• RSNO - Romeo & Juliet 17 February 2024 (Thomas Søndergård), online
  • Saint-Saëns - Piano Concerto No2
  • Prokofiev - Selection from Romeo and Juliet
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• RSNO - Planets 20 April 2024 (John Wilson), online
  • Ireland - The Forgotten Rite
  • Elgar - Sea Pictures
  • Holst - The Planets
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• RSNO - Rachmaninov Two 18 May 2024 (Patrick Hahn), online
  • Einem - Capriccio
  • Liszt - Piano Concerto No1
  • Rachmaninov - Symphony No2
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• RSNO - Berlioz Grand Messe 15 June 2024 (Thomas Søndergård)

"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow". Albert Einstein

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe". Albert Einstein

"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new". Albert Einstein

"People do not seem to realise that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character". Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in, forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day, you shall begin it well and serenely..." Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail". Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air…" Ralph Waldo Emerson

• La Bohème (Puccini) 14 March 2023 (Teatro alla Scala, online)
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• Li Zite Ngalera (Leonardo Vinci) 21 April 2023 (Teatro alla Scala, online)
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• Madama Butterfly (Puccini) 25 February 2024 (GRCH)
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• La Traviata (Verdi) 14 May 2024 (Theatre Royal, Glasgow)
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• Werther (Jules Massenet) 27 June 2024 (Teatro alla Scala, online)
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Islands I've visited by 2012 (14)

• Mull
• Iona
• Staffa
• Lunga
• Skye
• Orkney mainland
• Lambholm
• Glims Holm
• Burray
• South Ronaldsay
• Shetland mainland
• Muckle Roe
• Yell
• Unst

New islands visited (1)

• Lewis

Islands I want to visit (40)

• Ailsa Craig

2023 Proms listened to:

• ✔ Prom 4: Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons
• ✔ Prom 7: Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony (TV)
• ✔ Prom 12: Beethoven’s ‘Choral’ Symphony (TV)
• ✔ Prom 6: Sir Stephen Hough plays Rachmaninov
• ✔ Prom 13: Tchaikovsky’s ‘Pathétique’ Symphony
• ✔ Prom 14: Elgar’s ‘Enigma’ Variations
• ✔ Prom 16: The Hallé performs Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony
• ✔ Prom 20: Korngold’s Violin Concerto
• ✔ Prom 22: Isata Kanneh-Mason plays Prokofiev
• ✔ Prom 27: Yuja Wang plays Rachmaninov
• ✔ Prom 30: Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto
• ✔ Prom 57: Fantasy, Myths and Legends