What I’ve missed

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The things I wasn’t able to go to in 2020 include:

  • Halle  RVW Symphony No 9
  • Bournemouth Symphony Elektra with Catherine Foster
  • Mahler 3, Halle/Elder
  • Madama Butterfly – Halle/Elder
  • Christ on the Mount of Olives – Halle/Elder
  • Busoni Piano concerto with Igor Levit
  • Beethoven Missa Solemnis BBC Philharmonic
  • Messiaen Piano Recital, Kings Place
  • Elektra – Nina Stemme, ROHCG
  • Tristan und Isolde ROHCG
  • Rusalka ENO
  • Steven Osborne recital
  • Rattle Dream of Gerontius LSO
  • Rattle Tristan Act 2 with Nina Stemme, LSO
  • Hercules, Handel ENO
    Nixon in China, Adams ENO
    Peter Grimes, Britten ENO
    King Priam, Tippett ENO
    The Valkyrie, Wagner ENO
  • Parsifal, Wagner Opera North
  • Girl of the Golden West ON
  • Alcina, Handel ON
  • Visits by the Met Orchestra / LA Philharmonic
  • Buxton Festival
  • Let alone other London orchestras and ROHCG 20/21
  • Etc etc
    Oh dear……..

Published by John

I'm a grandfather, parent, churchwarden, traveller, chair of governors and trustee!. I worked for an international cultural and development organisation for 39 years, and lived for extended periods of time in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Egypt and Ghana. I know a lot about (classical) music, but not as a practitioner, (particularly noisy late Romantics - Wagner, Mahler, Bruckner, Richard Strauss). I am well travelled and interested in different cultures and traditions. Apart from going to concerts and operas, I love reading, walking in the hills, theatre and wine-making. I'm also a practising Christian, though not of the fierce kind. And I'm into green issues and sustainability.

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