The organist librarian

Tuesday did not swim and had a lie-in - miserable weather. Completed 2 paintings while watching CBeebies Prom - saw Mia and listened to Prom of Kiss me Kate which was excellent. To talk on Brahms. Budapest Festival orchestra under Ivan Fischer played Brahms 3 and 4 superbly. Saw Peter Stevens. The late Prom was Gardiner conducting Missa Solemnis with Monteverdi choir and period instruments. Some of it was far too fast, one generally got the feeling the pros had no idea what they were singing about. What soft passages we got were not expressivo at all. The soprano solosit was squally and the bass (Matthew Rose) sounded angry and a bit like Pizzarro. Tenor and alto soloists were fine. Met Revd Michael Bourdeaux on the bus briefly and got a taxi from East Acton. Wednesday took the boys o the Osterley Park trail and they enjoyed the logs and den and swings. To the garden centre for lunch and soft play. Tom came home early so we got bus and tube to Liverpool street in good time for the 7 ...

Took Seán to music and he really joined in. Had coffee and home for lunch. Liz was at James's. To Osterley garden centre and they enjoyed the soft play and we had tea and then to Osterley park where Ciaran rode his bike really well and we played with the football. C had a sulk about that until S got him to play! Pop music being tested for sound - most annoying!  Ice creams all round and I bought Liz a second hand book about WWII. Amazed to meet John and Ann Alexander on the Clapham Junction bridge! We will meet up next week. To Thornton Heath hustings which were poorly attended and no Conservative candidate! The independent and Green impressed me as did the sitting Labour councillor but the Lib Dem did not impress - very vague! UKIP are crazy - you can't freeze council tax and cut business rates - it won't work! And they seem to think the money going to Europe would come back to local councils if we came out of Europe - what about all the lost revenue as a result of withdr...