The organist librarian

Quiet Friday - sent off rules for public speaking John Rayer had supplied them. Listened to Prom of Tallis scholars and skimmed Last Night from the parks cutting out the awful pop singers. To Gloucester Road for lovely dinner with Ginger, Philip and Jenny. To South London Liberal synagogue for Shabbat for Sukkoth and a second barmitzvah by a gentleman who grew up in Yeoville Johannesburg. Saw the transformed flat and this will be ready for a refugee samily in 2019. Visiting rabbi gave a good sermon on continuity and change.  I do like an organist who conveys his own joy in the music and Geoffrey Morgan did so at Bloomsbury Baptist in Bach, Elgar, Bridge and Parry. Liz did not get to Mass. Canon Christopher and lots of servers - the processions were too fast and a mess so practised it again. 

Delightful Keralan lunch with Fr Xavier, Sr John Mary, Maud and Jennie in East Ham. Got to first part of preprom talk on Sibelius 2. Stupendous Shostakovich October and violin concerto 1 with Nichols Benedetti. She plays throughout. Love Sibelius 2.  Roy Sutherland the director the Buddhist Jamyang centre let me down again so I led a lively discussion on Laudato Si.  A very odd Prom first half did not excite and Berlioz OK. Home late due to wait for bus and train.Lots of flies. Thursday to mass and art - good work on leopard. To Balham library by car for scores. Saw 3 staff I appointed and Jeremy's daughter. Excellent recital at St John's by Geoffrey Morgan well played and presented. Met John Belcher and Christopher Herrick! Skipped John Williams prom. Loved the story about the O level student who in desperation wrote Bach wrote a lot of pieces for the Associated Board!