Proms concert

I got away to London on Wednesday and went to the Proms concert with Mark Wigglesworth and the London Philharmonic. This included Berg’s Seven Early Songssung by Christine Brewer (the first professional performance I’ve heard live since I learnt some of the songs five years ago), also Brahms’ first symphony and excerpts from Tannhäuser. I enjoyed it despite some rather dodgy woodwind moments – also the Seven Early Songs are lightly scored and got a bit lost in the Albert Hall.
I would have enjoyed it even more if I hadn’t had to frantically rush around for a taxi (the one I ordered didn’t turn up) afterwards in order to get the 21.33 train home. The later trains were replaced by buses because of engineering on the line and had I missed the 21.33 I would not have returned home till 1.30 a.m. There have been dozens of these ’emergency’ works on the line since I moved to Bath seven years ago and I estimate that they have affected about half of my attempts to have a midweek night out in London during that time.