I’ve yet to find a house to settle into, but I suppose there is some chance for May to be taken up with moving. Dental treatments in Stockholm take me north in January and I will stay in northern Europe through March, to complete them. I’ll head south to Copenhagen to enjoy some shows, move on to Amsterdam for some wonderful museum days, visit Brussels for a series of concerts, spend some days in Aachen, visit London for theatre and go on to friends in Kent before returning to the dentist in Stockholm!
I am debating where to catch Bach’s The Passion according to St Matthew. I’m sure I’ll be back in France from early April through early June. Next, major thrill: Leipzig for Bachfest. It seems this year I’ll be binging on Bach, starting with cantatas in January.
Afterwards, I now expect to meet a great-niece in Madrid – or wherever she lands – and accompany her to Granada after a few days of tourism. We’ll meet up again when her program there ends, and travel together a short time, wherever she likes.
Late September to mid-October, I think I’ll be back in the US with some time in NYC and with family in Missouri. Hope some JBS reunion activities or just informal classmate get-togethers will be possible. It would be nice to be coming back to my own home in France after that. Fingers crossed!

Paris Philharmonie
Soli Deo Gloria 2026
J.S. Bach :
Cantate BWV 186, Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht
Cantate BWV 14, Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit
Missa brevis BWV 233
Philippe Herreweghe, Collegium Vocale Gent
January 19, 2026


Gamle Scene
Indenfor murene
February 6, 2026
By Henri Nathansen. With Jens Albinus, Lars Brygmann, Bodil Jørgensen, Stine Stengade.

Skuespilhuset
Endnu en dag i Guds skaberværk
February 7, 2026
By Katrine Marie Guldager. With Iben Hjejle.


Bozar, Brussels
Antwerp Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Philippe Herreweghe
Bertrand Chamayou,
piano
Weber, Oberon, Ouverture
WA Mozart, Piano Concerto no. #24, KV 491
R Schumann, Symphony #1, Op.38
February 21, 2026 20h


Bozar, Brussels
Handel :
Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74
Alceste, HWV 45
Sébastien Daucé, Collegium Vocale Gent
February 28, 2026 20h




Versailles, Chapelle Royale
Bach : Easter Oratorio
Cantate Der Himmel lacht, BWV 31
Cantate Bleib bei uns, BWV 6
Oratorio de Pâques, BWV 249
April 5, 2026
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
TIcket(s) not yet purchased as not sure if alone.

Versailles, Chapelle Royale
Vivaldi : Magnificat
A. Scarlatti : Messa di Santa Cecilia
William Christie, Les Arts Florissants
April 10, 2026
TIcket(s) not yet purchased as not sure if alone.

Leipzig Bachfest
Bach : Top 50 Cantatas
2 concerts each day – afternoon and evening -alternating between Thomaskirche and Nikolaikirche. Conducted by Philippe Herreweghe, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Ton Koopman, …
June 12 – 17, 2026
Tickets in hand for Kristian and me.


Whahooo amazing journey Pat live it up👍❤️💝