Hi people!
Blogger changed their posting format. It's probably really nice but it'll take some getting used to. :)
All kinds of stuff going on here, but it usually escapes my memory when I go to write. So this will be a saying-hi post until I get around to writing again, which may not be till next week.
We have a lot of extra events scheduled this week, cramming things in before the end of the Festival (which is coming really quickly). It's kind of crazy that almost a month has gone by already. The theater performances are this weekend; I am really looking forward to seeing what they've done. We have an extra sort of informal recital for duets/duos/chamber music tomorrow afternoon, and we're going to a nursing home to play Thursday afternoon. Evenings from tomorrow through Saturday are booked.
We were supposed to have a really hot day...yesterday, I think it was? It did get hot but a whopping thunderstorm came through in the morning, and that helped keep the temperature reasonable. It was a little distracting trying to do a run-through of Bach while watching the storm move in (my practice room has a west-facing window). Just for your information, practicing Bach while the person in the next room is wailing away on Rhapsody in Blue is also kind of interesting. :P
Oh yes. Some of you have read the book My Life with the Great Pianists by Franz Mohr? He was Steinway's lead technician for something like 30 years; tuned for Horowitz, Glenn Gould, Rubenstien, and those sorts of people. Well, he was our guest speaker this weekend. He did a special talk for the piano students, and then gave the Sunday morning sermon. He is delightful to listen to; he has a great accent and a heart for God. He really went through a lot during the war and his testimony is pretty amazing. I'm thinking that I will have to read the book again.
Well, that's all for now. I should get some sleep at some point here...
Rachel
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