Dear M,

In rehearsal tonight I was bored to tears so I imagined you were sitting out in the audience so that we could make silly faces at each other in the rests, especially in the movement of the Haydn about god creating the whales. I think you would really like that one. I bet you are good at making whale sounds, too. I wish I could bring the ocarina with me when I have to go away for these things but I'm always afraid I'll break it.