Nowhere to Hide

 Thank goodness that “No Idling Allowed” sign applies to vehicles!
Porridger’s Almanack (Breakfast of Ganglions)

I wrote him a third memo and said, “I still maintain references to the Civil War when one is covering sporting events in the South is a cliché, but I do stand corrected about Sherman’s burning of Columbia, the capital of the great state of South Carolina. Realize, however, I am a product of the Georgia public school system, where we were taught when the little bearded bastard of a firebug got to Savannah, they hung him.”
— Lewis Grizzard, If I Ever Get Back to Georgia, I’m Gonna Nail My Feet to the Ground

With Aaron’s Uneasy Sleep nearly done, and any necessary finishing awaiting input from actual guitarists, let us tally the 2H25 accomplishments thus:

1. Seven Duets, Opus 201. Two Flutes. 15' (four of them adapted for recorders)
2. Lamentatio pro sorore sua, Opus 202, Two Bass Clarinets. 3' (arrangements for Bass Clarinet and Bassoon; Trumpet and Horn)
3. Aaron’s Uneasy Sleep, Opus 203, Guitar and Fixed Media. 4'
4. Simple Music, Opus 204, C Flute, Alto Flute, B-flat Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon and Double-Bass. 10'

I completed the David Ossman setting, Retreat, Opus 199 in March. So now, in the space between rehearsal for King’s Chapel, I have no recourse but to apply myself in earnest to the band piece for which I reserved 200: Like tears that did their own disgrace bewail. I have found my verbal outline for the piece, I have set up the Sibelius file, have even composed the first six measures. More tomorrow!