Germany Trip 2024 - Leipzig
Outside the Thomaskirche - Bach's place of work 1723-50
The modern Romantic organ
The modern Totentanz Baroque organ
Mendelssohn also lived in Leipzig with his family and his house is maintained as a museum to him and his sister Fanny, who was also a prodigious musician, and also sadly short lived.
Germany Trip 2024 - Lubeck
The Marienkirche spires by night - where Buxtehude played, and Bach and Handel(amongst many others) visited.
The modern Romantic organ
The modern Totentanz Baroque organ
The Marienkirche in its modern setting
Sibelius trip to finland
Sibelius' birth house in Hämeenlinna - he lived here until he was two when his father, a doctor, sadly died suddenly from Typhus and plunged the family into bankruptcy.
Sibelius' grandmother's square piano - who he lived with after his father died and learned to play music.
The waterfront at Lahti with the Sibeliustalo(Concert Hall) in the middle - a reconditioned factory
The Sibeliustalo
A bust of Sibelius alongside a ceramic fireplace.