Brodsky Quartet

For anyone at our concert at Galway Festival on July 17 who was wondering what we played (we only realised half way through that there were no programmes!) it was:

Purcell 'Chaconne'
Tanaka 'At the Grave of Beethoven'
Respighi 'Quarteto Dorico'

Schubert 'Quartetsatz'
Puccini 'Crisantemi'
Debussy Quartet

encore: Debussy 'Beau Soir'

It's a really exciting looking festival so we were sorry to only be there over-night.

In the last month we've also been to Newbury, Portsmouth and Nailsworth festivals in the UK, and the wonderful Risor Chamber Music Festival in Norway. What an amazing group of musicians and a beautifully organised festival - incredible meals on-board a ship docked in the adorable little port, eclectic and varied concerts from early morning to late at night in a variety of amazing venues, helpers for whom no job was too much trouble willing to solve any problem, and a bit of nice weather which coming from the UK meant a lot. The Wheel made a few appearances in the portable form of the Brodsky Brolly - Paul's brilliant idea to get around the problem of transporting our rather heavy and cumbersome Wheel of 4Tunes. When the rain threatened to come and spoil the final night's open-air concert, it became quite an apt addition to proceedings.

Following this we came back to a Live Onto Radio 3 Wheel Concert for the amazing City of London Festival, also celebrating an anniversary - its 50th - and they really rose to the challenge of making this concert work for a radio audience as well as to the very appreciative and involved audience in the sumptuous Draper's Hall. I have to say it was extremely nerve-wracking to spin the Wheel and play whatever it threw at us straight onto live radio - but the Wheel was kind and we were happy with its selection.

Now we have one more concert - in the Spain's glorious Segovia - before a few weeks' holiday. Hooray!