Edited by Pete Collier, Tuesday, 17 Dec 2013, 13:57
…apart from saying that I’ll be playing some of the carols for the service on Christmas morning and that I’ve been ‘keeping up’ with the Christian calendar with my contribution to the first Sunday in Advent (Dec 1st) and will also be playing for the Epiphany service on Sunday Jan 5th …
Y’all have a happy one anyway!
So, I can relax a bit now as TMA 02 for MU123 - due today - was posted on Friday and last night my tutor confirms receipt… let’s see what this ‘brings’
My latest trip into London to see Richard and eat pizza was Saturday just gone - 14th - and yes, these Pizza-runs are one of my few ‘going out’ days and I always look forward to them! Plenty of fun and merriment was in view with an extravagantly large number of people in Santa’s ‘uniform’ . The espresso in Workshop Coffee (Wigmore Street) was its usual excellent flavour and, if anything, a better version of “Cult of Done espresso” (now V.15) than the previous two visits were.
Pizza-wise, Richard and I again ventured down (well, southwards…) to the Bruton Place PE restaurant that has been good on all visits, and this too did not disappoint... It was the busiest I’ve seen (of the 4 occasions this year) but, unlike some other PE's we were not served with hastily prepared, partly cooked or burnt (etc) food. That said, I do prefer my early evening pizza with a little more quiet and yes, some evidence of ‘busy-ness’ was apparent but not enough to spoil the experience. Will go again!
Meanwhile - as ever - I’m still on the Dvorak trail, starting this time (well, since last noted in these blogs anyway) with the American Suite that was composed in the mid-1890s. Also, I now have a copy of the 6 cd set “LIFE WITH CZECH MUSIC - Dvorak/Smetana” which is one of the tributes to the excellent interpretations of this music by Sir Charles Mackerras (1925 - 2010). My choice of listening being guided by this (for only £19.99 I might add!) I have, most recently, been enjoying Dvorak’s Symphonic Poems and his 6th Symphony with occasional ‘dips’ into Smetana’s Ma Vlast that is also included in this collection.
Right then, can't relax too much now, I've an online tutorial tomorrow night (MU123) plus the fact that M140 (statistics) starts in Feb means I need to keep ahead of schedule with my Math!
Non-Seasonal goods...
…apart from saying that I’ll be playing some of the carols for the service on Christmas morning and that I’ve been ‘keeping up’ with the Christian calendar with my contribution to the first Sunday in Advent (Dec 1st) and will also be playing for the Epiphany service on Sunday Jan 5th …
Y’all have a happy one anyway!
So, I can relax a bit now as TMA 02 for MU123 - due today - was posted on Friday and last night my tutor confirms receipt… let’s see what this ‘brings’
My latest trip into London to see Richard and eat pizza was Saturday just gone - 14th - and yes, these Pizza-runs are one of my few ‘going out’ days and I always look forward to them!
Plenty of fun and merriment was in view with an extravagantly large number of people in Santa’s ‘uniform’ 
. The espresso in Workshop Coffee (Wigmore Street) was its usual excellent flavour and, if anything, a better version of “Cult of Done espresso” (now V.15) than the previous two visits were.
Pizza-wise, Richard and I again ventured down (well, southwards…) to the Bruton Place PE restaurant that has been good on all visits, and this too did not disappoint...
It was the busiest I’ve seen (of the 4 occasions this year) but, unlike some other PE's we were not served with hastily prepared, partly cooked or burnt (etc) food. That said, I do prefer my early evening pizza with a little more quiet and yes, some evidence of ‘busy-ness’ was apparent but not enough to spoil the experience. Will go again!
Meanwhile - as ever
- I’m still on the Dvorak trail, starting this time (well, since last noted in these blogs anyway) with the American Suite that was composed in the mid-1890s. Also, I now have a copy of the 6 cd set “LIFE WITH CZECH MUSIC - Dvorak/Smetana” which is one of the tributes to the excellent interpretations of this music by Sir Charles Mackerras (1925 - 2010). My choice of listening being guided by this (for only £19.99 I might add!) I have, most recently, been enjoying Dvorak’s Symphonic Poems and his 6th Symphony with occasional ‘dips’ into Smetana’s Ma Vlast that is also included in this collection.
Right then, can't relax too much now, I've an online tutorial tomorrow night (MU123) plus the fact that M140 (statistics) starts in Feb means I need to keep ahead of schedule with my Math!
What will the New Year bring, I wonder??