Three of these were part of a “Buy two, get one free” deal.
Recent acquisitions
Notes
Image taken at the Smart Museum of Art.
This week’s practice sheet:
🎶 Still working on pages 4 through 8 of Maquarre’s Daily Exercises for the Flute.
🎶 “Consolation” in Ernesto Köhler’s Twenty-Five Romantic Etudes (Op. 66).
🎶 My current solo piece, the Plamen Prodanov arrangement of Tchaikovsky’s “Autumn Song.”
🎶 Sonata No. in G by Jean-Baptiste Loeillet de Gant, the fourth and final movement, the gavotte. I am playing the first part in this duet.
🎶 In Interval Duets by Thomas Filas, the seventh duet, the second part.
🎶 In P. Bona’s Complete Method for Rhythmical Articulation, 120. Not sure I will spend much time on this in October, but it is on my sheet.
New books
Two were a gift; one, a purchase.
Nostalgic
Visited the butterfly haven at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
before seeing East Texas Hot Links at the Court.
“The 50th”
My images of detail from the following works (seen at the Smart Museum of Art):
✤ “Doors (3 Demolition)” by Gertrude Abercrombie (1957)
✤ “The City” by Alice Neel (undated)
✤ “Title unknown” by Norman Lewis (1947)
✤ “The Snowflower Quilting Bee at Arles” by Faith Ringgold (1996)
✤ “Harbor in Light” by Arthur Dove (1929)
New books
Hard to believe these weren’t already on the shelves.
Up early
This morning at a conservation district.
New books
A couple of recent acquisitions.
Notes
Sculpture at Allerton Park.
This week’s practice sheet:
🎶 In Maquarre’s Daily Exercises for the Flute, pages 4 through 8.
🎶 In Album of Flute Duets, revised and annotated by Louis Moyse, Jean-Jacques Naudot’s Sonata for Two Flutes, the fourth and final movement, another allegro.
🎶 In Interval Duets by Thomas Filas, the third duet. I am playing the second flute part this time through these deceptively simple pieces.
🎶 In Ernesto Köhler’s Twenty-Five Romantic Etudes (Op. 66), “Dolls’ Waltz.”
🎶 Revisiting the Adagio and Allegro from Jean-Baptiste Loeillet’s Sonata No. III in Selected Duets for Flute, Vol. II (Advanced). Again, I am playing the second part.
🎶 In P. Bona’s Complete Method for Rhythmical Articulation, 120.
🎶 In Contemporary French Recital Pieces, Vol. I, Louis Aubert’s “Lied.”
Because we don’t have band rehearsal next week, I am setting aside my concert folder until after my next lesson.
More books
Two gifts and two purchases.
It was already eighty when I was ready to head out this morning, and heat index values of between 110 and 115 are expected in my area, so, yes, I bailed on the workout and used the time for paperwork and tasks decidedly more fun than walking in the unforgiving sun (e.g., shelving new books).
Speaking of the sun, in the sixties and seventies, I was a Coppertone kid raised on the Jersey Shore. Consider this a random but important public service announcement from someone who knows: Get your skin checked annually. If the dermatologist recommends that spots be biopsied and/or treated, have them biopsied and/or treated. Early identification of potential problems leads to better outcomes. Finally, wear sunscreen and a hat. No, really. Do it.
Nerdishly 