Organ-izing

I have two organ recitals coming up...

The first is:  
August 20th, 2023
Trinity Keyboard Series
2:00 p.m.

Trinity United Methodist Church
607 Airport Road
Huntsville, AL 35803

Y'all come on by!


The second recital is in September, and it is a private event.  Tres bougie omg like way rad Prada maaaaane.  Gucci.  BURRRsatchy.
I detest playing predictable organ repertoire.  How many more times do we have to listen to the Durufle Suite, or the 6th Mendelssohn Sonata?  Do I have to sit through another recital of boring Bach?  I don't care if you can play his music- it's boring to me at this juncture in my life.  So far, Bach hasn't done much for my finances.  I refuse to be a cog in the system of boring and humdrum organ playing.  While my skill may be less than some of my colleagues, I have much better taste in non-hackneyed repertoire.

One of the more hackneyed pieces that I am playing on Sunday's recital is the 3rd Choral by Cesar Franck.

Other than that:

Reverie by Wayne Oquine
Toccata & Chorale on Darwall's 148th by Albert Travis
Fantaisie & Duo by Louis Couperin
Choral No. 3 by Cesar Franck
From Lay Your Burden Down  by Iain Farrington:

• Steal Away
• Everytime I feel the Spirit

Fanfare for Nottingham by Naji Hakim
Outer Hebrides by Paul Halley
Balm in Gilead by Offred 
------Just kidding, it's by Joe Utterback (if you get the reference, then, okay- you get a treat when you go to the afterlife)
Prelude on Lobe Den Herren  by Robert Hebble
Prelude on Douglass (When In Our Music God Is Glorified) by McNeil Robinson

I think those are all the pieces- I've practiced 17 hours in the past four days.  I'm ready to go on vacation.  
Maw Maw is having a back surgery tomorriow.  So, let's keep her uplifted in good thoughts.

Henry's skin and eyes are on the mend I reckon.  Not terribly impressed by the eye medicines, however, I'm just hoping to stay away from steroids, antibiotics, or surgery...Mercy, he's a high maintenance dog.

My house is under construction.  The two week job has ballooned into over seven at this point.  I pretend I'm just in a different city for a while working- that way I don't get too bent out of shape because my house is a disaster, and I'm figuring out what interior updates to address.

​Whatever....