Sunday morning

Well the 5am rising didn’t happen today – I set the alarm for, and got up at, 7am instead. This is because I went to bed at around midnight last night and was feeling really really tired by then.

I saw the cellist Steven Isserlis last night at the Perth concert hall. I went with my concert buddy K and we both thoroughly enjoyed it. Now before I give the impression that I am a real classical music buff, I must state that I don’t know much about music at all (apart from whether I like something or not!). I did think that Steven Isserlisgave an excellent performance last night. At times he seemed larger than life on the stage and I felt like I was right there next to him – quite impressive, given that our season seats are 19 rows back! I hadn’t heard any of the works he played last night before, am now inspired to get hold of them for further listening, particularly the work Pohádka by LeoÅ¡ Janáček. The music reviewer for The West Australian usually sits across the aisle from us, and I noticed him scribbling furiously at times. I’ll have to remember to read the review.

By the time I got home, around 10pm, I was quite ready for bed, but M wanted to watch Ricordati di me “Remember me”, and wanted me to watch with him, so I did. I thought I would surely fall asleep during the movie (as I have been known to do 😉 ), but it was very interesting (what is it about other people’s lives that makes such compelling viewing?) and well made, and I watched the whole thing.

I am glad I didn’t force the 5am rising this morning. I did make sure I got up as soon as the alarm went off at 7am, but it was really hard. I still felt sleepy and to make matters worse it was freezing and pouring with rain outside. I wonder if I will need a nap this afternoon – I did have a sleep yesterday arvo* – I was quite tired by 1pm and decided I needed to recharge before the concert so I slept for about an hour (and lay in bed reading for another hour after that).

*arvo. n. Australian slang. afternoon.