Category: Music

Another day, another walk to Richmond. It was high water so no wildlife to see on the foreshore. It was Monday morning so some litter left by picknickers after a warm and sunny weekend. Home in time for a shower, a swift weak G&T and tube transfer to Sloane Square for a lunchtime chamber music… Continue reading Slovenian Rhapsody

Where to Havana? The bandstand built in 1869 for Kensington Gardens was moved to Hyde Park in 1886  and still has concerts. On Sunday Here to Havana were doing their stuff.

What does London mean to you? A place to live, a place to work, a place to visit? Noisy, polluted, overcrowded? Spacious parks, world-class museums, music, theatre, shopping and restaurants? On Tuesday evening I sought the opinion of two people who, like me, came to live in London.

To the Albert Hall on Thursday evening for my second Prom: the Hallé, conducted by Sir Mark Elder, playing Wagner, Debussy and Stravinsky.

I saw Ariadne auf Naxos again on Wednesday at Holland Park; a very different kettle of fish to Longborough. This time the players were allocated caravans to change in, not dissimilar to the ones given to Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren when they were making Arabesque in Wales.

You can teach an old dog new tricks. What I discovered on Sunday evening is Longborough Opera.