Its August in London, the weather varies between thunderous downpours and scorching blue skies, England is being thumped in the cricket, the population is consuming Pimm’s at an incredible rate – so it must be time for the ‘Worlds Greatest Classical Music Festival‘!
So it was off to the Royal Albert Hall with a few like minded music lovers to take in a matinee performance what proved to be a super Sunday afternoon. As I arrived too early for the prom, but had plenty of time for a stroll in the sun round the Prince Albert Memorial in Hyde Park. Armed with an icecream I meandered while avoiding the rollerbladers, cyclists, horseriders and melee of families out enjoying the sun – lovely start to the afternoon.
Soon the time came to gather together and file into one of my favourite buildings in London – and we had a pretty good view. With a fuller certified piano player in the group it was a concert filled with Piano duets. The final piece ‘Carnival of the Animals’ even and a lovely cello solo for me – (though the cello is sadly neglected and has had only 3 strings for at least a year.)
One summer tradition fulfilled for the year, now its time to look at a trip to the Globe.
