Roman de Favvel (The Horse-Ass Novel), Op. 276

Op. 276 ROMAN DE FAVVEL
(THE HORSE-ASS NOVEL -
Flattery, Avarice, Vileness, Variability, Envy, Laxity)
(February 22, 2018)
after Gervais de Bus's Roman de Fauvel
(Faus Vel - Falseness), 1314, Book I, Folio 1-2

I. Favellandi vicium et fex avarcie obtinet nunc
      solium summumque locum curie
     (Horse-Ass's fits and sex-greed now occupy
      the seat of the Supreme Court
     … 2-voice expanding isorhythmic motet)

II. Mundus a mundicia (This lying world…
     2-voice Notre Dame conductus hybrid motet)

III. Quare fremuerunt (Why do the nations rage…
     2-voice new conductus motet)

IV. Super cathedram Moysi latita sub ypocrisi /
     Presidentes in thronis seculi sunt hodie dolus et parina /
     Ruina
     (This modern world is hidden under a flock of hypocrisy /
     Presiding over their seats in today's world, fraud and extortion /
     Ruins… 3-voice motet)

V. Scariottis geiniture viperera /
     Jure quod in opere /
     Superne matris gaudia
     (The scar of reproduction /
     Right in the act /
     The holy mother's joy
      … 3-voice assassination commemoration motet)

VI. Heu, quo progreditur prevaricacio!
     (Oh, how the progress of prevarication!
     … monophonic conductus [in 14-voice canon])

VII. In mari miserie /
     Manere (In the sea of misery /
     Stay… 2[3]-voice motet)

VIII. Ad solitum vomitum / Regnat
    (The usual vomit / Rules…
    2-voice Latin motet, c. 1200)

IX. Nulla Pestis / Plange / Vergente
    (No pest is worse than a familiar enemy / Weep / Verging)

XIV. Fauvel nous a fait
    (Horse-Ass has made a gift)

XXXVI. Bon vin doit
    (This song needs a drink)


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Performance:

May 5, 2018
Fast and the Furies
San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra
St. Mark's Lutheran Church, San Francisco

2018, Op. 275

Op. 275 2018 (January 29, 2018)
     For Voices and Orchestra
          I. A Very Stable Genius (January 7)
          II. Hawaiian Nuclear Scare
          III. New York Times Editorial


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New Year's Eve, 2017, Op. 274

Op. 274 NEW YEAR'S EVE, 2017 (December 31, 2017)
For Voices and Orchestra
[New York Times Articles (December 31)]


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Christmas, 2017, Op. 273

Op. 273 CHRISTMAS, 2017 (December 20, 2017)
For Voices (Live / Pre-recorded) and Orchestra

I. Tax Cut Critique (December 20)

II. PBS Rebroadcast (December 21)

III. Washington Week Rebroadcast (December 22)


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Fresh Voices I-XVII Chronology, in Thanks, Op. 272

Fresh Voices I-XVII Chronology, in Thanks, Op. 272 
     (November 5, 2017)

     I. Henry Miller in Brooklyn, Op. 77 (1999, Mel Clay)
          VI. Arthur Rimbaud
                (June 17-18, 2000, Goat Hall, San Francisco)

      II. Antigone, Op. 88 (2000, Jean Anouilh)
               XV. Aria - "You think you knew"

  

           The Little Prince, Op. 89 (2000, Antoine de St. Exupery)
               VIII. Day
               (July 20-22, August 3-5, 2001, Goat Hall, San Francisco)
    

       III. The Bald Soprano, Op. 94 (2001, Eugene Ionesco)
               XVIII. The Fire - Aria

           The Wind God, Op. 96 (2001, Harriet March Page)
               XV. Noah
               (July 19-21, 26-28, Goat Hall, San Francisco, 2002)

      IV. Animal Opera, Op. 95 (2001, George Orwell)
               IIb. The Seven Commandments
               (July 25-27, 2003, Goat Hall, San Francisco)

       V. Camino Real, Op. 110 (2003, Tennessee Williams)
                Block 10
               (August 20-22, 27-29, 2004, Thick House, San Francisco)
      VI. Ecclesiastes, Op. 3 (1975, The Preacher)
                III. For Everything
      San Rafael News, Op. 51 (1994, Found Texts)
                  III. Death Catch
            Cats, Dogs, and Divas, Op. 104 (2001, Harriet March Page)
                  VII. Make a Man a God
            The Pied Piper of Hamelin, Op. 116 (2004, Robert Browning)
                  Overture - Rats!
                  (May 18-20, 2006, Thick House, San Francisco)
       VII. Waiting for Godot, Op. 128 (2005, Samuel Beckett)
                  IV. Two Thieves
                  (June 15-16, 22, 24, 2007, Goat Hall, San Francisco)
       VIII. Mice Suites, Op. 68 (1998, John Steinbeck)
                  XIII. Dreamsong II
                  (September 6-7, 12, 14, 2008, Community Music Center, San Francisco)
        IX. Sex and Delilah, Op. 173 (2009, The Book of Judges)
                  III. Delilah
                 (May 22-23, 2009, Community Music Center, San Francisco)
         X. Job, Op. 79 (1999, The Book of Job)
                 Scene VIII - Dialogue III "Is There Someone?"
                  (June 17-19, 2010, Live Oak Theatre, Berkeley)
         XI. LA Stories, Op. 50 (1994, Found Texts)
                  San Fernando Hub: I. Fresno
                 (December 31, 2011, Community Music Center, San Francisco)
         XII. Psalm 92, Op. 9 (1977, Psalms)
                     V.-XI….unicorn…fresh oil
                     (April 14, 2012, Community Music Center, San Francisco, 2012)
          XIII. Decameron: 1st Day, Op. 200 (2012, Boccaccio)
                    X. Master Alberto
                   (July 5-6, 2013, Community Music Center, San Francisco)
           XIV. Abducted by Aliens, Op. 222 (2014, Wikipedia)
                    I. Gemini VII Bogey
                    (July 11-12, 2014, Community Music Center, San Francisco)
           XV. Portraits of __ (Some Multiple of 3) Women, Op. 231
                    (2014, Roland March)
                    IX. Olivia
                    (July 10-11, 2015, Community Music Center, San Francisco)
            XVI. Alma Maria Schindler Mahler Gropius Werfel, Op. 232 (2014, Websites)
                     XL. 1918 - Martin Werfel / Hulda Reserl / Hermine Moos
                     (August 12-13, 26-27, 2016, Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek)
            XVII. 2017, Op. 261 (YouTube)
                       I. Farewell Address (January 10, Chicago, IL)
                      (August 5, 12 / 19 / 27, 2017  Bay Area Stage, Valllejo /
                      St. Alban's Church, Albany;
                      Community Music Center, San Francisco)

Tropes on Benjamin Britten's Songs from the Chinese, Op. 271

Op. 271 TROPES ON BENJAMIN BRITTEN'S
SONGS FROM THE CHINESE (October 9, 2017)
For Voice and Keyboard / Harps / Guitars
I. The Big Chariot
II. Depression


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The Decameron - Ninth Day, Op. 270

Op. 270  THE DECAMERON (October 4, 2017)
100 Novels for Voices and Instruments,
after the work (1353) of Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375)
NINTH DAY / Introduction
Novel I - Madonna Francesca, having two lovers,
artfully rids herself of both
Novel II - An abbess rises in haste in the dark
Novel III - Master Simone,
     at the instance of Bruno and Buffalmacco and Nello,
     makes Calandrino believe that he is with child
Novel IV - Cecco Fortarrigo, loses his all at play at Buonconvento,
     besides the money of his master Cecco Angiulieri
Novel V - Calandrino being enamoured of a damsel,
     Bruno gives him a scroll, averring that,
     if he but touch her therewith, she will go with him
Novel VI -  Two young men lodge at an inn,
     of whom the one lies with the host's daughter,
     his wife by inadvertence lying with the other.
Novel VII - Talano di Molese dreams
Novel VIII - Biondello gulls Ciacco in the matter of a breakfast
Novel IX -  Two young men ask counsel of Solomon
Novel X - Dom Gianni at the instance of his gossip Pietro
     uses an enchantment to transform Pietro's wife into a mare


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