Despite years of training as a percussionist, this has revealed that  — like M. C—, Alex and Lisa — I, too, am an oboe. Which is what my mother really wanted, until my grandmother made her cave in.

Playlist:

Carl Maguire – Floriculture (Between the Lines)

Eyes of Fire – Prisons (Century Media)

Andy Middleton – Terra Infirma (Panorama)

Amanda Monaco 4 – Amanda Monaco 4 (Genevieve)

Nazarenes – Songs of Life (Heartbeat)

Benjamin Britten – Albert Herring – English Chamber Orchestra/Benjamin Britten (Decca)