OK, I’m finally going to join the 21st century, and at this Saturday afternoon’s gig at Ardkinglas I’m going to go paperless, and just have an iPad mini on the music desk. As most of my music library is on PDFs already, it seems like a lot of pointless work to print it out and stick it in a folder, so I’ve ordered some pageturning footpedals and installed ForScore instead. If you come along you can have a laugh at me pressing the wrong buttons and getting lost (or not) in some early 19th-century Scottish piano music on an early 19th-century Scottish piano. It’s advance bookings only via the Estate Office at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 01499 600261.

Aaron and I are heading up the A83 (landslip permitting) to rehearse tomorrow, and our repertoire includes such Nathaniel Gow delights as the original version of Largo’s Fairy Dance (which starts with a march as the fairies advance), and a delightful piece of Haydnesque piano writing called Hot Pyes. We should have real hot pies on hand really … and if you’re wondering, the following piece is called Kail and Leeks rather than Polystyrene Cup of Bovril.