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Bychkov

To Mass and Liz did shopping. Concert 53 for John and 33 pre Prom talks. Delightful art group garden party dodging rain. Super Tchaik Manfred and Rachmaninoff piano concerto 1. Great to see  Michael Butterfield  from Sydney who is starting postgrad organ course at RAM and staying in new student accomodation in Goldhawk Road. Good discussion on Byron with Sam West doing thee readings. Saw Chris Tew on train and got home in 45 minutes.

Horniman Museum

Tuesday to the Horniman where Liz took CiarĂ¡n to see the Amazon adventure and aquarium. He liked the animals section and the bees which he remembered. I enjoyed the music section and the Art of Harmony exhibition. We had a very nice lunch outside and loved the chimes in the garden and the water fountain. Had ice creams. What a view on a lovely day! I was pleased to see that there are now lines across the glass doors where CiarĂ¡n ran into one. The Prom talk was about Britten's setting of text. I asked a question about Pears and Britten's religious beliefs which was well answered but it did not make the broadcast. Pears was the dominant one I think. Britten veered between conscientious objection to declaring himself a Christian in the 60s. The prom featured Ian Bostridge singing Les illuminations, Tippett and Elgar 2 instead of Sibelius 2. It was LSO and Daniel Harding's tribute to Sir Colin Davis. The Elgar was very fine.