Played with the MSO today. First trombone on Tchaikovsky 5 with Rozhdestventsky. Wonderful, idiomatic, caprious, in-control maestro. A real eye-opener, although one wonders if his quirky approach would become fatiguing in time. Really was getting what he wanted with the absolute minimum of effort, and maximum gestural impact. Nice.
Got a call from the Nation Arts Centre orchestra for a chart. Always glad to get that sort of call. Looking forward to it.

Off to bed with some of Marion Meade's biography of Dorothy Parker. An delightful book.