Nocturnal Activities

The night is very useful for concentration. All the distractions have gone to sleep with the sun, leaving us free to consider and toil. Daytime toil is hard work, but night-time endeavours are of a different sort. Think of sewing on buttons, mending socks, all the quiet labours of the nocturnal home.

You could also practise the piano.

Last night I found that the hours up to and after midnight were ideal for getting familiar with the many difficulties of Judith Weir's An Mein Klavier. When I say 'many' I mean it in the fullest sense of the word!

Now I have to go and do it again! Because it must be the best it can be for tomorrow's concert.