The organist librarian

To Balham library to get scores. Greenwich Picturehouse for the repeat of #ROHswanlake which is just gorgeous. Beautiful production, dancing, costumes, sets and the music!! The Great British seaside at the National Maritime museum is fun! South Norwood community festival free concert by the excellent Edge Ensemble- Turina, Alwyn, Janacek, Poulenc, Glinka and Haydn. It was delightful - who needs a comedy festival when you have Haydn! The South Norwood con club is run down. Great to see Judy and Nick. I saw Julie on the train this morning. 

Listened to Leningrad symphony from the Proms while reading about Hinduism. To Royal Opera House for the triple Royal Ballet bill - only £6 for a student ticket. Viscera, Infra (very clever use of lighting and beautiful patterns) and romantic Fools' Paradise. Most enjoyable.

To Canary Wharf on train and Jubilee line in good time to get a good place to watch Royal Ballet live in Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet". This is a masterpiece by Kenneth MacMillan. Like me the couple next to me had seen Fonteyn and Nureyev dance this and they can't be matched but I must say Sarah Lamb and Viacheslav Samodurov were excellent. The music is wonderful and so moving. The story could not be more apposite in our gang knife crime climate. I found sitting on cushions (mine and an inflatable one from BP) on a rug on the grass quite OK. There was a good crowd with many from ethnic minorities who no doubt would never go to Covent Garden! Alas I can't go to the big screen operas as we have Elijah rehearsals. Liz was cantor at 5.30 p.m. Mass so didn't come home - Fr Ed did well in his first mass at 10.30 a.m. Fell asleep watching "Wild China" and Dimbleby in Russia. excellent broadcast evensong from Tewkesbury Abbey.