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The Gramophone cartoons of 2013

James McCarthy
Thursday, January 2, 2014

In December it was revealed that Daniel Barenboim would be leaving La Scala
In November a modest fire broke out at the Royal Albert Hall causing it to be ev
In October the Royal Mint unveiled a Benjamin Britten celebration coin
In our Awards issue a long-lost Stradivarius was returned to its grateful owner.
In September pianist Jonathan Biss presented and free online study course on Bee
In August the new Britten-Pears Archive was opened at the Red House in Aldeburgh
In July the Beethoven Ninth Symphony app set new standards in the burgeoning cla
In June the 'Donate' scheme allowed people to give money to arts organisations v
In May London's Southbank Centre announced a proposed transformation of its Fest
In April Warner music purchased the EMI and Virgin Classics labels
In March it was hard to avoid the big three composer anniversaries: Verdi, Wagne
In February live concert streaming went mainstream
In January epic, 12-hour long concerts were all the rage

All cartoons are by Tim Kirby and appeared in the 2013 issues of Gramophone.

Click on the first picture to open the gallery.

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