The organist librarian

Up early so Walsingham and Blackfriars. Saw the rest of Lise Davidson's superb recital.  2 good recitals Piers Maxim at Great Malvern and Tim Selman at Howden Minster both on you tube. Sorting cassettes. Meistersinger 2011 from Glyndebourne with Gerald Finlay. I saw this at the cinema but I must admit I fell asleep then! I can't think why because the production and singing are excellent! I found it moving and joyful. Gallery prommers, Walked 20 and exercises. Viennese night Prom with Sophie Bevan and Robert Murray singing beautifully. Supernanny and University challenge.

 Played Walton Richard III suite and New commonwealth Vaughan Williams. 14 there. Simon preached well. I still find the mask very uncomfortable and the loo floor in the hall is still filthy. Don Carlos from the Met with Alagna and Keenlyside - a lovely production. Lovely playing by Claudia Grinnell at Gillingham Methodist GMC on you tube. Mendelssohn, Couperin, Elgar, Purcell and JSB. Walk in garden and exercises. The Pettits will meet us for dinner at Bicester. Lise Davidsen recital Wagner, Grieg and Verdi. Lovely LSO Prom with Rattle exploiting the size of the hall. Gabrieli, Elgar, Beethoven, Kurtag, Dawn by Ades and Vaughan Williams 5 lovely.  Programme on Croome Park. I have noticed my walking has gone down to 10 from 30 because my right knee is playing up.  I  Adn 

 Tried a bit of Catenian rosary but it's not for me especially going into Bhangla! Mass from Blackfriars Martyrdom of St John the Baptist. Started sorting cassettes. We discussed October trip and worked out possible routes and timetable. Evensong from St Martin's in the Field Sumsion and Macdowell. Talk on Parry and talk on Tolstoy and religion with Giles Fraser. Gallery prommers. Janacek violin sonata from Edinburgh festival. Jonathan Scott played the Albert Hall organ really well. I heard him and his brother play at Bloomsbury in 2018. It was a pity the Iplayer was not in synch with radio 3. Rossini, Mascagni. Dukas, Saint-Saens and Nimrod. Watched Down to earth in Sardinia. 

 St Augustine Blackfriars. Mum died 2006. Prom of Mahler 5 Bernstein and Vienna Phil not as indulgent as expected! More work on Laudato Si'. Gallery prommers zoom. Live prom radio 3 far better presentation. BBC2 inane comments from Stephen Fry and Katie Derham. Whitacre Sleep and Copland Quiet city and Eroica well played. But why were the singers so far apart and I am not keen on the blue checkered floor and blue lights around the hall. Inaccurate to say BBC singers have not met as they sang choral evensong.  Prp oPromMore hlerenna philharmonic and Bernstein. Not as indulgent as Mahler 5 Vienna philharmonic and Bernstein. Not as  Not as indulgent as I expected!

 Blackfriars Mass. Excellent zoom for South London interfaith group 17 there and we saw videos about Lewisham and Husayn ibn Ali. I saw start of Luisa Miller from the Met (have seen it before) and Love for 3 oranges by Prokofiev from Opera North. Lecture about Matilda of Canosa. Second Laudato Si' zoom went well. We will meet every week. Prom Petrenko Rachmaninov 3 and Shostakovich cello concerto. Also heard Mozart clarinet concerto from last night Vienna Phil and Bernstein. George Clarke's National Trust. How to lose a stone in 3 weeks. Started going through cassette boxes. 

 Blackfriars Mass Blessed Dominic Barberi. Fairy Queen 2009 from Glyndebourne - a very strange production! Worked on family tree.  Watching Betrothal in a monastery by Prokofiev You tube from the Kirov with Anna Netrebko and Gergiev. This ought to be better known! Gallery prommers zoom. First LS zoom went really well. Teacher with Tourette's programme. 

Yook 36 videos to Selsdon. Got lost and eventually found the way in rain and wind.  A really interesting visit to Biggin Hill memorial museum and St George's Chapel. I had been there once but had forgotten the fine stained glass and wood furnishings. Coffee and cake in the cafe.  Delicious lunch at Aperfield Inn Biggin Hill. Zoom Gallery Prommers. Bromley circle zoom did not happen! Prom was Gustav Mahler youth orcgestra 2009 with Jonathan Nott. Ligeti, Mahler, Schoenberg, Strauss. Worked on family tree. Yorkshire Farm and Supernanny USA.