I was among the audience at a packed Metropolitan Cathedral last night for the world premiere of the new Tavener Requiem.
And of course if you see today's ECHO you'll also know we were adding to the one-million plus figure of people who have got involved in Capital of Culture so far this year.
In fact, Hope Street alone was humming with people last night - I drove into town and found it nigh on impossible to get a parking space even at 6pm.
I'd forgotten Richard Dawkins was giving a lecture about God not existing at the Philharmonic Hall. The place was packed with people including several with sandwich boards objecting to his views.
Further down Hope Street, Poet Laureate Andrew Motion was giving a reading of his work and encouraging budding poets in the audience to put pen to paper.
And then there was the cathedral with one of the most individual concerts I've ever been to - both in the work which was played, and the way it was performed.
I had the benefit of sitting next to someone with a score, and the fly leaf showed John Taverner's vision for how the work should be performed - in the shape of a cross, with the cellist at the centre, choir and brass at the top, strings and soloists at the bottom, and percussion and timpani at each side.
It was very strange to watch, but the Eastern-inspired chimes coming from a balcony were very atmospheric, and I felt for the tenor soloist when I saw the crazily difficult and lengthy run of semi-quavers his part included.
The whole work, which will be broadcast on Radio 3 next week, got a standing ovation and a red-wine wielding Vasily Petrenko seemed in pretty high spirits at the after show party (where the cellist came in with her 300-year-old Stradivarius strapped to her back!).
Anyway, as I reveal in today's ECHO, the numbers taking part in cultural events so far this year have raced past the one million mark which is just incredible.
And it's across the board - classical and pop music, theatre, places of worship, art exhibitions, historic buildings and major events.
Liverpool is acquitting itself brilliantly. Long may it continue.
