Anglesey Abbey

I have loads of flexitime... (over 3 months LOL) so I took today off..... not realising it was half term and as I pulled in to Anglesey Abbey car park it was HEAVING with the ankle biters  I mean little darlings!

Anyway enough of them and on to the gardens which had lots of snow drops on display.

They were queuing out of the door for food but they now have a drinks and non hot food desk and.....

Anglesey scones were poor a while back but now are duck worthy good effort!!

Ickworth

Well it is grey, cold and there has been flipping snow in the air!!

I ended up at Ickworth basically because I wanted to try the scone of the month :)

As you can see a bit of snow on the ground.

The very nice Raspberry & White chocolate scone.

The Baroque

After my abortive attempt to get to Saffron Hall a few weeks ago I was there again Friday. Luckily this time the M11 was behaving itself and I got there comfortably on time.

I was off to see the English Concert which is a Baroque Orchestra and for the evening they were led by the celebrated baroque Violinist Rachel Podger (a former leader of the orchestra). The programme was based around JS Bach with pieces by his son CPE Bach and GP Teleman (CPE's godfather).

JS Bach - Orchestral Suite No 1 in C
GP Teleman - Sonata a 6 in F minor
CPE Bach - Symphony for strings and continuo in G
JS Bach -  Orchestral Suite No 2  for violin, strings and continuo in A minor
GP Teleman - Concerto for three oboes and three violins in B flat
JS Bach - Double concerto for violin and oboe in C minor

the encore was JS Bach's Air on a G string.

I was surprised that there was so many empty seats... It was all finely played as you  would expect but I had some highlights.

The Teleman sonata in F was a very thoughtful piece that I enjoyed.  The CPE Bach was much more "classical" in style. Much more akin to Haydn than his father and I liked it. The second orchestral suite was good but the highlight was the double concerto. I liked the interplay of violin and oboe.

A good evening!