Original plan disturbed

Just when I could have found some free time to write something on this blog over the weekend, I was struck down by a bout of fever and diarrhoea. I couldn't go to work last Saturday -- yes, I have to work on Saturdays. So tired. 

Original plan was my brief impressions on the Chailly concert, the forthcoming Furtwangler Bruckner 5th CD on Testament, and if possible, the Keilberth Bruckner recordings.

These all will have to wait for a little longer. Still low-grade fever and headache but improving.

The concert to look forward to

On 15th March, Ricardo Chailly and Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra playing Bruckner 8th at HK Cultural Centre is the event of the year in my calendar so far. Really looking forward to it.

After months of difficult time, the coming of this Bruckner 8th is all the more relieving and important for a rather tired soul.

New Year resolution for this blog

This is the time of the year to make summaries and resolutions. In fact I've had a number of blog drafts to be published in the pipeline, but never had time to finish them. So now I list my planned entries, including those I expressed a wish to elaborate in the past:

1) My Furtwangler collection,
2) Keilberth's Bruckner recordings, in particular the 6th,
3) Bruckner recordings with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra,
4) Bruckner recordings with the Concertgebouw Orchestra,
5) Bruckner recordings with the Gewandhaus Orchestra,
6) Recent releases: Blomstedt's and Haitink's Bruckner 5th, Maazel's Bruckner recordings,
7) Continue with more frequency the "Enlivening path" series,
8) More when they come to mind.

Once again, wish you all a healthy and happy 2011.