So I'm in the lobby of the hotel waiting for the coach to the airport! We've all had a fantastic trip here and really hope it all works out to return in 2009!!!! The staff and volunteers of the Florida International Festival have been looking after us and everything has...
Mozart!I thought that Robert and I did a great job of trying to persuade the audience that they would much rather hear Zemlinsky or Shostakovich-Alistair must have bribed them on the way in...To be honest I was quite happy to play any of the three quartets but the Zemlinsky...
So a summary of the story goes something like this - The cows and chickens write letters to Farmer Brown requesting electric blankets (2-5-2 models of course!). He doesn't comply with the request and the animals go on strike meaning Bryn (LSO Harpist) doesn't get his milk,...
There is a storm here almost every afternoon-I know that this is not particularly interesting but I just needed an excuse to mention lightning.Many thanks to all my friends who alerted me to my spelling mistakes!I cannot spell at the best of times but I was very tired and...
Fork Lightening is slicing through the sky on the afternoon of our second day here at the Florida International Festival in Daytona Beach.I hope that we have not brought the great British summer with us!We arrived here on wednesday night after an eventful days travel.The words...
So the first morning in Daytona started early. The jet lag to the U.S. always results in waking very early as it is five hours behind. I opened my curtains for the first look out of my room in daylight. There was a fantastic view of the pool 7 floors below, the beach and the sea...
Coming soon ... Look out for a new blog from the LSO's residency at the Florida International Festival in Daytona Beach, USA. The Orchestra arrives in Daytona on 19 July...
