St-Martin-in-the-Fields; Kerem Piano Trio Lunchtime Concert

A superb lunchtime concert, a debut concert by the Kerem Piano Trio, representing the Northern Lights Symphony Orchestra; followed by lunch in the crypt and a look at the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square.

I have never forgotten that Nell Gwynne was buried in the graveyard of the church in 1687 (the previous church on the site, ca. 1542-1721). The music seemed to call up or summon her presence: "Langsam, mit inniger Empfindung" (third movement of Robert Schumann's Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor). I'm glad we weren't eating our lunch over the relocated tombstone of Poor Nellie (Pretty, witty, Nell). I believe it has never been found, but Nell would have appreciated the mission statement:

Plaque, Pall Mall

Trafalgar Square, Fourth Plinth:

Michael Rakowitz, The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist

"A recreation of a sculpture of a lamassu (a winged bull and protective deity) that stood at the entrance to Nergal Gate of Nineveh from 700 B.C. It was destroyed in 2015 by Isis, along with other artefacts in the Mosul Museum. Rakowitz's recreation is made of empty Iraqi date syrup cans, representing the destruction of the country's date industry" (Wikipedia).