Simon Leeson

Pianist and teacher. Lots of opera, not necessarily Wagner.

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Music is not considered to be a "core" subject. It was core to the last hour though.

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One of my pupils got 30/30 for one of their exam pieces. So pleased for them!

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Now the sun is out. I'm prepared for that too.

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A week ago I was in Norway, so I had a fleece and jacket with me. Today I'm at a cricket match, so I've got a fleece and jacket with me.

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No teaching this lunchtime because of school exams, so the Dante Sonata instead.

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What a sunset after Figaro!

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The last couple of Ibsen productions in London have been disappointing, but his apartment in Oslo was wonderful to visit.

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@Stephen74977713 Yes it is, I've got a pupil learning it at the minute.

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No nightingales in Berkeley Square, but a triceratops instead.

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Michael Portillo tonight's celeb spotting.

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Samson et Dalila tonight. The first time I saw this was on a similarly balmy evening, watching the big screen in the piazza. Last time was the day Forest got promoted!

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Indiscriminate spam filters are making it very hard to communicate with new contacts.

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If you're going to lose a semi final, it's a consolation when the opposition are brilliant in the final. Villa fantastic!

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Yet again Abrsm have scheduled one teacher's candidates either side of the lunch break with no consideration of the accompanist.

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I've been working this morning in Shirley. I am serious.

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Wonderful to hear a recital from a young singer who was a pupil at a school I teach at, and is now studying at my old college. What a beautiful, rich baritone voice he now has.

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Summer sorted. All set for Yunchan Lim, Martha Argerich, and Yuja Wang.

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When I visited Doune Castle they had coconut shells to borrow so you could clip clop round Monty Python style. I hope the new Beatles museum in Savile Row will have a policeman's helmet available.

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Hoped Bakwa was going to do an Archie Gemmill there, but not to be #nffc