Livre d'Or

Ooh, excellent suggestions. I approve of folk clubs in principle so I should in fact actually try going to some. I don't know if I want to go on a course or join a club, maybe, but at least at first I want to just play at home when I have a spare moment, or do scratch things with friends, rather than anything more organized.

I would very much like to play duets, and will try not to think of you as too scary because you're a real professional musician. Like lots of other things it needs a way to overcome geography, but you know.

I really, really appreciate the suggestion of playing along with the alto singers. That's probably a lot more feasible than looking for stuff arranged specifically for a mixture of voice and recorder. Being able to sight read reasonably well was always my one advantage when I'm otherwise not very musically competent, and I bet with a little practice I could learn to transpose in my head.

And yes, playing an instrument after such a long hiatus is just amazingly good for me.