I performed in two concerts at the Southwell Music Festival in its tenth anniversary season in August 2024. My first performance at the festival was on Sunday 25 August 2024: I performed in a (sold-out) concert with the Festival Voices which featured Mozart’s Requiem [K. 626] along with a new commission by Cheryl Frances-Hoad entitled With What Sudden Joy. This piece for solo soprano (Alison Rose), choir and string orchestra, featured lyrics by Kate Wakeling, a well-known writer and musicologist who had worked in close collaboration with members of the local community and the composer. The work was commissioned by the festival director, Marcus Farnsworth, who always works tirelessly at and for this wonderful festival; he also conducted both works. The performance of Mozart’s Requiem (trumpets: myself and Graham South, and timpani: Keith Price) was vibrant and exciting and it was great to play in the excellent Festival Orchestra, led by Jamie Campbell, alongside many colleagues who had also performed Beethoven’s 9th Symphony from memory with the Aurora Orchestra at the BBC Proms just a few days ago.