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I couldn't have liked it more
Jan. 1st, 2017 04:07 pmNew Year's Day, in this house, begins with watching the Vienna Philharmonic's concert on telly and eating a massive picnic breakfast.
Today we postponed the breakfast, largely due to last night's "The Unexpected"-themed party featuring unexpected plates of steak and chips.
But the announcer on the telly casually mentioned Dinner for One.
( Dinner For One )Dance with me, pretty boy, tonight
Jan. 13th, 2014 07:44 pmNew Year's day, when I was little, always began with heading up to my Grandad's house to watch the New Year's concert broadcast from Vienna. Watch on the telly but listen, of course, on Radio 3 because telly speakers were rubbish and the sound was broadcast simultaneously on the radio[*].
My earliest memories of the concert are of Grandad telling me about Lorin Maazel, who first conducted the New Year concert in 1980 and went on to become a fixture. To this day, if I hear the Radetzky March anywhere I'm back in my Grandad's front room[**], clapping along with the great and the good of Vienna.
Anyway, as I mentioned last year, I've been trying to reinstate watching the concert as a new year tradition and it seems to have stuck. Vital components of this tradition are: brunch (it was bagels, cream cheese and smoked salmon this year), dressing gowns, sofas, and an argument about how they synchronise the ballet performances with the music.
( Argue! )
My earliest memories of the concert are of Grandad telling me about Lorin Maazel, who first conducted the New Year concert in 1980 and went on to become a fixture. To this day, if I hear the Radetzky March anywhere I'm back in my Grandad's front room[**], clapping along with the great and the good of Vienna.
Anyway, as I mentioned last year, I've been trying to reinstate watching the concert as a new year tradition and it seems to have stuck. Vital components of this tradition are: brunch (it was bagels, cream cheese and smoked salmon this year), dressing gowns, sofas, and an argument about how they synchronise the ballet performances with the music.
( Argue! )
