Friday 13th November 2009

In the car today for rather longer journeys:
Muse - HAARP
Muse - Hullabaloo Soundtrack

At home in the morning:
Brahms - Piano Concertos No.1 & No.2, Scherzo Op.4, Ballades Op.10, Piano Pieces Op.76

At home in the evening:
Mendelssohn - Octet
Beethoven - Septet

That was it! A day characterised by Muse and Brahms!

Thursday 12th November 2009

A slightly busier day again!

In the car:
Muse - Showbiz

At home, continuing the Vaughan Williams Cycle:
Vaughan Williams - A London Symphony, Symphony No.8
(odd order owing to the way the CDs are organised)

Then:
Muse - Black Holes & Revelations
Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms

In the evening:
Beethoven - Triple Concerto
Brahms - Double Concerto

That was it!

Wednesday 11th November 2009

A much more minimal day today!

In the car for a couple of short trips:
Muse - Showbiz

At home in the morning:
Muse - The Resistance

At home in the afternoon:
Beethoven - Symphony No. 3, Grosse Fuge

That was it!

Tuesday 10th November 2009

Quite a busy day for the ears today!

In the car on a couple of short trips, a bit more:
Handel - Water Music

At home:
Franck - Symphony, Symphonic Variations
Vaughan Williams - A Sea Symphony
Elgar - Introduction & Allegro, Serenade for Strings
Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending, Fantasia on Greensleeves, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Grieg - Piano Concerto
Schumann - Piano Concerto, Papillons

In the car on the way to a gig:
Muse - The Resistance
Muse - Black Holes & Revelations

At the gig, sets by:
The Big Pink
Muse (setlist available here)

On the way home from the gig:
Muse - Absolution
Muse - Origin of Symmetry

Great gig, great great gig. Another one I didn't really feel up to going to but enjoyed massively once I was there. They put on a great show, lasers, lights, projections, cool staging, and also did a fabulous set of hits. Can't beat a bit of Supermassive Black Hole!!!

Monday 9th November 2009

Here are today's ears.

In the car, for a couple of short trips, a bit more:

Handel - Water Music

Then, at home:

Bruckner - Symphony No.7 (again because I love it)

Bruckner - Symphony No.8

Bruckner - Symphony No.9

Then:

Mozart - String Quartets K464, K465, K387, Divertimento K138

Later:

Franck - Piano Quintet in F minor, Violin Sonata in A major, Symphony in D minor, Symphonic Variations, Prelude, Choral & Fugue

So the Bruckner cycle ended today. Jolly good too. Now I've been through them all I shall explore the ones I know less well further. If anyone has any suggestions of favourites I should go for first, then let me know. I already know 7, 9 & 4 pretty well.

Sunday 8th November 2009

Started the day with:
Deep Purple - The Very Best Of

Later on:
Faure - Requiem, Cantique de Jean Racine
Brahms - Ein Deutsches Requiem
Mozart - Requeim
Berlioz - Requiem

Then, again:
Brahms - Ein Deutsches Requiem

A very requiemish sort of a day, started by a tweet from @PeeteerSmith!

Saturday 7th November 2009

Here are today's ears!

The day started with the next part of my Bruckner cycle listening:
Bruckner - Symphony No.5

Then, on a short car trip:
Handel - Fireworks Music

Back home:
Bruckner - Locus Iste (beautiful, sang it at school, lovely)

Then:
Bruckner - Symphony No.6
Bruckner - Symphony No.7
Wagner - Die Walkure (opening)

I'll leave the Wagner running as far as it goes for tonight!