We gave a brilliant all-Mozart concert last night! All of it was great, but I’m particularly pleased with the symphony we played in the second half. It’s full of dynamic changes and sixteenth-note runs that never seem to end, and I’m very proud of my own performance as well as that of everyone else. We nailed the final Presto movement beautifully. It was one of those “in the cello zone” times that happens now and again, where you realise that nothing’s going to go wrong and the whole thing’s just going to flow. And flow it did: I played those runs better than I’d ever played them. (Flow may not be the best word; that finale is like a freight train once it starts… it’s not stopping for anybody.)

Thanks go out to everyone who came by to be a member of the audience, those who attend every concert and those who came by for the very first time. I truly appreciate your support! We had about a hundred people there to hear us, and I know they all went home satisfied.

And since you’re all dying to know what we’re playing for Canada Day, I can tell you that there will be symphonic selections from Beethoven and Schubert and Mozart during the first half, and selections from twentieth century operettas and musicals for the second half. Followed, of course, by church bells and fireworks as always!