It was Friday; all the teams were out roving the cobblestone streets of Amsterdam, taking trams and crossing canals. We had a great time; darting into cheese shops, shouting frantically at the twins to stay off the tram tracks as the bells rang furiously, with the strong breeze of a ‘typical Dutch summer’ hurrying us onward. And boy, lunch was glorious – not Amsterdam food, but this very small, very modest Malaysian restaurant tucked neatly between the brick walls of the alleyway.
It’s rather funny, then, that my fondest memory of the day would be getting a vinyl of these four Bach Overtures – Ying Hong brought me to this quaint little shop on the side of the street as we headed toward dinner. A rather elderly man was packing his things up into his van by this time, but we ran up to him and asked if we could look at the vinyls. I’ve heard the first Bach Overture, and it’s a glorious, uplifting classic of a piece.
