Thursday 26 March 2009

Yesterday went something like this. I sat in a traffic jam on the M8, and was an hour late for the session at Castle; looked down at my hands in our second take and realised my knuckle was bleeding: the sight of blood concentrates the mind beautifully when recording. Drove into Edinburgh, found a parking space outside the bike shop (miracle); they'd forgotten to lower the gearing - it had only been in the workshop for 4 weeks. Left bike behind, headed to the Hub to meet DG who'd just arrived from Montreal; quick rehearsal for Edinburgh Festival launch event (second Bosendorfer of the day), picked up bike successfully, fantastic falafel and houmous wraps in North African cafe. We went on stage to play Mackintosh for 3 minutes, and then (the best bit) somehow managed to fit the following into my tiny car for the drive home: harmonium, harpsichord stand, bike, DG's large suitcase, lots of bits and pieces, DG, me and Andrew. Japanese engineering wins again.

One of our Edinburgh concerts in August is detailed here. If you search the festival site for 'concerto caledonia' and 'caledonia sessions' you'll eventually find the other three events too. I've put up links from our concerts page.