In my own news I just got back to London from Bruges, where I caught Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time performed by the Ensemble Explorations of the Concertbegouw, as well as a lot of good beer, good chocolate, and very pretty medieval canals and buildings.
The quintet is almost finished, then it's on to writing for orchestra.
Hope everyone has a happy and safe Christmas/Hannukah/(insert holiday here)