So Farewell, 2011 ...
Monday, January 9th, 2012 08:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Links to write-ups (where I managed to marshall my thoughts in a bloggish direction) point to LJ, but all the posts are on Dreamwidth too.
Concerts
(all the Philharmonia at the Royal Festival Hall unless elsewise noted)
Weber / Beethoven / Schumann, 17 February 2011
Beethoven, 20 February 2011
Brahms / Wolf / Mahler [Sir Simon Rattle, BERLIN PHIL, RFH] 23 February 2011
Thames Philharmonic Choir, Cadogan Hall, 19 March 2011
Mahler (Resurrection Symphony), 17 April 2011
Shostakovich / Tchaikovsky / Sibelius, 05 June 2011
Liadov / Rachmaninov, 09 June 2011
Glazunov / Rachmaninov / Tchaikovsky, 30 June 2011
Mahler (Symphony of a Thousand), 09 October 2011
Beethoven / Berlioz, 08 December 2011
Opera
Damnation of Faust (Berlioz), ENO, 14 May 2011
Elixir of Love (Donizetti), ENO, 08 October 2011
Dido & Aeneas (Purcell), Cambridge Youth Opera, 07 November 2011
Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky), ENO, 25 November 2011
Film (12)
The King's Speech, 30 January 2011
The Adjustment Bureau, 05 March 2011
The Eagle, 14 April 2011
Cave of Forgotten Dreams, 04 May 2011
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, 18 May 2011
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, 29 May 2011
Thor, 30 May 2011
XMen: First Class, 12 June 2011
Cowboys and Aliens, 01 September 2011
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, 30 September 2011
Warrior, 05 October 2011
Another Earth, ?? December 2011
Sherlock Holmes 2, 18 December 2011
Travel
Fuerteventura, February 2011 - Photos via this post
Cornwall, June 2011
Paris, July 2011
Lanzarote, September 2011 summary, photos via this post
Gran Canaria, December 2011
Science Fiction
Eastercon, 25-28 April 2011
Clarke Award
Worlds of Wonder?, Sunday 04 September 2011
Novacon 41, 12-14 November 2011
Gigs
Show of Hands, the Junction, 13 May 2011
Theatre
The Man of Mode, 11 June 2011
Clubs
Salon Rouge, the Junction, 17 December 2011
Books Read
66 (including the four I've yet to write up)
And how does this compare to previous years? (Thanks LJ for year-in-review tag!)
Over the last 8 years, the ranges have been:
* 4 - 20 films (12 in 2011)
* 1 - 8 theatre trips (1 in 2011) must do better
* 2 - 22 classical concerts (10 in 2011)
* 2 - 6 operas (3 in 2011)
* 0 - 6 gigs (1 in 2011) must do better
* 49 - 107 books (66 in 2011)
Concerts
(all the Philharmonia at the Royal Festival Hall unless elsewise noted)
Weber / Beethoven / Schumann, 17 February 2011
Beethoven, 20 February 2011
Brahms / Wolf / Mahler [Sir Simon Rattle, BERLIN PHIL, RFH] 23 February 2011
Thames Philharmonic Choir, Cadogan Hall, 19 March 2011
Mahler (Resurrection Symphony), 17 April 2011
Shostakovich / Tchaikovsky / Sibelius, 05 June 2011
Liadov / Rachmaninov, 09 June 2011
Glazunov / Rachmaninov / Tchaikovsky, 30 June 2011
Mahler (Symphony of a Thousand), 09 October 2011
Beethoven / Berlioz, 08 December 2011
Opera
Damnation of Faust (Berlioz), ENO, 14 May 2011
Elixir of Love (Donizetti), ENO, 08 October 2011
Dido & Aeneas (Purcell), Cambridge Youth Opera, 07 November 2011
Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky), ENO, 25 November 2011
Film (12)
The King's Speech, 30 January 2011
The Adjustment Bureau, 05 March 2011
The Eagle, 14 April 2011
Cave of Forgotten Dreams, 04 May 2011
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, 18 May 2011
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, 29 May 2011
Thor, 30 May 2011
XMen: First Class, 12 June 2011
Cowboys and Aliens, 01 September 2011
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, 30 September 2011
Warrior, 05 October 2011
Another Earth, ?? December 2011
Sherlock Holmes 2, 18 December 2011
Travel
Fuerteventura, February 2011 - Photos via this post
Cornwall, June 2011
Paris, July 2011
Lanzarote, September 2011 summary, photos via this post
Gran Canaria, December 2011
Science Fiction
Eastercon, 25-28 April 2011
Clarke Award
Worlds of Wonder?, Sunday 04 September 2011
Novacon 41, 12-14 November 2011
Gig
Show of Hands, the Junction, 13 May 2011
Theatre
The Man of Mode, 11 June 2011
Club
Salon Rouge, the Junction, 17 December 2011
Books Read
66 (including the four I've yet to write up)
And how does this compare to previous years? (Thanks LJ for year-in-review tag!)
Over the last 8 years, the ranges have been:
* 4 - 20 films (12 in 2011)
* 1 - 8 theatre trips (1 in 2011) must do better
* 2 - 22 classical concerts (10 in 2011)
* 2 - 6 operas (3 in 2011)
* 0 - 6 gigs (1 in 2011) must do better
* 49 - 107 books (66 in 2011)