I think I must have either have accidentally woken up in Bagdhad or WWIII has just kicked off. It’s only a couple of months since Fireworks night, so does everyone in my neighbourhood have to let off fireworks again?
Bah humbug.
New Year? Pah.
Still, there’s the New Year’s Day Concert from Vienna to look forward to. You’ll be just in time for it as you reach home by bus from your New Year’s party. It’s the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth this year, so among the usual glut of Strauss – Josef and both Johann’s – we get the overture of the Marriage of Figaro. Listen out from 10.15, if your ears aren’t ringing from some ridiculous “House” party.