Ah, the sweet smell and cool relief of a summer rain! The day began as it has for the past week or so–85 degrees by 10 am, climbing into the 90’s by midday. And then the clouds began to roll in, with the soft rumble of thunder, and finally, by 8 pm or so, rain began to fall on Duino.

We’ve never been so happy to see big, fluffy clouds, full of cool rain!

As this was happening, some lovely music was heard coming from the auditorium on our campus–Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto no. 3, rehearsed by our wonderful string students.

We are all busily preparing for three concerts in the next few days–two on Saturday and another early next week in Trieste. Cooler temperatures will make it all that much more pleasant!

A rehearsal for Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto no. 3.