Stuk 36 - Letter from Leo [de Rothschild]

Letterhead of Garbet Hotel, Kinlochbervie, Sutherland, IV27 4RP, with added at home 11 Campden Hill Sq., London W.8. - Is sorry their 'jaunt' is off, will be in the Lake District and seeing his niece in Yorkshire; has just had a week bear-leading the Bach Choir in a week of concerts, two of which featured Handel - he especially enjoyed 'Saul', and three were a capella programmes, with works by Vaughan Williams and Britten, a huge hit; is now in northwest Scotland; his remarks about the U.S. are in contrast to Ray [Leppard]'s, despite horrors there are still compensations here; invites him to Exbury when others will be there; hopes 'Salieri' is coming along well: 'such a splendid & Peter-ish idea'; Naomi [Goldschmidt?] found the enclosed item in the Herald Tribune, and said PS had mentioned a similar idea. Cutting enclosed headed 'Skirt-Slasher Shows Shear Nerve in U.K'.