ensemble360 (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} ensemble360) wrote,@ 2007-07-25 09:57:00 |
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The Time Turner
Hello to those of you not on holiday.
I am on tour with my german orchestra, we have been in Tokyo and Yokohama, and are now in Montreal, and on Monday we will go to Chicago and New York. The programme is all Beethoven, and this weekend we will play a cycle of all the symphonies here in Montreal. It's been great fun so far, and here the weather is absolutely perfect- dry heat!! (sorry)
Anyhow, my post today is for all you Harry Potter fans. It's the 25th July, 4 days after the release of the 7th and final book. I had made sure that I could get a copy in Japan, and even organised someone to be at the shop when it opened (agents have their uses) as we were rehearsing at the time. Anyhow, there I was the next morning (sunday 22nd) reading the thing at a rate of knots at Narita airport when a colleague asked me when I thought I would finish the book. This was at 10 in the morning. I thought for a bit and realised I would probably finish it halfway through the flight- probably just after we crossed the International Date Line.
So with a big grin I replied "Oh, I'll probably finish reading it last night".
Which I did.
Hermione would be proud.
Matt
Hello to those of you not on holiday.
I am on tour with my german orchestra, we have been in Tokyo and Yokohama, and are now in Montreal, and on Monday we will go to Chicago and New York. The programme is all Beethoven, and this weekend we will play a cycle of all the symphonies here in Montreal. It's been great fun so far, and here the weather is absolutely perfect- dry heat!! (sorry)
Anyhow, my post today is for all you Harry Potter fans. It's the 25th July, 4 days after the release of the 7th and final book. I had made sure that I could get a copy in Japan, and even organised someone to be at the shop when it opened (agents have their uses) as we were rehearsing at the time. Anyhow, there I was the next morning (sunday 22nd) reading the thing at a rate of knots at Narita airport when a colleague asked me when I thought I would finish the book. This was at 10 in the morning. I thought for a bit and realised I would probably finish it halfway through the flight- probably just after we crossed the International Date Line.
So with a big grin I replied "Oh, I'll probably finish reading it last night".
Which I did.
Hermione would be proud.
Matt
