I don't often have bad days, but today was one of them, with a couple of good highs. It felt live a never-ending onslaught of deadlines moving while I ran after them, left, right and centre. It was all metaphorical and I was actually quite productive, but it was frustrating at times.
The first high-point of the day was falafel for lunch, with all the trimmings.
The low-point was the sad end of someone anonymous (to me, if not to their family and friends) under a train in Southgate. Kings Cross rapidly descended into chaos, with a tinge of sadnes - no-one likes to complain when the cause is a tragedy for probably several people, not least of whom is the train driver involved.
A delightful couple of hours at The Radcliffe Arms in Hitchin, meeting up with a bunch of twitter-mates. Lovely.
Then an hour's drive to Milton Keynes to collect Florence at midnight and an hour's drive home. It's been a long day.
Tonight’s performance in the main hall at London’s Barbican Centre confirmed Maria Schneider ’s position as one of the finest composers of our generation. Working with the sublime Oslo Jazz Ensemble (formerly Denada), Schneider presented a selection of tunes from her ‘Data Lords’ double album from 2020 and the result was simply extraordinary. Photo credit @Hilary Seabrook With a host of Grammy awards and a Pulitzer Prize nomination for Data Lords , Schneider has proved her right to stand on the Barbican stage in front of one of the finest ensembles in the world. Her music allows every member to shine, individually and collectively. Sax players who double on clarinet, bass clarinet, flute and alto flute, trumpets and flugelhorns, an accordion and multiple percussion pieces wielded by the drummer collectively provide a range of timbres, textures and dynamics that thrilled this audience. The Data Lords compositions celebrate everything that is wonderful about nature, as well as all ...
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