pruning

Went for run this morning and still finding it very hard work, but it's so nice to run and feel/see the sun after our sporadic winter running. Hopefully this bodes well for getting back into regular runs in the morning.

Just off for a quick tidy up and prune in the garden and then going to get ready for work later today at the Phil. It's a Stephen Sondheim birthday concert with Carl Davies. As per usual with these gigs the harp parts are disproportionally tricky and are not the nicest to sightread!

I'm in more or less everything except Gershwin's "An American in Paris" which is being played WITHOUT the three saxophone parts. I didn't know there was a version without the saxes? There are three sax parts in the original score.

routine

I'm finding it hard to get back into a routine after having the worst cold I've had in YEARS.

It's been 3 weeks now and I'm still not back to full strength.

Managed to go running this morning - more of a slow jog really, so at least thats an improvement. There is definitely a connection between whether I can get any physical exercise done and my productivity for the rest of the day. So here's hoping I manage to get a bit more done today then I have of late.

I've just finished teaching, and must go and do some harp practice now. I think I will plough through the Salzedo Conditioning Exercises today as a technical work out.