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Started off with the Mozart, probably new to me and certainly a flavour of Mozart I don't recall hearing before. Rather good. Followed by the younger brother of the quartet called the 'Kreutzer Sonata' mentioned on 28th February. So I was close to achieving full house on that front on this occasion; hopefully there will be another before too long. The 'Intimate Letters' we did get was a strange but impressive piece, themed on the same adulterous lines as the 'Kreutzer Sonata' and which followed on nicely from the Mozart. 'Excellente continuation!' as unctuous waiters in pretentious restaurants in France might murmur respectfully in one's ear as one orders. At least they might according to Houellebecq.

In the warm up talk back at the conert, the cellist told us that they had played it as part of some dramatisation of the life of Janáček involving an important luvvy called T. West. They had been very impressed by the difference between his very relaxed rehearsal mode at home, glass of the vino rosso in paw, and his highly energised performance mode; I suppose as performers themselves they would be sensitive to such things. Must try and find out what the show in question was.

Wound up with rather superior & serious business in the form of Rasumovsky 3. Tremendous stuff, improved in my case by a couple of run throughs the day before.