Rhydian Tiddy, Ned Pettitt, Jack Myles, who arranged many of the pieces for trombone, and Cameron Bahmaie, made up the Funny Bones at Christ Church on Wednesday, 12 November. A rousing performance.

Next Wednesday 19 November at 12 noon, Timothy Lin plays the Viola da Gamba, an ancestor of the modern cello. It is a bowed, fretted instrument played da gamba, that is ‘on the leg’. It has six or seven strings, as distinct from the cello which has four. It was popular during the Renaissance and Baroque periods.

Timothy, from Taiwan, has built a career as an early musician. It should be an interesting lunchtime.