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A Day in the Country

We were out and about enjoying ourselves yesterday - a day in the country.

The days of an English Pub's grub consisting of 'Soup in a Basket' are thankfully well behind us. It was lovely to enjoy real ale and excellent food in a cosy pub with congenial company - the morning's rain just evaporated from our minds and the pavements.

Back to the music - the Bach toccatas are coming along nicely. We are using several different combinations of instruments an the stability of the new kit is a real boon when we hit the processing boundaries. We are still on the nursery slope in terms of its full potential but steadily making progress.

Here is a LoFi streaming sample from the first movement of Mozart's Piano Quartet in E flat Major K493. If you like it - you can buy HiFi MP3 files of all three movements from our Mozart page.

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