July 25 - God Be With Ye
Farewell to the two fine groups of DVC Summer 2019 Music Historians (San Ramon and Pleasant Hill)!
Pleasures, indeed,
including a George Crumb's Black Angels,
a fairly thorough Philip Glass playlist and
Quiz 12 (20th-Century IV) as finale...
on the hot again on the diverting 110th day of summer, second day of high 102 (tying w/ yesterday and June 10 2nd warmest for the year) --
Fairfield,
Martinez,
Pleasant Hill,
San Ramon,
-- yet all bested by today's recent of two heat waves in Europe, with Paris and Lingen both recording their highest temperatures ever: 107 and 108 respectively, this latter making for Germany's overall record, too...
Last Pony Express route walk during the semester, too -- still on the south slope of the North Lagoon Mountains, along Cherry Glen from Oak Parking west to Ranch Canyon. Back home at last, composing page 2 of The Gospel According to St. John, Op. 327: IV. The Woman of Samaria...