I realised a long-standing musical ambition today - well, I went to the rehearsal for it anyway. Saint-Saëns' 3rd symphony is one of those great tacky pieces of music that's so corny it's brilliant, and I've always wanted to play not the organ part (although that would be fun too), but the second piano part. The second player only joins in for a grand total of 8 bars, but they're the best 8 bars in the piece, playing really fast quiet arpeggios under the big glorious tune that comes after the deafening organ chord near the end.  The first performance is next Friday in Dundee.

Edit notes are coming in steadily from DG, so I foresee a weekend of slaving over a hot computer doing the final edits of the duo CD.  DG tells me that the record company people like it a lot - that's a relief.