February 18 - Prepositions, Propositions


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2YVJc-8zXg

Have posted a rough draft of Cats, Dogs, and Divas, Op. 104: XVI. The Proposition, since Maggie did such a bang-up job with it in the studio -- lament that I neglected to take some snaps -- next time...

Amazing what a difference a few words can make, perhaps the experience of a conductor, but after an initial take that was arguably overly "classical," and not really the way she performed it live last month, Ms. Tennenbaum then really went for it, and "vamped" it up, as you can hear.  Her voice is dead center, at a concert distance from the mike -- to this I added two disreputable old-man vocals, close in, panned extreme left and right -- live these lines were sung by Janet Lohr and Cynthia Weyuker in male personae -- undoubtably we will add them to final mix -- hope they will be comfortable with my addition....

Home and about town the rest of the day, preparing music for Halfway Mark, specifically xeroxing parts for Psalm 6, Ecclesiastes, Aerial Requiem...



Finished, perhaps second time, Tacitus's  



Annals, continuing to plod away through the Britanica Great Books Series (Erling can testify it took me years to get through Plutarch), on to T's Histories, which may be quick sailing....

Realize that series, string-em-together, a big interest -- complete works; linked hikes on Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest, walking-to-Nevada....