Dame Felicity Lott

It was called Fallen Women and Virtuous Wives.

I think I'm almost a bit proud of it.

I did lots of other concerts after that and people said, I thought you'd retired.

And I said, no, I am not retired.

I just that was going to be my Wigmore performance.

Wigmore exclusively farewell performance.

I didn't want to do another solo recital on that stage, which is the best recital stage in the world.

And I love the Wigmore Hoard of Pieces and I'm still thrilled to be involved with it in a different capacity.

Oh, gosh, proud of.

I don't know.

I mean, maybe the Rosen Cavaliers with Kleiber.

But that's awful because I always talk about him and I've worked with wonderful Bernard Heiting a lot and loved him and became a friend.

Well, you couldn't really quite be a friend of Carlos, although he wrote the most wonderful letters.

I've got the terrific collection of letters.

Yes, it has indeed.

And it's quite ironic, really, because I suppose about last April, May, when I didn't know that I was ill, I'm involved with the Friends of the Sussex Hospices.

And I got in touch with the wonderful chief fundraiser and said, I've got rather a lot of beautiful designer dresses that I bought in my glory days in Paris because I always loved dressing up and I bought all mine rather than having them lent, you know, as people do.

That was another daft move, really.

Anyway, so I got this fantastic collection of Givenchy and a Bruce Oldfield that I had made for the last night of the proms.

And I thought, maybe we could auction them in aid of the hospices.