I can’t believe it’s only Wednesday, I feel like I’ve done and seen so much since I arrived here. I had noisy neighbours the first night, but the upside to that was that when I woke at 1am the northern lights were on show. As if that weren’t sensory stimulus enough, I woke up to a crystal clear cold morning. Nothing for it but to head for the hills, all in the cause of musical stimulation, honestly!!!
Walking here is like a mixture of Scottish walking at lower altitudes and Greenlandic above 600m. In other words, wet and rough, so after 22km I was banjaxed – and then I had to do some practice. I’m still tired today!
I played in the school today. It was nice to have the children join in clapping and stamping to the Scottish and Icelandic traditional tunes and to give a few interested young people a go on the viola. It’s always special to me when you see a child fascinated by music and is an important part of my work.
I spoke to Charles Ross today who will join me for Saturday’s concert. We’re planning on improvising together. Charles has been involved with Ilan Volkov’s tectonics festivals in Glasgow and Reykjavik, so I think he’s going to be an interesting musician for me to work with. We share some Glasgow connections too.
As well as my concert on Saturday, there are plenty of other arts events over the weekend, and this in a town the size of Braemar, so I should have plenty to tell you over the weekend!
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