The organist librarian

Woke late and electrician cmae and fixed perspex next to cooker - at last! To art and drew an arrangement and borrowed an excellent book on drawing hands and feet - one of my weaknesses! To interfaith lunch and Fr David brought Fr Matthias (studying in Rome) and Teresa. Emily Howard's music did not impress at the talk and Prom. What is all this stuff about maths and computing? The tuba piece should have made us laugh but we sat there po-faced while the young man near me tried not to laugh! It sounded like Mary King's puppy imitation! John East and Colin Hartley were there but spoke to neither as once again had to go back for seat reservation tickets. Petrenko conducted Rachmaninov 3 and Shostakovich cello concerto no. 1. RLPO. Alexey Stadler stood in for the concerto and played brilliantly. Home to watch Alice Coote singing Mahler at the prom.

To Balham library to get scores and reserved books including the Hesse Siddahrtha. Then to Morden library to get Gershwin score. Home to find Liz had gone to IKEA with Bruce. Carole rang to say her Mum had died aged 92. To pre Prom talk about the future of orchestras which seems secure although German subsidies are so much bigger than British ones. The recent appearance of orchestras at the Olympics is important although the LSO were not live at the opening of the Paralympics which is a shame. London 2012 needs to be continued with more outreach to new audiences and especially schools and hospitals. The concert was full again and again the audience were quiet! Brahms piano concerto 2 was very well played. Why did we have to have Lutoslawski 3? What a row! We left and heard the Dvorak encore on the recording. Today have caught up on some recorded concerts on TV including Anna Meredith Hands Free NYO piece not using instruments and Nico Muhly. and Varese Tuning Up. Also Emily Howard and ...