Well, a whole two months gone by with packing, moving home and unpacking. In the new place, the piano is now in a better position, in a larger room with better light and so there is some progress. The Chopin ballade is nearly fluent, the Scarlatti sonatas are well on the way.

Unfortunately I missed the majority of this years' Sydney International Piano competition. Arthur says they may show some of the fifth round, the concertos, on telly soon.

Recently, David Helfgott played in Brisbane. I saw him at the University of Queensland in the late eighties. His playing then was technically brilliant but emotionally void. I did not ever want to hear him again.