Sunday, December 28, 2014

JDCMB Top 12 Posts of 2014

A little recap on some of the JDCMB highlights of 2014

Mourning, anxiety, flashmobs, victimisation of one sort or another and an April Fool's joke proved dominant in this year's reader stats. Glad to say that also scoring highly (so to speak) are a certain wonderful tenor, a great composer to whom I love talking, and a very gifted young conductor.


A guest post from Serhan Bali in Turkey about the dire situation threatening the country's music scene.


20 JAN
Obituary of the conductor whom everyone loved best.


Beethoven proves his credentials once more as a galvanising inspiration.


10 FEB
Look who I met in New York...


20-YEAR-OLD CONDUCTOR WOWS LONDON
8 MARCH
The London debut of the incredibly gifted Ilyich Rivas at the Royal Festival Hall.


10 APRIL
I had the only interview with Tara that was doing the rounds before the opening of the Glyndebourne Der Rosenkavalier...



A CHAT WITH JOHN ADAMS
4 MARCH
Some bonus material from my interview with the composer (the rest is in the Independent)

A TRIBUTE TO CHRISTOPHER FALZONE
24 OCTOBER
Farewell to a wonderful pianist in the most tragic of circumstances.

1 APRIL
Check the date on this one.

17 SEPTEMBER
Don't laugh if your neighbour doesn't think the libretto is funny, even if you do.

DUTY OF CARE
10 MARCH
A critic tells off a small child of colour in a concert.

19 JULY
A trailer for Du bist die Welt für mich...