Happy birthday

March 21, 2006 at 10:24 AM

Hi all,

for those who still don't know, Johann Sebastian Bach is having his 321st birthday of the year TODAY!

When Bach was born some countries had not yet adopted the gregorian calendar, so Bach has two birthdays!
This year (2006), March 21 on Julian Calendar (the old calendar) corresponds to Monday, April 3 on Gregorian Calendar (the current calendar), as there is difference of 13 days between Julian Calendar and Gregorian Calendar this year. The discrepancy is becoming large by one day every 100 years (excepting the year 1600 and 2000.
Here you have more information about it, if you're interested:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates

Let's see how we celebrate it properly. I started with the Musical Offering, and now it goes on with "Ich habe genug" BWV 82 and the oboe d'amore concerto BWV 1055. Fantastisch!

This last weekend was boring but productive (for the violin it was productive, the rest was boring). I practiced some technical works, mostly 3 octaves and right hand technique. Haydn and Telemann for two violins are sounding nice, I'm looking forward to playing them with Iris tomorrow!
On the other hand I had a bad fall while skating and my hip is still looking a bit blue. I would like to start running this week. I've gained two or three kilos and I MUST run below 3 hours in Leipzig this year (3.9 - Mitteldeutscher Marathon), it'll have to wait one or two days
I adore this Marathon because it goes from Leipzig (Bach's city) to Halle (Haendel's birthplace). I find it very musical