2009: a year of going out ...

[tamaranth]

Culture 2009

... more than usually patchy, as I've been to a lot of free events, and don't tend to have tickets for those. Also, my LJ tagging fails.

Gigs: 5
19/01: Emily Barker, Chris TT, Frank Turner @ the Junction
15/02: Bellowhead @ the Junction
16/05: Kasabian @ Brighton Dome
04/06: Mitch Benn and the Distractions @ Udderbelly
16/09: Mumford and Sons @ the Scala

Films: 10
23/03: Watchmen
08/04: The Boat that Rocked
?15/05: Star Trek (reboot)
30/05: Coraline
28/07: Moon
30/07: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
03/09: The Time-Traveller's Wife
11/09: District 9
31/10: The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus
27/12: Sherlock Holmes

Classical Concerts: 22 (ish)
29/01: Berlioz Le Corsaire & Tchaikovsky Violin #1, Symphony #5: Philharmonia @ RFH
31/01: Strauss Festmusik das stadt Wien, Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition: Prime Brass, Kings College Chapel
06/02: Tanayev Piano Quartet, Kettle's Yard
13/02: Horses Brawl, Mumford Theatre, ARU
22/03: Berg Piano Sonata, Mahler Symphony #9: Philharmonia, RFH
24/03: Mahler Resurrection Symphony, Philharmonia / Bach Choir, Westminster Cathedral
27/03: Haydn Salve Regina / Nelson Mass, Handel Dixit Dominus: Goldsmiths Choral Union, Herts Classical Orchestra @ Cadogan Hall
16/04: Rachmaninoff Isle of the Dead / Piano #2 (Lugansky), Philharmonia, RFH
19/04: Beethoven Piano #5 (Vogt), Brahms Symphony #4, Philharmonia, RFH
30/04: Berlioz Le Carnaval Romain / Sibelius Violin Concerto / Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances, Philharmonia, RFH
04/05: Rossini Giovanna d'Arco, Chamber Domaine / Anna Grevelius, Old Market, Brighton
08/05: Stravinsky / Ravel, Kettle's Yard
10/05: Mendelssohn Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage / Schumann Piano Concerto (Biss), Philharmonia, RFH
11/06: settings of Baudelaire poems, Kettle's Yard
18/09: Orpheus Brittanicus - the Dance of the Hearts (Mercurius Company, Cadogan Hall)
22/09: Rachmaninov Piano #2 (Grimaud) / Shostakovich Symphony #8: Philharmonia, RFH (was ill, skipped second part, never wrote up)
22/10: Mendelssohn Midsummer Night's Dream overture / Brahms Symphony #3, Piano #2 (Bronfman), Philharmonia, RFH
05/11: Shostakovich Festival Overture / Rachmaninov Piano #1 (Lugansky), Symphony #2, Philharmonia, RFH
08/11: Tchaikovsky Voyevoda overture / Rachmaninov Piano #3 (Lugansky) / Sibelius Symphony #2, Philharmonia, RFH
12/11: Mussorgsky Night on a Bare Mountain / Grieg Piano #1 (Giltburg) / Shostakovich Symphony #5, Philharmonia, RFH
16/11: Haydn / Brahms / Swayne, Solstice Quartet, West Rd Concert Hall
03/12: Kodaly Dances of Galanta / Tchaikovsky Piano #1 (Trpcesci) / Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition, Philharmonia, RFH

Opera: 3
30/01: Monteverdi, Orfeo: CU Opera Society @ ADC
27/04: Bellini Norma, English Touring Opera, Cadogan Hall
13/06: Weill, Die Dreigroschenoper, Barbican

Theatre: 2
21/02: The Voyage of Charles Darwin, Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
19/10: La Cage aux Folles, Playhouse Theatre

Art & Exhibitions: 6
05/02: Breughel the Younger's 'Village Fair in Honour of St Hubert and St Anthony' -- Fitzwilliam (talk)
11/03: Assembling Bodies, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
19/04: Darwin, Natural History Museum
21/08: J. W. Waterhouse: the Modern Pre-Raphaelite, Royal Academy
26/08: Playing the Building (David Byrne), Roundhouse
11/09: Endless Forms, Fitzwilliam

Literary:
27/05: Hilary Mantel at the British Library

Also ...
- Three trips to Foreign Places: Lanzarote, New Zealand, Fuerteventura
- Three conventions: Eastercon, Constitution, Novacon.
- two weddings
- Paid Employment!



So how does 2009 compare to earlier years? (And how would I know if not for lovely LJ and my year-in-summary tag, eh?)
Over the last 6 years, the ranges have been:
* 4 - 20 films (10 this year)
* 1 - 8 theatre trips (2 this year)
* 2 - 12 classical concerts (22 this year, oops; but then haven't (a) been to or (b) counted free Kettle's Yard concerts 'til this year)
* 2 - 6 operas (3 this year)
* 0 - 6 gigs (5 this year)
* 49 - 107 books (75 this year)