Julius Katchen

It was here that I met Julius Katchen with whom I spent an inspiring 10 days. To digress slightly, and to insert a mild "plug"; Quote: "Patrick Flynn is a young man with brilliant natural resources and exceptional qualities. His intellectual grasp of musical problems is quite remarkable. I firmly believe that he has all the ingredients requisite for the development of a highly successful career." (By the way. Mr Katchen does not drink.)

On returning to England on a Bristol (luxury class) freighter I started working in earnest with Cyril Smith and Phyllis Sellick, did occasional concerts with semi-professional orhestras in the south of England, spent six weeks in Canada broadcasting and concertising with the Royal Marine Staff Band, wangled an L.R.A.M. diploma for conducting and taught myself the saxaphone.