A big weekend looms: tomorrow night I'll be off to the South Bank to hear Luigi Nono's Prometeo, about which I shall doubtless have more to say later. I'll be rehearsing on Sunday for the KSO concert on Monday, so annoyingly I won't get to see the Bowmans at the Borderline, but you should if you can.
And just to show it's not only BBC Young Musician that's had a lobotomy, I see the
Classical Brits gave
Emperor Palpatine an outstanding achievement award, and think the best classical release of the last year was cod-operatic karaoke act
Bleak. To which the only sensible response is to laugh like a drain.
Apparently Villa-scum supporting mockney fiddler
Nige pulled out because they wouldn't let him perform with FHM-stylee quartet
Bland. Which after the above seems an odd point at which to make a stand on artistic integrity.
