Connection

Simply beyond awesome to have played with and among these fine musicians, just this weekend past. So inspired to keep pressing on in my violin playing adventures. 
Now, one of my new favourite classical pieces is Dvorak's Slavonic Dance Op. 46, No. 2 in E minor! It's so full of delicacy, character and life :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWOwZLYYQjA

Thanking God for the gift of music! 

"Praise the Lord. Praise God in His sanctuary; Praise Him in His mighty firmament!
Praise Him for His mighty acts; Praise Him according to His excellent greatness!
Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet;
Praise Him with the lute and harp!
Praise Him with the timbrel and dance; 
Praise Him with stringed instruments and flutes!
Praise Him with loud cymbals;
Praise Him with clashing cymbals!" Psalm 150:1-5 NKJV

PS. So sorry for playing that extra B during the rest at the end of In the Hall of the Mountain King…Now that I think about it, the climactic ending of that piece perfectly captures the extent of my mortification over such a blunder…

to Allington and back

 

Thoroughly enjoyed my trip to Allington but now tripping out trying to consolidate what crumbling fragments of doubling, free indirect discourse and realism I can work into an essay due friday…all while nodding off, say, every ten minutes…