I've been very busy this weekend, and played a three-and- a- half-hour session followed by a two-and-a-half hour session on both Saturday and Sunday. I enjoyed the harpsichording, and the new pieces went down very well. I liked having people sitting down to listen throughout the day. I had some fun too, and got two very little girls to dance to the music, to the delight of their mother. Later on a group of dodgy-looking teenagers came over, and one of them started plinking the top notes while I was playing. Quick thinking was required, so I got up and let him have a go an my keyboard. He couldn't play, but his face lit up as he fumbled around. They were my best friends afterwards.
I got nattering to a group of women who had come to play mediaeval music on the recorders. One of them was a gamba player, and I played her a couple of pieces by Forqueray that had begun life as gamba pieces. I was pleased that she both knew and played them.
The pub was more than usually tedious. There were one or two friendly faces, and it was such a relief to see them.
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