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Classicalite's Top 10 of 2013: James Inverne on the Headlines

Any year brings its share of joy, sadness, triumphs, tragedies and just plain weirdnesses. We journalists are there to document them all. And yet we enjoy a good story, or feel emotion at a heart-wrenching one, as much as anyone, so in looking back at 2013 these are what spring to mind. At a time of political and economic upheaval (for all that various experts speak of an economic recovery starting to take hold), sadly many of the ones that ran and ran are of a rather melancholy vein.
By James Inverne

  • Classicalite's New Year’s Eve Concert Guide: Austria, Germany, Czech Republic, Ireland, America

    It is one of Vienna's proudest traditions, the New Year's concert with the Vienna Philharmonic, televised all over the world. And the question the Viennese and others all ask as the date nears is, which conductor will be honored by being given this most glittering of gigs this year? Well, as 2013 gives way to 2014, Daniel Barenboim will be leading the waltzes in that musical city. But there are other lovely new year's concerts as well, led by other distinguished maestri. Here's your guide to some of the best!
    By Brick Dozer

  • U.K. Farmer Finds That Classical Music Makes Hens Lay More Eggs (Yes, Really!)

    This may go down as the weirdest classical music story of 2013, getting in just before the year winds down. According to the U.K.'s tabloid 'Daily Star' newspaper, a Merseyside farmer has discovered that playing classical music to his hens encourages them to lay more eggs.
    By Brick Dozer