How much alcohol is there in a Mozartkugel? I had to ponder this question when about to buy one for my daughter as an interval treat. (Although there is some rum or similar flavouring, I suspect that flavouring is all it is).
Between us we went to five concerts. I attended the Takács Quartet’s opening concert in the Assembly Rooms, which now have a canopy around, though not over, the performers – a bit like what you might see on top of a four-poster bed or an altar in a rather grand Catholic church. Maybe this was to help the sound; from where I was sitting (about halfway back, on the right), it came over a little bottom-heavy. I enjoyed the Debussy string quartet most in their programme which also contained Mozart’s Dissonance quartet and Beethoven’s Op.127.
On Saturday others in the family went to hear the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Thomas Zehetmair, and got the impression that many of their regular players may have stayed in London.
I’ll write about the other concerts we went to next time.