A lovely bright sunny start to the day, which lasted well into the afternoon. As the morning progressed it became dry underfoot, so I went outdoors for the first time in a week and walked for half an hour in the fresh air. It did me a power of good. Once I reached my daily target, I took photos of the same subjects with both my Olympus OM-10, and the Sony Alpha 68 to compare and contrast. It's not something that I have time to do, but I think it'll help me learn more about the best use of different cameras.
This afternoon's Radio 3 concert was s performance by Paul Lewis of Mozart's Piano concerto in B Flat by the Orchestra Suisse Romande recorded live recently at Geneva's Victoria Hall which is the orchestra's home base. I remember it well! We occasionally attended concerts when we lived there. It's a cultural venture of renown in the rue General-Dufour near the park where the 'Mur des Reformateurs' is found outside the Old Town wall.
Construction of the hall was sponsored by British Consul William Barton, who dedicated it to his Queen on the occasion of her diamond jubilee in 1897. It's a tribute to close ties between the Swiss Protestant city state and the U.K. since Reformation times. Unusually, especially for Geneva, coughs could be heard from the audience during the slow movement. It made me wonder whether or not it had been recorded recently, but there was nothing about recording date when I looked at the BBC web pages for Radio 3. Eventually the presenter mentioned that the concerts had happened this year and last.
I spent the evening working on the novel again until late. More attention to detail, only creeping towards the end, like getting blood out of a stone. I wonder how the US elections are going? The news media convey the impression that one way or another things will end badly. What's their game here?
No comments:
Post a Comment