First rehearsal with Howard Griffiths and the Brandenburgischen Staatsorchesters Frankfurt this morning went very well... everyone gorgeous! ...and with a Harp and a third trumpet tomorrow will be even more so.
We have two New year concerts on the 1st and the 2nd in Potsdam and Frankfurt (Oder) - we last worked with Howard on some New Year concerts in Zurich with the ZKO near the end of the last Millennium - clearly Steve has got younger, but the rest of us agreed we looked good on it!
Also bumped into the illustrious Hilliard counter-tenor, David James on our flight out to Berlin with his wife and son - what splendour... They live in Berlin and the UK, and David says they often share the plane with muzos... even Sir Simon Rattle. He has still not forgotten that he gave me my first singing lessons - what a burden for anyone to bear! ... but truly, it's not all his fault.
More orchestral rehearsals and then two pre-New Year gigs {Dresden and Jena} before the concerts.
We are all going to cross the bridge by the concert hall later today and walk into Poland...
Marvellous.
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