Andrea Ha. @andijah@mstdn.social

Am heutigen #MusikMontag lade ich Euch ein, eine heute kaum bekannte #Komponistin zu entdecken: Kate Boundy wurde 1865 geboren. Vielleicht auch 1866. Oder 1867. Man weiß es schlicht nicht. Ihr Sterbedatum ist indes bekannt, es ist der 7. August 1913. Sie war Organistin und Komponistin in England, und veröffentlichte im Jahr 1897 ein „Andante grazioso“.
Ich spiele es hier auf einer kleinen Orgel aus dem Jahr 1858 und wie Ihr seht, war es zum Zeitpunkt der Aufnahme kühl in der Kirche (ich trage einen braunen Wollumhang).

Today I would like to invite you to discover a composer who isn’t well-known: Kate Boundy was born in 1865. Or maybe 1866. Or 1867. We simply don’t know. But it’s known that she died in 1913. She was organist and composer in England and published „Andante grazioso“ in 1897.
I play an organ build in 1858 on a cold day.

#MusicMonday
#Komponistinnen #WomenComposers
#PipeOrgan
#Orgelmusik

https://vimeo.com/706660432

And in case you were wondering: my main languages are English and German, and I use them equally and regularly. I also read français, íslensk and a bit of nederlands, svenska & letzebuergesch.

Good morning! Off to teach first aid at the French school today (and tomorrow), so a long day ahead. Looking forward to meeting the pupils. 13 year olds 🙂

Oh dear, I just noticed that I didn't prepare a new piece/composer portrait for today's #MusicMonday
Might have to skip and come back with an idea next week!

So, meine Taschen für die nächsten zwei Tage sind gepackt. Erste-Hilfe-Ausbildung für Schülerinnen und Schüler, internationales Umfeld, das dürfte wieder spannend werden und ich darf nur nicht daran denken, wie früh mein Wecker morgen klingeln wird.

Immerhin schon zwei Punkte der heutigen To-Do-Liste abgehakt.

Mal kurz über jemanden ärgern, dann beschließen, dass es das nicht wert ist.
Und mich auf und über diejenigen freuen, die gerne mit mir arbeiten. Und denen meine Arbeit auch etwas wert ist.

It's been a busy day for a Sunday. I worked in the morning (as #organists do), then spent a few hours at my desk to do translations for next week's first aid trainings at the French school, and I finished #knitting a sock and also played some of my #recorders.
About time to go to bed, I think.

Spent a very agreeable hour with my recorders and tried out a lot of "new" music (well, old music from the 17th and 18th century, but new because I haven't played it before). And had an idea for the tenor recorder and will have to think about this a bit more.
Now some translation work for the next first aid training.

Guten Morgen! #OrgelSonntag
Ich spiele heute Werke von Anna Bon di Venezia und Georg Böhm.
#project5050
#Orgel #Kirchenmusik

Gerade in einer Konzertankündigung gelesen, dass Musik uns aus dem Alltagsfrust herausholen kann. Stimmt. Oder man ist erstmal gefrustet, weil man beim Üben nicht so recht vorankommt. 🤣​

Gotta love my conductor friend. He's planning a concert with one of his choirs and wants me to assist, and I said I'd do it, but not on the 11th of September because I have an all-afternoon-organ-recital then and he asked when this was finished and I said, 6:45pm and he said, okay, then we can do the other concert at 7:30pm. Cheeky ****.

I can see blue skies and a few clouds from my office window, and at the same time it's raining hard. That's an interesting experience.
Gotta prepare a few things and then off to half a dozen meetings with a client.

I think I need more coffee.

There better be a few more paid concerts and recitals in the second half of the year, otherwise the balance won't look very balanced. I spent quite a lot on equipment and sheet music in the last few months and every cent was worth it. But it would really be good if the Christmas season concerts would all take place as planned.