The organist librarian

Played Jerusalem, Andrew Fletcher on Was lebet and Willan Chorale and fugue from A fugal trilogy a favourite piece of Dad's. Good to have Jerry Garton and Anne-Marie Garton back from holiday. We sang Flocks in pastures green abiding a favourite of my late mother-in-law. Just watching bits of the last night again. I still cannot understand what the chorus are singing in the Percy Grainger! The Maconchy is a great piece! The men's chorus in the Verdi were rough. Jamie Barton was fab! Evensong with Joe Matthews psalm now plainchant and chants for canticles. As Bob not there David sang the solo in The Call. Decided not to go to Christ's chapel organ recital and watched some Prom bits and Antiques roadshow.  Sanditon is good. Mozart requiem from Proms. 

To St Augustine's Kilburn for Christian Muslim forum on spirituality and learning. Good lunch and discussion on grace at Islamic Centre of England. The speakers seem to have different views on what the subject really is. This afternoon to the Royal Academy, Zhang Jian-Jun draws human shapes! Hurrah! The Garden has examples from 250 years of the RA schools including wonderful Landseers. I sketched self-portraits by Helene Schjerfbeck sad, frightened? and was very struck to see a lady in the street with the same expression! Fr John celebrated Mass and quite rightly had a go at the noisy French servers before Mass. The choir from St John's Wood sang really well. Jamie Barton was great and a most enjoyable international Last Night. Murray John who has been to 500 proms did the chaplet really well. 

Watched the Cardiff Singer final and thrilled that Jamie won but also liked Marco from Croatia. More work on dissertation. Watched programme on Andy Murray.

Phone rang at 4 a.m. Dennis in Salford hospital with abdominal pain and later in the day had appendix removed. To Heythrop for 10 a.m. rehearsal which not all servers attended. Any way worked it all out and it went well - Bishop John on good form and a nice lunch. Chatted to PPs from Wanstead and New Barnet and Fr Tony and John Dal Din. To Battersea Park peace pagoda for the 28th anniversary celebrations. Bruce Kent not there but Pat Gaffney spoke. Nice Indian dance, violin solo of Vivaldi and interesting Harmonise sign language choir.Rain held off for most of it. On bus with John and Tina. Vespers and Mass with Fr John. Spoke to Ann. Cardiff singer of the world song prize won by the fabulous Jamie Barton.

Have recorded the programmes but the most impressive so far is the mezzo Jamie Barton from America who sang Sea Pictures!