Well, no not actually. I lied to you in the title!! I’m actually ridiculously busy, but since I’m busy with things I enjoy, I can’t complain!
Rehearsals for the show are going well. Apart from the usual costuming horrors (clarification: the costume folk are great, the costumes are great – I, however, remain a sausage shaped nightmare to clothe).
Anyway! Bought myself a score of the Bach Mass in B minor – bliss! I got trapped in Arty Bee’s for quite some time when I discovered the music section.
Also new song sooo beautiful: Silent Noon by Ralph Vaughan Williams (you may know his Lark Ascending). So evocative of a summer’s day, spent with someone you love, in perfect silence.
Have a listen to Ian Bostridge singing it. I was going to try to find a woman but he sings it so expressively I want you to hear it. 
ians photo makes me giggle, just a lil. I immagine hes thinking “yeah thats right I’m ian bostridge just chillin here in my turtle neck, not doin anything, oh wait a photographers here, how unexpected I’m just sitting round I didn’t think there were gonna be photos taken it’s ok though I have my go to sexy without trying to hard to be sexy face, yeah thats right ian bostridge I’m casual cool but you know you want me”
lovez it
[...] sang ‘Silent Noon’ by Ralph Vaughan Williams which I learned a while ago. It’s a beautiful piece, but boy singing was a struggle tonight. Like an actual struggle. I [...]