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To Riverside Winds delightful concert at St John Upper Norwood. A remarkable flute solo "The great train ride" and Rimsky-Korsakov piano and wind quintet. Served at Malta Day Mass with Cardinal Grech. It was chaotic! The French boys were back at Mass - 16 servers!! Callum Alger has started - welcome! The Prom tonight is Mozart, Strauss and Beethoven. Watched Sir Simon Rattle conducting Belshazzar's Feast, Koechlin and Varese.Played Elgar Chanson de Matin. Pomp and circumstance No. 1. We sang David Ogden Christ has no body which reminds me of Audrey Kempson whose funeral I played for. 3 in choir and Revd Sarah Goatcher gave a good sermon and had liaised with junior church as they were looking at Onesimus and modern slavery. Loved the prom BBC So with Sakari Oramo. Sibelius 5 which I love, Andriessen, Judith Weir, Night on a bare mountain. New respect for Canterbury Philharmonia tackling this work so well with many tempo changes although Sakari was faster! Have really enjo...

At St Margaret's for 30th day of prayer with wonderful talks by Fr Timothy Radcliffe. Going to the loo is a crowded expedition! Missed the third talk. An enjoyable afternoon at Bloomsbury Baptist organ day. Great to meet Stephen Bowey again. Michael Stephens-Jones and Callum Alger played really well - so glad the latter is coming to the cathedral. Dame Gillian Weir gave many insights into playing Franck and other organ music in her masterclass. The RCO students did well too. At Mass the confirmandi including 3 of our servers were enrolled.