Here are the top ten stories on JDCMB this year. Good to see that among the matters that interested you most were some of the world's top conductors, several exciting young artists and quite a few of the quirky JDCMB pieces that you won't find anywhere else - not least, the April Fool's Day spectacular. Below, listed in reverse order.
Thank you, everyone, for joining me through the roller-coaster highs and lows of 2012 and here's hoping that in 2013 the comets shine bright!
Thank you, everyone, for joining me through the roller-coaster highs and lows of 2012 and here's hoping that in 2013 the comets shine bright!
10. Socks for the Lilac Fairy?
Why do balletomanes knit socks for their favourite dancers, but Lang Lang doesn't get gloves from the pianophiles?
Why do balletomanes knit socks for their favourite dancers, but Lang Lang doesn't get gloves from the pianophiles?
Life-enhancing ways to behave at a concert.
That.
Introducing Angelo Villani.
In which I sit in on the great maestro's conducting masterclasses.
Italian romantic in cravat triumphs at the UK's premier piano competition.
You're a pragmatic lot, dear readers, and you know when you're on to a good thing.
Or can there? A look at this year's finalists.
1 April, and it looked like we might all have to play to Gergiev. Delightfully, a few of you fell for this, lock, stock and subsequent red ears.
And in first place...
The maestro gets it all off his chest.