The organist librarian

I just thought of a word Mum used to use if she could not remember what something was called. Something like oojacapivvy.  Underwhelmed by Matisse at RA and a lot of people there including Dame Monica Mason. The Tudor portraits at the Royal Society of Antiquaries very fine especially Mary Tudor and Edward VI's hair and coronation procession.  Sakari Oramo conducted Mahler 2 with ponderous slow final movement. Where were the deep basses? Unimpressed by flutes and mezzo soloist. Good to see film of Gilbert Kaplan conducting it. Still have the page of score he gave all performers in 2005.

Swam 20 and Liz came. To art and finished the Chennai painting for Fr Renato and started a rugby picture which is the theme of  Thornton Heath Arts Week . Traffic and late running trains meant there was no way I would get to St John's Smith Square to hear Patrick Russill play so went to Royal Academy to see Eileen Cooper's work. She combines Picasso child-like faces with passion! The schools work was pretty awful - one would have thought the standard would have been higher?  Had a M & S picnic in Green Park. The Royal Society of Antiquaries has a good film and small Magna Carta exhibition. To British Museum to see the new Woolfson gallery but all that gold and bling! Exquisite but .....? Served as crozier as Cardinal said Mass of sick and retired clergy fund supporters. Delays getting home and watching third round of  BBC Cardiff Singer of the World . Impressive Mongolian baritone!