Catching the moment

SIR – The most impressive illustration I ever enjoyed of the professionalism of Montserrat Caballe (Obituary, October 7) was at an open-air concert at Peralada castle in Catalonia.

As she performed, a dreaded wind gusted down from the Pyrenees, and the score for the lead violinist was whipped off its stand and blown across the stage in front of her.

In full voice, without missing a note, she reached out her left arm and caught the score in mid-air, while with her right arm she felt around in her ample bosom and produced a pair of clothes pegs. Still singing, she clipped the score back on to the music stand.

The cheers at the end of the concert were enormous. John Osman

Witney, Oxfordshire