All photos by Cal Trans

300th Anniversary of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos 

& The Golden Record – A Free, Virtual Celebration

Citizens of Monterey, CA host a Free Virtual Event featuring exclusive and historic musical performances, art, and photography

Performances from Karl Richter & Munich Bach Orchestra, Black Violin, Wynton Marsalis and the English Chamber Orchestra, Sones de Mexico Ensemble Chicago, Classical Jazz Quartet, John Clayton, Aretha Franklin, Academy of Ancient Music, Dave Brubeck, Oscar Peterson, Neville Marriner, Earthling Project, And More

Wednesday, March 24, 2021, 2:00pm & 7:00pm PST, Free

BrandenburgConcerto300thAnniversary.com

Zoom Links:

March 24^th, 2:00pm Showing: https://csumb.zoom.us/j/85276768706

YouTube link for overflow for the afternoon livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdU1jMtxE-c

March 24^th, 7:00pm Showing: https://csumb.zoom.us/j/88080717562

YouTube link for overflow for the evening livestream:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1mw3VQEGLY

(Monterey, CA, March 5, 2021) – The Brandenburg 300 Project announces a virtual celebration of the 300th Anniversary of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos and the music’s placement on The Golden Record.  The free, virtual broadcast is Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 2:00pm PST and 7:00pm PST.   Bach wrote The Brandenburg Concertos for Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schweft and dedicated it to him on March 24, 1721.  

Produced by Bob Danziger, Jeff Jones, and Doug Mueller, The Brandenburg 300th Anniversary Celebration is a free, virtual event and will present classical and jazz performances of The Brandenburg Concertos. Performers include Karl Richter & the Munich Bach Orchestra, Black Violin, Wynton Marsalis and the English Chamber Orchestra, Sones de Mexico Ensemble Chicago, Academy of Ancient Music, Dave Brubeck, Oscar Peterson, John Clayton, Neville Marriner: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Classical Jazz Quartet, Brandenburg 300 Project, the Earthing Project, IZ, Louis Armstrong, John Coltrane, and more.And it turns out that according to the Bach-Archiv and the American Bach society it is the only Celebration planned in the world, and the video of the event will go to the Bach-Archiv.

Launched in 1977 by NASA, the Voyager Spacecraft 1 and 2 includes The Golden Record, a 12-inch gold-plated copper disk that contains sounds and images selected by a team headed by Carl Sagan and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth.  The first music included on The Golden Record is The Brandenburg Concertos performed by Munich Bach Orchestra.  The Golden Record also includes over 100 photographs and a variety of natural sounds, such as those made by surf, wind and thunder, birds, whales, and other animals. It also includes musical selections from different cultures and eras, spoken greetings from Earth-people in fifty-five languages, and printed messages from President Jimmy Carter and U.N. Secretary General Kurt Waldheim.

The Golden Record is intended to communicate a story of our world to extraterrestrials and any other spacefarers that might find them in the distant future. Continuing on their more-than-40-year journey since their 1977 launches, the Voyager Spacecraft each are much farther away from Earth and the Sun than Pluto and are deep into interstellar space.

The Monterey, CA region has a major connection to The Brandenburg Concertos. Since 1935, the Carmel Bach Festival has performed one of its concertos over 275 times and the Monterey Symphony has presented rousing renditions.

During the March 24 broadcast, viewers can send in their answers to the questions: What music would you like to have heard on the Voyager Golden Record that they did not include? What music would you want to represent all of humanity and human history that might be launched on a future Golden Record that would travel through space for the next 5 billion years?  Why?

Masterpieces of Monterey art and photography will be shown during the Livestreams including works by Ansel Adams, Louise Apthorp, Franz Bischoff, Benjamin C. Brown,  Warren Chang, CC Fortune, F. Gay, Percy Gray, Armin Hansen, Chip Hooper, Andrea Johnson, Paul Kozal, Barbara Lawrence, David Ligare, Ann Lofquist, Peter Loftus, Jeannette Maxfield Louis, Gerard Martin, Alfred Mitchell, Edgar Payne, Gillian Pederson-Krag, J Raphael, Granville Redmond, William Ritschel, Guy Rose, Jules Tavernier, William Wendt, and Cara Weston.  Contributed by the Hardy, Trotter, Weston and Winfield Galleries.

The Brandenburg 300^th Anniversary Project is sponsored by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute and at California State University, Monterey Ba;, the Music and Performing Arts Department, California State University,Monterey Bay, Alliance for California Traditional Arts, California Rodeo Salinas, Carmel Bach Festival, Monterey County Pops!, Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey Symphony, Palenke Arts, and KAZU radio.  This is an unprecedented group of organizations in the history of Monterey County to support a music program.

For more information and to register for the March 24 broadcast, please go to BrandenburgConcerto300thAnniversary.com.

Email us at: Brandenburg300Project@gmail.com

From NWS: “Update: The latest thinking as of this afternoon is that the bulk of precipitation from Thursday’s system will fall over the Santa Cruz Mountains and Santa Lucia Range where 1-2″ will be possible. Elsewhere, 0.10-0.50″ for most urban locations. #CAwx #BayAreaWX”

Sunset by Brendon Shave. Gorgeous!

All photos by Cal Trans taken 3/12/21

Date:	Friday, March 12, 2021
District:	05 – Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz Counties
Contact:	Kevin Drabinski or Jim Shivers
Phone:	(805) 549-3138 or (805) 549-3237

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

RAINWATER DIVERSION IN PLACE; FILL TO BE INTRODUCED

NEXT WEEK AT RAT CREEK

MONTEREY COUNTY – Deliberate progress continues to be made at the repair site at Rat Creek.

Crews have developed a drainage plan for the site to divert rainwater coming down the canyon to minimize impacts on the work below. Temporary pipe has been connected to the existing buried culvert which, though damaged by the event, will be able to pass rainwater.

This is especially important as the months of March and April typically bring measurable rainfall to the Big Sur coast. This temporary drainage system will be in place for the duration of the fill reconstruction.

This week’s storm cycle had little impact on operations at Rat Creek. A rare snow even fell this week at the site but precipitation in this form has the advantage of allowing moisture to infiltrate the soil over time rather than all at once.

The last of the debris flow material has been removed from the canyon. An estimated 70,000 cubic yards of trees, rocks, and sediment have been taken off site. It is expected that 25,000 cubic yards of fill will be needed to be brought in to build up the support for the new roadway.

Crews have constructed steep paths on the north and south side of the canyon which will be used as haul roads to bring in fill material to the bottom of the canyon. Much like in building a home, an earthen foundation needs to be created at the bottom of the canyon to accept the fill and crews are improving the conditions in that area. Fill will be introduced into the bottom of the canyon starting early next week. 

Crews continue to work 7 days per week during daylight hours.  

The State Director for Caltrans, Toks Omishakin, visited Rat Creek on Friday, March 5, and was briefed by Caltrans District 5 Director Tim Gubbins and the maintenance and repair teams about the emergency response and the repair of Highway 1. Director Omishakin reiterated the priority the state has for the reopening of the highway so that travelers and small businesses can enjoy restored travel by early summer.

Caltrans reminds motorists to move over and slow down when 

driving through highway work zones

For traffic updates on other state highways in Monterey County, travelers may contact Caltrans District 5 Public Affairs at 805-549-3318 or can visit the District 5 website at: https://dot.ca.gov/caltrans-near-me/district-5

Photos Below

Snow accumulation at Rat Creek March 10, 2021.

View from the south as Haul Roads are being constructed to the bottom of the canyon.

Caltrans Director Toks Omishakin, right, reviewing Rat Creek from the south with District 5 Director Tim Gubbins on March 5, 2021.

Caltrans Director Toks Omishakin, left, speaks with District 5 Construction Chief Tim Campbell as they ascend the north side of the canyon at Rat Creek, March 5, 2021.

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Kevin Drabinski

Public Information Officer

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From John Lindsay:   “1,007 millibar low-pressure system off the Northern California coastline will move southward. This system will produce moderate to fresh (13 to 24 mph) southerly winds, increasing clouds and periods of rain starting Tuesday afternoon, which will continue  through Thursday morning as this storm moves over San Luis Obispo  and Santa Barbara counties.  A few rain showers will linger into Thursday afternoon.   This system will also bring a chance of isolated thunderstorms capable of heavy rainfall, gusty winds, hail, and lightning. At this time, between 0.75 and 1.75 inches of precipitation is expected from this system. This tempest will bring the coolest temperatures on Tuesday and Wednesday, with highs only reaching the mid-50s as a cold and unstable air mass moves into Central California. Snow elevations are expected to drop to 2,500 and 3,000 feet and may fall even farther at times, especially overnight Tuesday and Wednesday.”

Per Santa Cruz County: “Rainfall from this system is expected to approach but not exceed thresholds for debris flow evacuations in the #CZULightningComplex burn scar. Prepare a go bag in case conditions change. Protect yourself, protect your family. Text SCR911 to 99411 to sign up for emergency alerts.“

From NOAA: “The Santa Lucia and S Gabilan Range could see 5-10″ [of snow];