Great Expectations

July 26, 2015

Back in the UK at last after what has been a long, exhausting but utterly satisfying week, it has been …

In the shadow of Verdi

May 20, 2015

I spent the weekend in Anghiari, working with the singers there in preparation for the performance of the Verdi Requiem …

December 9, 2014

Today has felt like the first day since the move and all the packing before it when I have been …

December 4, 2014

So, week two of Life Part II was almost a rerun of week one – Parliament Choir rehearsals Monday and …

November 27, 2014

After what has seemed like forever caressing the notes and working frenetically with many different choirs it all came together …

November 25, 2014

I am, like every current Formula One driver apart from Lewis Hamilton, trying to find my rhythm. The first week …

November 24, 2014

I arrived home last night at about 7.30. At 9 or so we decided to put on our walking boots …

September 15, 2014

It has been a long time since I last posted, but recent sightings of me in London, France, Somerset, Grasmere …