I can’t express how sorry I am that my time in London has drawn to a close. The brief residency of the Orquesta Teresa Carreño in the the capital was a smashing success, and it also served to focus more attention on the movement in the United Kingdom. I’ll present a report at greater length presently, but since I have to be on a 10+ hour flight tomorrow, here is a gallery of highlights, both musical and personal.
Buckingham palace at night
Another view of London
The orchestra always acknowledges the gallery, in a very classy gesture
Maestro Abreu reads the orchestra the stellar reviews from Tuesday
Nicola Benedetti – charming, beautiful, brilliant violinist and great supporter
Marshall Marcus, head of music at SBC, looking quizzical while taking a question at a preconcert event
Norma, one of the tour managers, on her first trip to London
After the Symposium on Thursday
From l to r: Marshall Marcus, Head of Music, SBC / Jude Kelly, Artistic Director, SBC / Ricardo Castro, Director of Nucleo Neojiba, Brazil / Shirley Apthorp, Cape Festival South Africa / Nicola Killean, Big Noise Scotland / Me / Julian Lloyd Webber, Chair of In Harmony UK
Jonathan Andrew Govias 