I ran from the post office to Broadcasting House to discover
that I’d got the time of my interview with Radio Three wrong by an hour, so
finally got a little sit down with a cup of tea. I spent the time proudly texting people to say that my music was about to be played on Radio 3. A friend texted back about ten minutes later to say that she'd obviously missed the broadcast of my song but contacted In Tune to say how much she'd enjoyed it so that they'd play it again... (a full hour before it was actually broadcast!)
The interview went well. They kicked things off by playing
one of Barbara Windsor’s solos in the Kyrie and asking listeners if anyone
recognised the voice. We had a chat in the studio about the piece. The
combination of no sleep and too much tea had given me a funny turn just before
we went in, and I explained to the presenter that I had arrived with no
personality. Still, he rinsed a few choice remarks out of me, and friends who
tuned in said I came across as being quite relaxed, so I guess that’s
good.
It was wonderful to hear the Kyrie being played out in full
on the huge studio speakers, knowing that people in homes and cars across the
UK were listening in. I even had a few sales of the CD on my website!
From the BBC I literally ran – aided by a short bus journey –
to the King’s Road where Julie was doing her cabaret. She sang a song I wrote
with Arnold Wesker about 15 years ago, which I’d foolishly agreed to sing
backing vocals for. Frankly, I have no idea what I was singing. All I know is
that it was horribly wrong. I was exhausted, totally unprepared and basically
just stood on the stage shuffling like an imbecile whilst Nathan and the lovely
Llio Millward covered for me by singing beautifully. Julie didn't help matters by saying as we shuffled onto the stage that she had her very own gospel choir joining her. I looked down at a sea of black people in the audience, and immediately felt like a ghastly albino!
Julie did a flawless set
of tunes, however, and the room was full of friendly faces including 5 members of my choir and my brother and Sascha. I had a lovely time and a delicious pizza. Glad to
be back home, though!
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment.