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Music, music, music

This last week has been a week of music events and, despite still feeling ill, I managed to go to all of them. First last Monday was my choir's concert in a nearby parish church. Five of my friends had - for the first time bought tickets to come and see me. Kay and her husband Darcy were there too. In the run-up to it, I had of course been feeling unwell, but knew I could not really go sick for the concert, if seven people had gone to all the trouble to watch me. It did put a lot of pressure on me, as with my acid-burnt throat I could not reach the very top soprano notes and had to mime some of them. Of course afterwards there was mince pies and mulled wine - none of which I could partake in as I am still on a very bland diet. The concert however was a huge success. Here is my favourite song of all our repertoire that night. Then on Thursday Kay, Darcy and I had tickets for the Royal Albert Hall to see Anna Lapwood, the celebrity organist. The concert was a mixture of traditional Chris