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Some of the most beautiful music I've ever gotten Some of the most beautiful music I've ever gotten to sing: a little bit of Beim Schlafengehen, R. Strauss, Vier letzte Lieder. We're rehearsing an arrangement by Gijs Kramers, with the Ruysdael Quartet (isn't Emi Resnick especially gorgeous in the solo) and Sam Armstrong.

Tomorrow night, June 14th in Weesp, we perform all four, plus some of the Berlioz Nuits d'été, Chausson Chanson perpetuelle, and songs of Boulanger and Barber. 
Check out Chamber Music Weesp for details. We would love to share this live with you.
@nikkitreurniet_soprano loaned me her Canon A1 aft @nikkitreurniet_soprano loaned me her Canon A1 after her wrist and my Leica both had unfortunate collisions with the ground.
Her wrist is healing; the Leica I don't know yet (I have big feelings about it and don't want to get into them here); and meanwhile, the Canon gave me hours of pleasure, confirming that this new passion of mine is not a one-or-two-machine-specific hobby.
Pictured: Marije and Alma; Rachel and Ton in double exposure; Jane and Mozart, again; and moments from Devon, London, and Rotterdam. Some on Kodak Tri-X, others on a roll of Ilford FP4 that expired in the 1980s.
No filter or explanations needed... just lovely pe No filter or explanations needed... just lovely people in a beautiful place being human and doing music and reminding me of what's good.
The best possible company for an afternoon brainst The best possible company for an afternoon brainstorm: Mozart and Jane Glover.
First time in Bogotá, first time in Colombia. I First time in Bogotá, first time in Colombia.

I feel very lucky to be here with good friends revisiting Claude Vivier's Kopernikus. This beautiful, tricky, playful, eccentric, deeply-felt opera always goes to my heart, and it's hitting strongly now--written by a man who could never really square his identity (artistic or personal) with his environment, but who wrote the music anyway, leaving it for us to discover again and again as the world twists around us in the most distressing ways.

I think Claude wouldn't have been very surprised at what's going on now, at the collapse of democratic/social norms that never held him easily anyway. His music reminds me (and I hope others, too) that one can be inextricably bound by oppressive systems and still fly free in the imagination, speaking to the past and to the future as well as to the intolerable present. His music says something unique to me about loneliness and longing, and I've been so glad for the companionship of this piece at certain moments of crunchy life transition. It's giving me a kind of global hope right now--at a moment when I need every bit of hope to not spiral constantly.

To work on it here--disoriented, jet-lagged, with the freshest food and amazing coffee, vibrant street art everywhere, friends, a stunning botanical garden, misty mountain sunrises and sunsets--is a gift.

One more show tonight in the Planetarium, as part of the Festival Internacional de Música Clásica de Bogotá--in case you're, you know, in the area.
Harriet Walter and Maggie Cole backstage, 22 March Harriet Walter and Maggie Cole backstage, 22 March 2025, before a performance of Jane Austen/Colette in London.
It was an unbelievable privilege and joy to share a stage with these two great ladies.
Happy pattern release day to the incandescent Nata Happy pattern release day to the incandescent Natasja Hornby, whose Sylven tee, out now, was an absolute dream to test. @moonstruck_knits 
I keep wearing it on days that are a tiny bit too chilly, because I'm impatient for warmer weather, and because the top (in dreamy Coast held double) feels so good.
Get on it, knitters.

#sylvensweater
Sunny snap by my other husband, @samarmstrongpianist
Re-learning the Leica in 35mm, in color, and with Re-learning the Leica in 35mm, in color, and with the settings all nicely calibrated and repaired. Many mistakes, but plenty to enjoy anyway in these sunny days ☀️
The sweeties at @cameralisatie developed these, and are always the nicest and most encouraging ♥️
ELLE ET MOI Katharine Dain and Sam Armstrong in re ELLE ET MOI
Katharine Dain and Sam Armstrong in recital at Nijmegen's wonderful Concertgebouw de Vereeniging on March 8th!
Please join us and celebrate International Women's Day with gorgeous songs of Amy Beach, Grazyna Bacewicz, Clara Schumann, and Lili Boulanger. Link in bio!
I spent a few days walking around Rotterdam with s I spent a few days walking around Rotterdam with sweet soulful hilarious Victor, talking about everything, escaping inside for a tea every time we got too cold, and improving my success rate a tiny bit with the Rolleiflex. Now it's not exposure problems any more but focusing problems, which I'll blame on the freezing wind, for now? :) Thanks to Woody at @cameralisatie for the pep talk, and to @appelezmoivictor for being the most stunning model and friend 🫶
I wrote a 2024 Year In Review that is the least pr I wrote a 2024 Year In Review that is the least professional thing ever, oops. It's a blog about making things, feeling much more than we say on social media, food and fiber and friends and photos and depression and dancing.
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www.katharinedain.com/blog
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Happy New Year, everyone. I'm not sorry to see 2024 go, but there was so much about it that was beautiful in spite of everything. ✨🫶 See you in the next one.
What a special week, and night, with @arcangelomus What a special week, and night, with @arcangelomusic and Schütz and Praetorius, the Christmas story told large and small, and with the pals who kept me company these days (you know who you are). ♥️♥️♥️

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