Its very, very cold here in the Glasgow area just now, although the ground is covered with frost rather than the snow that is sweeping through the south of England. This makes it very pretty and I enjoyed going to a walk around Stewartfield Loch this morning with the tree branches all white and frozen, and the sky a pale cloudless blue. The little loch was partly frozen and the ducks were walking around on the ice. The sun was very low in the sky and as I drove up the hill I saw not one but two accidents where three or four cars had all shunted into each other, probably because their drivers were dazzled by the sun - like Prince Philip who was in a scary looking crash last week. He emerged remarkably unscathed and luckily the people that he pulled out in front of weren’t seriously injured either. Probably it's time that he stops driving though!
Yesterday I was in Glasgow for another of the SSO’s afternoon concerts, after a delightful lunch in Café Gandolfi with Ally W. This time the main piece was Liszt’s First Piano Concerto, played by the amazingly talented Stephen Hough. Apparently Liszt was such a superstar in his day that audiences would scream or even faint with excitement when he turned up to play the piano. I enjoyed it very much as well as the Bartók orchestral suites that were also played. The Danish conductor Thomas Dausgard was very lively, leaping about and flicking his beautifully coiffured mop of silver hair. These concerts are such fun and full of energy.
By the way I have just looked out of the window and it is now snowing quite heavily!
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