A long night's restorative sleep. The gall bladder inflammation must have drained extra energy to cope with. It's diminishing at last, thankfully. We both got up late and renounced our usual pancake breakfast, to make up for a late start. I had a sermon to finish and print, and a funeral service for Monday to prepare for.
After lunch I walked over to St German's, where students from the Royal Welsh College are giving five afternoon concerts, ending with an AmserJazzTime performance with a Latin Jazz quintet and a singer. I went from listening to last nigth's AmserJazzTime recorded stream on YouTube to hearing a group with a few of the same musicians performing live in church.
The city centre was crammed with rugby supporters for the Wales v Australia game, an uncomfortable experience with few bothering with masks, despite increasing infection rates. In contrast, almost everyone in church was wearing a mask unless they were performing.
Clare alsowalked from home to join me for the last two performances - music theatre, and the Latin Jazz ensemble, which was excellent, The drummer was sensitive, quieter than drummers tend to be, working sympathetically with the sax player and vocalist. The performance was spoiled by a sound balance which didn't take advantage of the fine church acoustics, as the guitar and bass were too loud and didn't balance well with the rest of the group. Still, it was a special experience, as darkness fell, just right.
We took a bus back to Churchill Way and had to push our way through crowds across the city centre streaming from the Stadium, as the match had just ended. We got home before eight, in time for supper before another episode of the Millennium Trilogy on BBC Four.
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