I had a lovely evening last night when the Guernsey Camerata played, amongst other things, the Mozart Wind Quintet. The Camerata is just one of the lovely orchestras that we have here in Guernsey. Of course most of them are amateurs, but they are of a very high quality. The Camerata brings in professional musicians for special concerts.
The concerts are held in the St James concert hall, in the middle of St Peter Port. They perform a nice mix of older and newer classical music; nothing too jarring, but they do try and introduce old-timers like me to some music that I may not have heard before. It’s always a pleasure to go to the concerts; several of my friends attend them also and we try and go out for dinner beforehand.
This time we ate in a small new Italian restaurant which specialises in seafood. I don’t usually associate seafood with Italian cuisine, but everything was quite delicious. It’s a little too expensive to go there regularly. But I think that for special occasions, it’s rather a nice new place to have on my list.
I’m still tired from last night’s activities, so I’m going to go and lay down and take a nap now. Later in the afternoon, there’s a play on BBC radio that I would like to listen to, so I don’t plan to sleep for very long.