July 15th - Day 88

St Martin-within-Ludgate nestles humbly in the City foothills that lie in the shadow of St Paul's Cathedral. Were it not for a multitude of signs outside the church, that on display outside a purveyor of church signage would be considered advertising overkill, one could easily walk past Wren's small church without noticing it. I, however, can no longer walk past any church without noticing it and checking signs for notifications of recitals. And happily there was a recital here today. There was a time early in this project when church recitals accounted for two-thirds of my music experiences, although admittedly that was only after three days. Today's recital - a recital of love songs - was my sixth, and, I was surprised to note, my first in London for two months. The performers were professional pianist Jorge Carrasco and two sopranos who, a churchwarden told the audience, "sing for pleasure" - Jan Goodkin and Lynda Morgan. The song composers included Jean Sibelius, Roger Quilter and Joaquin Turina.