I have to beat time on several summery fronts. Mark it. Conquer it, if you will. You will. Beat it as if it were a tom-tom ( a tam-tam, no ) , a gong-tormented background film-score.
So this recent time has “seen” ( heard ? ) new chamber-works, the new String-quartet – with doublebass, 3 Pixels for Oboe and String Trio, 3 Pieces for Piano and Violin, my beautiful Six Irish Duets for Cello and Piano. Waiting, too, for the Schott production of Eight Haikus for SS AA TT BB Choir, also for my Festschrift Frank Corcoran. The corncrake keeps busy in the summer harvest ( – corn-crakes have almost vanished in more Northern climes, THE CUCKOOS ALSO ! ) . Coffee-beans in the hot summer sun. The adder or the viper, wait. James P Graham’s stunning exhibition, ” Calling For The Infinite Sphere”, Curator Giorgio de Finis, in the Palazzo Cozza Caposavi in nearby Bolsena, from June 21 on. My August Bolsena and Orvieto Concerts, too. Beating time. Watch the beat. Off-beat.