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May 27th, 2009

  • Pavia is a Medieval University town south of Milan. John is here lecturing. I was very proud of him today. Brilliant. #
  • It’s unseasonally hot here. 35%! #
  • Brilliant hot sunshine here in Pavia! It is called THE ITALIAN CAMBRIDGE. Because of the colleges. #
  • We lunched at high table yesterday. The music director, Giulio Prandi is amazing. An extraordinary prog of concerts #
  • ‘our’ college, where we are staying in a HUGE suite, is GHISLIERI. There is a top notch pro choir and ‘amateur’ college choir. #
  • He specialises in 18th century Italian choral music. He will email me some Perti. I will arrange exchange prog! #
  • Last night’s dinner in local osteria Gianni Vaggi we gossipped about Sraffa and Chomsky and high table at Trinity College in THOSE DAYS #

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May 26th, 2009

  • I was just on 5 Live (live by phone from Pavia!), taking about Susan Boyle. Hope you all heard it! #

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May 25th, 2009

  • Off to Pavia via Milan today! #

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May 24th, 2009

  • Lars von Trier’s Antichrist? Dying to see it. Where’s it on? He is the greatest movie genius since BERGMAN #
  • He is the Kurtag of modern cinema. #
  • He is the Lucian Freud of modern cinema. #
  • Hooray. The 2 gardens I liked best at Chelsea won!: Laurent-Perrier and Daily Telegraph #
  • It is clear to me we are living the DECLINE OF THE WESTERN EMPIRE. A world re order will emerge. #
  • Symptoms. 1. Collapse of economy 2. Sexual excess and general decadence. 3. Fundamentalism… #
  • ..4. Collapse of UK political system 5. Social regression (tribalism- football culture AND collective hatred – witch hunting of politici … #
  • Oh, and disease fostered by long term human intervention. #
  • This Twitter is off the cuff stuff which I’m going to collate and develop into weekly blog. Bon idea? #
  • Sitting in ultimate garden, looking at ultimate medieval Lodge (our home), happy punting sounds in one ear.. #
  • …organ music from the Chapel in the other ear. Brilliant hot sun and light English breeze.. #
  • ..few could refute that I am the luckiest, happiest person on this PLANET #
  • ..despite our civilisation being in decline. I’m going shopping #

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May 23rd, 2009

  • Yesterday’s meeting at P3 with my director Patrick Kinmonth about our 2011 Matthew Passion was THRILLING. #
  • It will be THE Arts event of London and GROUND BREAKING. #

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May 21st, 2009

  • I host 2nd in series of lunches for all staff of Queens’- porters, bedders, catering, office etc. Love it and very appreciated #
  • Singing Day at my Cambridge school (50% special needs and challenging profile). After 3 years there, the results are astonishing… #
  • … I was very proud and MOVED #
  • 1st Fellows’ choir session of the season last night. Another source of great pride! Love it! #