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DIARY: Gidon Kremer makes big noise on night the Quiet Man is silenced.
Most things are possible for Maurice Saatchi, but not even the Conservative Party's favourite adman could do anything to stop his musical soiree clashing with last week's IDS confidence vote.
No surprise, therefore, that panjandrums of Tory high command were conspicuously absent from Golden Square as the countdown to the ballot result began.
Instead of being glued to a TV screen, the Conservative peer was on stage making a suitably deferential introduction for Gidon Kremer, the Latvian violinist.
And what a stunning performance it turned out to be. Just one small glitch - albeit one to turn Saatchi's face the colour of a Labour flag. No sooner had hush descended on the guests as the maestro launched into a Bach concerto, than his Lordship's mobile was adding a few dissonant chords of its own.
A rapid withdrawal was followed by knowing glances among the audience.
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