Yesterday, I was in my usual (and currently fav) places in and around Marylebone though not for quite the usual reason, as Laurence (my son) was over/up from Cardiff for the weekend. The Jazz Society he belongs to had arranged a trip to the Dean Street Pizza Express (PE) Jazz Club to hear Soweto Kinch (saxophonist) on the Saturday night. We met around 1 pm outside the now relocated HMV - by Bond Street tube - and walked on over to Workshop Coffee in Wigmore Street. I can safely say that I drank too much coffee between then and 4 o’clock, when we finally went our separate ways…""
A good lunch was had in the PE in Thayer street - a previous fav - which, slightly worryingly, was similar in presentation to the last Sunday lunch that Richard and I had in the PE in Luton on the 12th Jan. I hope it’s not a change to ‘that type’ of flavouring which while still being good, the pizza’s we were getting in Bruton Place last year were definitely preferrable. Yep, I do always have the same pizza - a ‘classic’ Sloppy Giuseppe - and can therefore judge these things well! I also took Laurence to KJ West One to ‘check-out’ some of the hi-fi on display and also for us both to say hello to Richard. Next Saturday (15th Feb) is now planned in for my usual trip to the Marylebone area and I hope we get to Bruton Place to see how the pizza’s there are being served.
Meantime, I’m now enveloped in maths and stats modules with not much ‘spare’ time as there are assignments for both due in a few weeks. I am, though, managing to listen to Schumann symphonies - currently alternating between no’s 1 and 2. This has been ‘inspired’ by the BBC Radio 3 Building a Library edition (Jan 4th) which discussed the first of Schumann’s symphonies. I downloaded this (from the podcast system) and listened to it a couple of weeks ago and although I have a copy, I am now tempted to purchase the recommended performance. This is by David Zinman and the Tonhalle Orchestra, Zurich and is currently available at a ‘budget’ price of less than £10 for the four of Schumann’s symphonies! Prior to this I had been enjoying the first and second symphonies of Z. Fibich, as noted last time.
I have also been listing, regularly, to the following radio progs. Inside Science, Science in Action, Discovery (from the World Servce) and, of course, the More or Less ‘stats show’! Occasionally I choose the In Our Time and Thinking Allowed offerings… So, all in all, not much time left for Dvořák, but his music is definitely not forgotten.
...looking forward to more coffee and pizza, with Richard, next Saturday!
Marylebone = too much coffee!
Yesterday, I was in my usual (and currently fav) places in and around Marylebone though not for quite the usual reason, as Laurence (my son) was over/up from Cardiff for the weekend. The Jazz Society he belongs to had arranged a trip to the Dean Street Pizza Express (PE) Jazz Club to hear Soweto Kinch (saxophonist) on the Saturday night. We met around 1 pm outside the now relocated HMV - by Bond Street tube - and walked on over to Workshop Coffee in Wigmore Street. I can safely say that I drank too much coffee between then and 4 o’clock, when we finally went our separate ways…"
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A good lunch was had in the PE in Thayer street - a previous fav
- which, slightly worryingly, was similar in presentation to the last Sunday lunch that Richard and I had in the PE in Luton on the 12th Jan. I hope it’s not a change to ‘that type’ of flavouring which while still being good, the pizza’s we were getting in Bruton Place last year were definitely preferrable. Yep, I do always have the same pizza - a ‘classic’ Sloppy Giuseppe - and can therefore judge these things well! 
I also took Laurence to KJ West One to ‘check-out’ some of the hi-fi on display and also for us both to say hello to Richard. Next Saturday (15th Feb) is now planned in for my usual trip to the Marylebone area and I hope we get to Bruton Place to see how the pizza’s there are being served.
Meantime, I’m now enveloped in maths and stats modules with not much ‘spare’ time as there are assignments for both due in a few weeks. I am, though, managing to listen to Schumann symphonies - currently alternating between no’s 1 and 2. This has been ‘inspired’ by the BBC Radio 3 Building a Library edition (Jan 4th) which discussed the first of Schumann’s symphonies. I downloaded this (from the podcast system) and listened to it a couple of weeks ago and although I have a copy, I am now tempted to purchase the recommended performance. This is by David Zinman and the Tonhalle Orchestra, Zurich and is currently available at a ‘budget’ price of less than £10 for the four of Schumann’s symphonies!
Prior to this I had been enjoying the first and second symphonies of Z. Fibich, as noted last time.
I have also been listing, regularly, to the following radio progs. Inside Science, Science in Action, Discovery (from the World Servce) and, of course,
the More or Less ‘stats show’! Occasionally I choose the In Our Time and Thinking Allowed offerings… So, all in all, not much time left for Dvořák, but his music is definitely not forgotten.
...looking forward to more coffee and pizza, with Richard, next Saturday!