touch down

almost an hour late, alexei volodin has arrived into heathrow airport and has just been collected for his journey south to Poole for a rehearsal with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra tomorrow afternoon. I'm always slight anxious until I have the performers physically in Lichfield, but physically in the country is a pretty good start. He and Marin Alsop will be driven to Lichfield tomorrow evening in readiness of Thursday's opening night concert. closerer and closerer...