Highlights of 2012

Although my left ear was pronounced stone deaf this year, I re-connected with music after several years of ignoring and avoiding it because of the quality of the sound I was hearing. I discovered that I can enjoy certain kinds of music particularly in acoustically superior settings.  Some of my personal  highlights, music and otherwise, of 2012.....

• The LA Philharmonic Gustavo Dudamel all Beethoven concert
• The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam - Netherlands Philharmonic playing Brahms
• Creme puffs, wine and laughter on Barbara's deck
• Madame Butterfly opening LA Opera
• The San Diego Symphony Rhapsody in Blue concert
• The double Thanksgiving dinners in Northern California
• The revival Book Club reading of Wolf Hall
• Haarlem and the Frans Hals Museum    
• Dinner for six at the Plaisterer's Inn, Winchcombe England
• The Military Tattoo in Edinburgh 
• Sailing through Loftgren Islands on the coast of Norway
• Dido and Aeneas  - the final lament, sung at St. Giles Church in Edinburgh 

Speaking of lists, here's a great compilation from the New Yorker:
The Hundred Best Lists of all Time