ades (b. 1971) -

The Tempest (2004) and

have a Part II Duo Zoom with Cliff...

September 5 - Extended Warm Wishes

Take a break while finishing the

Music History, Op. 335
     VI. Baroque Music (I. Early to Middle)

d. Girolamo Frescobaldi

section,

walking with Harriet to Opposite Path's End in the Yosemite / Grand Canyon Greenspace,

having proceeded from Bryce via

Plumas,

on the what-are-we-doing-out-here 157th day of summer,

high up a point to 103!

The hours also feature the first chord change in 7 years in a performance of the

John Cage (1911-1992) -

As Slow As Possible (1985),

that has been ongoing at

St. Burchardi Church in Halberstadt, Germany,

that began in 2001

with Section 1 a

2-years duration of no notes, Part 2 in 2003 being the first chord of G#4-B4-G#5, and today's 15th change after by far the longest durational stasis in the projected 1st 65 Impulses through July 5, 2071...

September 4 - Connections

Zoom sessions

with all of the

Diablo Valley College classes,

more work on the video

Music History, Op. 335
     VI. Baroque Music (I. Early to Middle)

finishing up the
        
d. Thomas Ravenscroft

section

and out for the day's

Greenspace walk --

now southeast from

Yosemite into

Bryce,

back to

Outdoor Lounge,

returning

on this

156th day of

summer --

high up

7 to a

turkey-toasting

102...

the warmest since

August 18's

108, and

31st of the year at

100 or more, but still

constitutionally sound (barely)...