10th September 1995
Our First Anniversary
Back home again, but this time far too much rain, so we moved under the porch of Door Nine where we have been ever since. The year before, though it was exciting to be part of preparations for the Last Night, we didn't really want people to have to risk the anticlimax in the evening after our stunning performances in the afternoon. In any case, it can be very uncomfortable sleeping out with a 'cello. We moved to the previous Sunday and set the pattern for the more serious approach which we have followed ever since. We made history yet again, this time by becoming the first orchestra (as far as we know) to rehearse inside the Albert Hall in order to perform outside it. We also moved to the last Sunday, instead of the last afternoon.