No Exit, Op. 330

Op. 330 NO EXIT (September 20, 2019)
     (after Jean-Paul Sartre, 1905-1980)
     I. Hm!
     II. Something in the Way You Stare at Me
     III. Did You Call, Sir?
     IV. Don't Look Up
     V. Mister Garcin!
     VI. Why Are We Here?
     VII. If Only Each
     VIII.  I Shall Never Be
     IX.  Have You a Glass?
     X.  Let Me Be Your Mirror
     XI.  I'm Here Because
     XII.  Damned Bitch
     XIII.  Your Turn
     XIV.  Don't Turn
     XV.  I'm Going
     XVI.  Well?


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     May 8, 2021
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Julius Caesar, Op. 329

Op. 329 JULIUS CAESAR (September 15, 2019)
     Act I
          Scene I.   Rome.  A street.
          Scene II.  A public place.
          Scene III.  A street.
     Act II
          Scene 1.  Rome.  Brutus's orchard.
          Scene II.  Caesar's house.
          Scene III.  A street near the Capitol. /
          Scene IV.  Before the house of Brutus.
     Act III
          Scene I.  The Capitol.
          Scene II.  The Forum.
          Scene III.  A street.
     Act IV
          Scene I.  A house in Rome.
          Scene II.  Camp near Sardis. Before Brutus's tent.
          Scene III.  Brutus's tent.
     Act V
          Scene I.  The plains of Philippi.
          Scene II.  The same. The field of battle.
          Scene III.  Another part of the field.
          Scene IV.  Another part of the field.
          Scene V.  Another part of the field.


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     May 8, 2021
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          Spring Ahead Fallback
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Macbeth, Op. 328

Op. 328 MACBETH (August 15, 2019)
     Act I
          Scene I. A desert place.
          Scene II. A camp near Forres.
          Scene III. A heath near Forres.
          Scene IV. Forres. The palace.
          Scene V. Inverness. Macbeth's castle.
          Scene VI. Before Macbeth's castle.
          Scene VII. Macbeth's castle
     Act II
          Scene I. Court of Macbeth's castle.
          Scene II. The same.
          Scene III. The same.
          Scene IV. Outside Macbeth's castle.
     Act III
          Scene I. Forres. The palace.
          Scene II. The palace.
          Scene III. A park near the palace.
          Scene IV. The same. Hall in the palace.
          Scene V. A Heath.
          Scene VI. Forres. The palace.
     Act IV
          Scene I. A cavern.  In the middle, a boiling cauldron.
          Scene II. Fife. Macduff's castle.
          Scene III. England.  Before the King's palace.
     Act V
          Scene I. Dunsinane.  Ante-room in the castle.
          Scene II. The country near Dunsinane.
          Scene III. Dunsinane.  A room in the castle.
          Scene IV. Contry near Birnam wood.
          Scene V. Dunsinane.  Within the castle.
          Scene VI. Dunsinane.  Before the castle.
          Scene VII. Another part of the field.
          Scene VIII. Another part of the field.

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Performance:

     May 8, 2021
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          Spring Ahead Fallback
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The Gospel According to St. John, Op. 327

Op. 327 THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. JOHN (July 15, 2019)
     I. In the Beginning Was the Word
         Ib. The First Disciples
     II. The Wedding at Cana
     III. Nicodemus
          (As Moses Lifted Up the Serpent /
           God So Loved the World)
     IV. The Woman of Samaria
     V. The Healing at the Pool
     VI. Ego Sum Panis Vivus
     VII. The Feast of Tabernacles
     VIII. The Adultress
     IX. The Man Born Blind
     X. The Good Shepherd
     XI. Lazarus


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Fifteen Inventions ("Technological"), Op. 326

Op. 326 FIFTEEN INVENTIONS ("TECHNOLOGICAL") (July 1, 2019)
     Machinations for Orchestra
          I. Fire
          II. Wheel
          III. Nail
          IV. Lens
          V. Compass
          VI. Paper
          VII. Gunpowder
          VIII. Printing Press
          IX. Electricity
          X. Steam Engine
          XI. Internal Combustion Engine
          XII. Telephone
          XIII. Vaccination
          XIV. Car
          XV. Airplane

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North Lehigh Circle, Op. 325

Op. 325 NORTH LEHIGH CIRCLE (June 25, 2019)
     Homeland Song Cycle In Six Decades
          I. 1950's - 3
          II. 1960's - 2
          III. 1970's - 5
          IV. 1980's - North
          V. 1990's - Lehigh
          VI. 2000's - Circle


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Bach, Ballet, Balloons, Op. 324

Op. 324 BACH, BALLET, BALLOONS (June 22, 2019)
     I. Joseph-Michel Montgolfier (1740-1810) /
        Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier (1745-1799)
          Annonay, June 4, 1783
               [Unoccupied / First Unmanned Hot Air Balloon]
          Paris, Montreuil, Folie Titon, September 11, 1783
               [Unoccupied / First Unmanned Hot Air Balloon in Paris]
          Versailles, September 19, 1783
               Montauciel the Sheep / Duck / Rooster
               [Louis XVI (1754-1793) / Marie Antoinette (1755-1793) -
               Provide a criminal - Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier -
               It would be an honor]
          Paris, Faubourg Saint-Antoine, October 15, 1783
               Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier /
               Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier [Tethered]
          Paris, Bois de Boulogne, Chateau Muette -
          Butte aux Cailles, November 21, 1783
               Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier /
               Francois Laurent d'Arlandes (1742-1809) [Untethered]
               [Lands between windmills,
               Pilatre de Rozier takes off coat to stop fire]
               [Champagne tradition begun, Louis XVI and
               Benjamin Franklin in attendance]
     II. Jacques Charles (1746-1823) / Anne-Jean Robert (1758-1820) /
        Nicolas-Louis Robert (1760-1820)
          Paris, Champs de Mars [later Eiffel Tower site] -
               Paris, Gonesse, August 27, 1783
               [Unoccupied - Hydrogen]
               [Benjamin Franklin in attendance]
               [Balloon destroyed upon landing by terrified peasants]
          Paris, Tuilleries Palace [later Garden] - Nesles-la-Vallee -
               Tours du Lay, December 1, 1783
               [Franklin and Joseph Montgolfier in attendance,
                latter honored w/ ceremonial weather function]
           Jacques Charles / Nicolas-Louis Robert
                [Charles w/o Robert re-ascends rapidly to 9000 ft,
                sees a second sunset, never flies again]
     III. Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier (1754-1785)
            Boulogne-sur-Mer - Wimereux, June 15, 1785
               Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier / Pierre Romain
               [First attempt English Channel from France,
               Balloon deflates 1,5000 feet up, both killed]


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