Yesterday's snail mail brought a lovely Christmas letter from my friend, Beryl Foster, President of the International Grieg Society and librettist/script-writer of the English translation we commisssioned for our performance of Peer Gynt, back in 2010. She tells me that Radio 3 is broadcasting a performance (in Norwegian, but with narration in English) recorded at the Barbican on 15 December (listen here).  Beryl gave the pre-concert talk, standing in for Fiona Talkington, who was indisposed.  The concert, she says, was rather disappointing.  "It made me realise again (as if I could forget!) just how good the Southampton performance was - and you can quote me!"