Sunday night chat

[EdgeleyRob]

Good evening all.

Thanks for all the football updates Rob.

No probs chuck,wish they made better reading re Chelmsford and Stockport.

Like IGI I've been overdosing on Britten this weekend,in between being pestered by our grandchildren.

[teamsaint]

Good evening Sunday night natterers.

Glad that the Britten stuff on R3 seems to have been going down well.

Mixing being pestered by grandchildren and listening to the great man is a fair old balancing act !

Been enjoying lots of Henry Cowell's music this weekend, excellent stuff, and looking forward to a trip to the RFH to see some Takemitsu and Ligeti on Thursday. Bit of a new experience for me it will be, none the worse for that.

[Petrushka]

Is your father's funeral date sorted, Pet ?

Hi Alison, thanks for asking. It's on Thursday, Nov 28 at 10.45. I see that Sir John Tavener's is at 11.00 on the same day.

My father was very popular in the town and we are expecting a good turnout. Jobsworths at the Borough Council are refusing to let the cortege down the High Street without each car passing through the bollards one at a time. My father would have been amused at the farcical nature of this but we are instead taking a route passed the British Legion Club where he spent a fair proportion of the previous 67 years! We've engaged the local brass band and are hopeful of a big noise in Thine be the Glory. He chose the hymns himself and I've chosen the reading 1 Corinthians XV 51-57.

It's been a funny old week. I'm allowed a week off work and did I need it! I've had to notify relatives scattered near and far, dealt with the bank (full marks to Lloyds for their excellent help) and sorted out my father's insurance policies. My grandmother took out a policy with Prudential in July 1929 on my father's death which promised a payment of £14 12 shillings. This has yielded a total of £800 and full marks to the Pru for paying by return!

Can't seem to get used to the fact that he's gone but thankful that he had such a long and interesting life. He bore the many indignities of old age with a degree of fortitude that was typical of him. Service in the RAF during the Second World War made him the man he was and I don't think that the lessons learnt in wartime ever left him.

[Nick Armstrong]

Great post, Pet - sterling stuff and all best to you during a further difficult week.

[eighthobstruction]

Sorry to hear of your fathers death Petrushka. Hope everything goes well for you, especially on the 28th....

Best Wishes Tim....

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Great post, Pet - sterling stuff and all best to you during a further difficult week.

And from me, too, Pet.

[EdgeleyRob]

Best wishes Pet,I'll think of you on Thursday.

[Stillhomewardbound]

Pretrushka, that sounds like an amazing send off. Though we are connected by the merest and most virtual of ways, let me say that I'm sorry for your loss. You'll find that where you are at present combines the best of times and the worst of times. For now, take heart in the celebration that you are making of your father's passing. The time for acceptance will come once his wonderful parade has passed by.

[Stillhomewardbound]

In other news (he said!) ... it has been a truly remarkable weekend. A confluence even, of anniversaries and historic figures who have truly stood the test of time.

There's been the recollection of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, the very respectful commemoration of President Kennedy's tragic passing and the Britten centenary.

I'd have to say, that for once in recent history, Radio 3 did Ben proud, and reminded us that in terms of the classical canon this music is still very young, almost spring like.

Three inspirational figures, each of whom made an indelible mark on their times, and with a resonance that still echoes within these modern walls of ours.

[amateur51]

Pretrushka, that sounds like an amazing send off. Though we are connected by the merest and most virtual of ways, let me say that I'm sorry for your loss. You'll find that where you are at present combines the best of times and the worst of times. For now, take heart in the celebration that you are making of your father's passing. The time for acceptance will come once his wonderful parade has passed by.

Words of wisdom, shb - many thanks.

I hope it all goes well Petrushka - you're doing your father proud, clearly.

[BBMmk2]

Great post, Pet - sterling stuff and all best to you during a further difficult week.

Seconded hear as well pet. always a difficult and to say the least "weird" time as well(if I may say the word, because it exactly what it is).

Glad you employed the local brass band! Hope thye do a good job for your father Petrushka! All the best!

[Petrushka]

Seconded hear as well pet. always a difficult and to say the least "weird" time as well(if I may say the word, because it exactly what it is).

Glad you employed the local brass band! Hope thye do a good job for your father Petrushka! All the best!

I was back at work today and you are absolutely spot on with the weird feeling. It's been difficult to focus on what day of the week it is! My father was a supporter of our local Town Band. I was talking to the D of M yesterday and despite work commitments for some people he said that he should be able to get together a nice brass ensemble.

Many thanks to everyone for the kind words. Just want to get Thursday out of the way and start living my life forward again.

[BBMmk2]

I was back at work today and you are absolutely spot on with the weird feeling. It's been difficult to focus on what day of the week it is! My father was a supporter of our local Town Band. I was talking to the D of M yesterday and despite work commitments for some people he said that he should be able to get together a nice brass ensemble.

Many thanks to everyone for the kind words. Just want to get Thursday out of the way and start living my life forward again.

I have not always been working at a school, Petrushka. I was for 30 years in mental health nursing, so I do know a thing or two in this department. What I was going to say, was that, everything does seem to be rather abnormal or weird, as I put it. But, in some ways when the funeral is out of the way, so to speak, it seems like that you have come round to the other side of the mountain and coming through to the valley, at last below.

[Alison]

And so into December.

At least most advent calendars have the right start date this year.

Almost made the effort to go and see Chloe Hanslip in Southend tonight but opted for a night in.

[teamsaint]

And so into December.

At least most advent calendars have the right start date this year.

Almost made the effort to go and see Chloe Hanslip in Southend tonight but opted for a night in.

What aren't you seeing her play, Alison?!

night in for me with some Daphnis and Chloe, a sniffly Mrs TS, and some Schoenberg and Ligeti perhaps.

I hope Pet got through his very difficult week ok.