Addendum

In my previous post I forgot to mention the last concert of the evening: Friederike Heumann (viola da gamba) playing Marais, finishing with a splendid performance of Les folies d'Espagne. An excellent way to finish the day.

Earlier in the day I had read an obituary of the remarkable Syd Scroggie, who died in his late 80s. A mountaineer, he was blinded and also lost a leg in 1945 but that didn't keep him away from the hills. He also taught himself Latin and Greek (using Braille) and wrote poetry, much of "sensitive beauty" but some apparently not repeatable in polite society. An inspiration.