John Gilhooly, the Director of the Wigmore Hall in London, very generously suggested that I could launch my book, John Vanbrugh: The Drama of Architecture there. It was an amazing experience because the Wigmore Hall is such a beautiful space – so grand and yet still so unexpectedly intimate, a performance space with perfect acoustics, designed for the piano. In the Green Room are photographs of all the greatest concert performers of the last fifty years. I was both overwhelmed, but also found it unexpectedly enriching.
Thank you so many of you for coming:-
| Charles | Saumarez | Smith | 
Dear Charles
Congratulations on a successful book launch!
Sadly I was unable to attend, but coincidentally I had a meeting at Wigmore Hall to discuss my upcoming concert there in January, and saw the throng and long queue of happy punters lined up for the book signing.
There was a copy of your book on a table in the green room (where my own photo humbly nestles amongst the great artists). I leafed through it – very beautiful – and plan to purchase one for myself soon.
All best wishes Elaine
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