I did something I don't normaly do last night. I went to a classical music concert! I went to see Haydn's Seven Last Words of Christ. I didn't know what to expect - I thought it would be a choral work, turns out it wasn't. But it was very good and a great change from a normal Tuesday night out. I went because the Gabrieli Consort (performing) were responsible for one of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard: Tomas Luis de Victoria's Officium Defunctorum. I also went because of the venue: Christ Church, Spitalfields. I'd always wanted to see inside this magnificent building and it was truly spectacular. Wonderful whitewashed walls, magnificent plasterwork and beautiful Oak pillars, pews and balcony. The restoration work was finished last year apparently - justifying that old saying from Disney's Beauty and the Beast - "If it ain't Baroque - don't fix it"

What was really marvellous was the sheer quality of the sound. Having not heard anything not amplified or otherwise distorted for I don't know how long it was really thrilling to hear the beautiful sound of this little orchestra enhanced by the wonderful accoustics of the church. Proper Bo!