I think I did extremely well given that I had that burger and now am already in my dorm room opposite Sadler's Wells. Honorary non-tourist badge, please.
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Granted.
aug 27, 2025, 10:16 pm • 1 0 • view
I just got home too! Now to pack for a few days away. I’m back in time for Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk - will you still be here for that?
aug 27, 2025, 10:19 pm • 0 0 • view
No, back home on Sunday after Choral Mattins.
aug 27, 2025, 10:34 pm • 0 0 • view
Before that 12th Night at Shakesp.'s Globe, Don G. at Grimeborn and the Campra at Vache Baroque, the Buniatishvili Prom and Oliver! (2nd time this year since I enjoyed it so much in Feb)
aug 27, 2025, 10:39 pm • 1 0 • view
I am hoping to see Oliver! next week, at last - so many people I respect have raved about it. I notice there have been consistent ticket discounts at £55 and £69.50 from TKTS, so I’m planning on doing that.
aug 27, 2025, 10:41 pm • 0 0 • view
I recommend it. Other than that, I liked Brigadoon a lot (the Guardian hated it, though). Of the longer runs, Benjamin Button.
aug 27, 2025, 10:52 pm • 1 0 • view
Thank you.
aug 27, 2025, 10:55 pm • 0 0 • view
I have been persuaded to drop in to join my Evensong choir in East London on my way home from holiday on Sunday! It’s literally on the way, as my Director of Music noticed the moment I mentioned where I was going.
aug 27, 2025, 10:39 pm • 0 0 • view
I haven't decided on where to go yet, usually Southwark Cathedral, but maybe St Bart the Great (very conservative conggrwgation, the opposite of Southwark basically, and only electronic organ, but good choir, at a time where the other resident choirs are on holiday).
aug 27, 2025, 10:44 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes, so many churches in Central London take August off choral services. By the looks of their website this includes Guards Chapel, where I’ve sung on a handful of occasions, but i do recommend you try there in future if Choral Mattins is what you’re after.
aug 27, 2025, 10:47 pm • 1 0 • view
Thanks, didn't know about this one... When choirs are here I like to go to Temple Church and Southwark. Non-touristy and always very nice.
aug 27, 2025, 10:51 pm • 0 0 • view
I had never been to Temple Church for any reason until a few months ago for the semi-staged production of Parsifal, which I had a friend in. I should go to a service, and my 2 part-time Sunday choirs have a lot of clashes and in the next few months, which also means I get some Sunday mornings off…
aug 27, 2025, 10:53 pm • 0 0 • view
*Prologue and Act 3 of Parsifal
aug 27, 2025, 10:59 pm • 0 0 • view
And I do like Southwark - my local cathedral. I have sung there a few times in visiting choirs, and when I worked very nearby I used to go to the services aimed at local workers (a December weekday lunchtime carol service, and an Ash Wednesday lunchtime liturgy).
aug 27, 2025, 10:55 pm • 0 0 • view