Dear Marion,

The Internet flight tracker tells me that your plane landed
on schedule. I hope you are beginning to recover from your
vacation.

The first rehearsal for Nathaniel's concert seems to me to
have gone smoothly. He is satisfied. I had the opportunity
to hear only part of the program: the last movement of the 7th
Symphony, which Nathaniel read with meticulous precision.
The first and 2nd movements of the 29th Symphony, especially
the second, he conducted with sensitivity and empathy, such
that tears came to my eyes, almost, but not quite. There is now
no reason not to expect the Saturday and Sunday performances
to turn out very well.

Tomorrow's schedule: alarm set for 3:45 a.m. Breakfast with
Klemens at 4:15, off to the airport at 4:30. Just when and where
I retrieve him tomorrow night, he hasn't told me yet. But now to
bed. Only 6 1/4 hours until the night will be over for me.

Jochen