The organist librarian

To Mass and to Cadogan to get seats which were not in a good place for sketching and yet there were empty seats on the other side! Anu Komsi soprano, a violinist who sang and harmonium player, Lovely harp. A delightful Cadogan Finnish folk prom. At CML an assistant brought full score of Gurrelieder far too big to use at the prom. Fruit tart and cappuccino at Peter Jones before Cadogan. Came home with scores and lunch.  The Monteverdi vespers was a bit of an endurance test. I prefer bel canto to con belto. Pygmalion the French group. Got a bus and train and home by 10.30. 

Woke at 6 so caught up on Proms talks on Dylan Thomas, Janet Suzman on Taming of the shrew nd Ravel's home. Put up the new CD rack in the study after assembly and ordered picture frames. Used the Gerard Hulme picture frame for the bottles and it looks good. Watched the Butterworth and RVW Prom - Roderick Williams has amazing expression and diction. To vespers (3 new priests) and Mass with Fr John third Saturday in a row because he and Alexander on the only priests who can sing the Mass at the moment. He takes longer over the offertory and sermon. Amazingly we just got to the Prom in time and seats as well. BBCSO conducted by Oramo with his wife Anu Komsi hitting the very high notes in Szymanowski and Tiensuu. Ravel and Rimsky-Korsakov. Parked at West Norwood becasue of the football and home at 11.15.