Cloudland Blue Quartet – Ersatzreal
William Boyce – Eight Symphonies Op 2
Wenzel Pichl - Symphonies
Listening again to the new album with a view to working on it over the weekend...
To HMV and I discover three more discs in Naxos’ series of 18th Century symphonies. William Boyce, Wenzel Pichl and Karl von Ordonez, the last two of whom I have never come across before...
Back home and Boyce is delightful, uplifting stuff...
Tonight is the closing party for last week’s Ferry Fringe and so we drive down to Chateau Chansons Impossibles for a wee party...
I must admit to rather losing my way on the drive down, turning what should have been a pleasant ten to fifteen minute jaunt into a seemingly interminable 40 minute road trip around South Queensferry and its environs...
We are kept entertained however by Mr Pichl...
By the time we get to our destination, plenty people have already arrived, most of whom we know and the drink and food is plentiful, though, as I’m on driver duty, I’m not consuming any alchohol...
Happily, Cyrus the Orange Pointy Eared Rabbit Executing Cat is also in attendance...
After a presentation to committee chairman, Norman Lamont, we head out into the garden to build and set a bonfire which proves popular with all concerned, despite the drizzling rain...
We are warm at the front and wet at the back, if you pardon the expression...
The fire is stoked with the left over programmes from the festival and the flames are soon leaping into the night sky...
For the kids (and the young at heart) there are sparklers...
Back inside, the inevitable musical entertainment is kicked off by your correspondent with an improvised “Piece in D” at the piano, accompanied very ably indeed by four year old Finn, seen here earlier at the bonfire...
Norman’s impersonation of Ivor Cutler is a highlight....
....and then he, Tommy Mackay, the Impossibles and the mighty Confushion duo (plus CBQ of course) keep us entertained into the wee small hours with various self penned numbers and sometimes well, sometimes not so well executed covers...
A special mention must go to young Joe who adds his harmonica skills to any song in the key of C (and several not in that key) over the course of the evening...
We call it a night around 1:30 and, after giving Tommy and his wife a lift over to SQF, we arrive home just before two to an interrogation from Meg the Black Cat as to where we’ve been all night...
Highlight of the Day : Party at John & Ali’s place....
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