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27 August 2008 @ 10:49 pm
 
thursday evening
- change into yoga attire
- borrow FiC for theology class at neighboring library
- 6:30-8 PM Bikram yoga
- dinner and walk back

Whoa... I just realized that I don't think I've checked Facebook more than twice today, including now in the next window. That must mean I'm busy...??

Today was day 5 of the Bikram 30 (60?)-day challenge. I think I would like to invest in a few more tops, bottoms, and towels since I plan to be doing yoga, whether Bikram or Baron Baptiste Power Vinyasa, regularly.

My shiny red road bike is still in its box, and the toolkit and instructional DVD on how to assemble it also arrived. I don't know if I want to attempt to set it up tonight. I won't really be able to use it, however, until I purchase a helmet and lock. A water bottle cage and even a rack would be good, too.

I'm in the midst of ironing out my schedule. Again. I think I found the solution and am hoping tomorrow's gander at my e-mailbox will yield a definitive answer.

[info]iimpu and I had a great Target trip this evening :DD Thank you!! Now to find over-the-door hardware for the mirror...

I have Bach's "Ich will dir mein Herze schenken" stuck in my head, Arleen Augér's rendition. I want to learn that piece this semester.

[info]tytaniastrange, is it tacky to add an E6 to the ossia of "Fair robin I love"? Also, I hope this isn't a naive question, but dramatically, are the repeated "Fa la la"s that Dorine sings supposed to be like laughter? Whenever I sang this aria I always just looked shrewd and sassy especially during the E-E "la la."

Apparently the dining hall tried to pull a fast one on the student body. Dinner has almost always ended at 8 PM every night. Even the overall time that the hall is open says 7:30 AM-8:00 PM. Tonight, however, I approached the food court-style hall around 7:30, and it was bare. I glanced at the hours on the window and next to dinner was 4:30-7:00 PM. O____o I eat dinner around 7-7:30 PM, which is the perfect time because it's right after I've walked back from yoga. It gives me just enough time to eat, shower, change, practice, and do homework before bedtime. I ended up eating a piece of bread for dinner.

But then again, tonight was the first Wednesday evening social event of the year sponsored by the residence life staff, and there was breakfast food aplenty ^_^;; Yay Bikram challenge! I also hope to take my bike out for a test run this weekend. There is a nearby cycling track that I've always wanted to use and will.

Earlier in Pop Singers we started learning our first ensemble piece, an arrangement of George M. Cohan's "Give My Regards to Broadway," which took me way back. I was grateful and a bit proud that I already knew the melody and some of the backstory to the composer and piece. I can't wait to learn the choreography! In fact, I'm excited to finally be able to attend all the rehearsals because I have no classes in the way of them. (Though Music History was indeed great.)

Stream of consciousness indeed. It has been quite a day. Off to revise the Pop syllabus, send reminders, photograph cards, and and... laundry? Yoga at 6 AM. Toodles.
 
 
Current Location: Computer lab
Current Mood: contemplative
Current Music: Bach: "Ich will dir mein Herze schenken," BWV 244, Arleen Augér
 
 
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Tytania Strange[info]tytaniastrange on August 28th, 2008 05:55 am (UTC)
Dorine says "Here's an old song about that kind of man" so I've always taken the falalas to be part of the "song." There's something very song-ish about the aria, especially compared to the style of other music in Tartuffe.

My gut reaction is don't do anything not written in the score, because Mechem is a living composer, so we actually do have his word on what he intended in his music. I don't know of any tradition of taking an unwritten high option, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist. I'd just be sure that I had a solid reasoning. For example, we don't do ornaments in Baby Doe except for one in Dearest Mama, which although it isn't in the score, it was sung by Beverly Sills and approved by Moore.

That being said, why not contact Kirke Mechem and ask? He's a very nice person from what I've heard. He's currently working on an opera of Pride and Prejudice (woe, Lizzie is a mezzo.)