Remove ratings

src/content/post/2024-01-09-nutcracker/index.md

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ---
 title: "The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker"
-description: "10/10 Dancing! And music I never get to hear!"
+description: "Dancing! And music I never get to hear!"
 publishDate: "2024-01-09"
-tags: ["classical-live", "ballet", "royal-opera-house", "10"]
+tags: ["classical-live", "ballet", "royal-opera-house"]
 ---
 
 ## Programme

src/content/post/2024-01-11-vengerov-mendelssohn/index.md

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ---
 title: "Vengerov, Oxford Phil: Mendelssohn concerto, Brahms 1"
-description: "6/10 Too much Mendelssohn"
+description: "A bit too much Mendelssohn"
 publishDate: "2024-01-11"
-tags: ["classical-live", "sheldonian-theatre", "6"]
+tags: ["classical-live", "sheldonian-theatre"]
 ---
 
 ## Programme
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ I figure that they probably felt they had to bring in a big name as a replacemen
 But as much as I like listening to these repertoire staples, I've long thought that the Oxford Phil's programming is way too conservative, and it's a shame that what was probably my last concert in Oxford did nothing to dispel this notion.
 
 I can't say I particularly remember anything about the performance itself standing out.
-I probably wasn't in a super good mental state anyway because of the house moving,s o I'll leave it at that.
+I probably wasn't in a super good mental state anyway because of the house moving, so I'll leave it at that.

src/content/post/2024-01-13-collins-talich-brahms/index.md

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ---
 title: "Michael Collins et al.: Brahms chamber pieces"
-description: "9/10 A bumper programme of late Brahms"
+description: "A bumper programme of late Brahms"
 publishDate: "2024-01-13"
-tags: ["classical-live", "southbank-centre", "9"]
+tags: ["classical-live", "southbank-centre"]
 ---
 
 ## Programme

src/content/post/2024-01-24-thibaudet-debussy/index.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: "Thibaudet: Debussy Preludes"
 description: "Perhaps slightly spoilt by my seat..."
 publishDate: "2024-01-24"
-tags: ["classical-live", "barbican-centre", "6"]
+tags: ["classical-live", "barbican-centre"]
 ---
 
 ## Programme
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ and I think I was getting a very raw sound from the piano.
 In fact it was close enough for me to hear Thibaudet pressing the pedal.
 So, I have a nagging suspicion that a different seat would have given me a slightly more blended sound which I might've preferred.
 
-**6/10**
-
 ## Recordings
 
 Jumppanen as mentioned above.

src/content/post/2024-01-25-ning-zee-brahms/index.md

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ---
 title: "Ning Feng, Zee Zee: Brahms violin sonatas"
-description: "10/10 Beautiful, intimate music-making. This concert made me actually start a blog."
+description: "Beautiful, intimate music-making. This concert made me actually start a blog!"
 publishDate: "2024-01-25"
-tags: ["classical-live", "wigmore-hall", "10"]
+tags: ["classical-live", "wigmore-hall"]
 ---
 
 ## Programme
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ In my experience, people tend give standing ovations to artists they *think* are
 I'm scheduled to watch Hilary Hahn, who's genuinely my all-time favourite violinist, play the same repertoire in March.
 I am struggling to imagine how it will be better!
 
-**10/10**
-
 ## Recordings
 
 On the way back, I discovered that the same artists had recorded the same repertoire recently, with similarly enjoyable violin playing (although the live version was better):

src/content/post/2024-03-24-lewis-schubert/index.md

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ---
 title: "Paul Lewis: Schubert D958, D959, D960"
-description: "7/10 A straightforward rendition allowing Schubert's late masterpieces room to shine"
+description: "A straightforward rendition allowing Schubert's late masterpieces room to shine"
 publishDate: "2024-03-24"
-tags: ["classical-live", "wigmore-hall", "7"]
+tags: ["classical-live", "wigmore-hall"]
 ---
 
 ## Programme
@@ -47,11 +47,6 @@ as well as in the tinkling high notes in the fourth movement of D960:
 
 And the fourth movement of D959 opened with an amazing sensation of warmth that felt almost like an embrace.
 
-At the end of the day, I had a very hard time deciding between a score of 7 and 8, but I've eventually gone for 7 because of the very selfish reason that I was quite tired by the end of it.
-As always, scores should never be taken as a mark of how good a concert, merely how much I enjoyed it!
-
-**7/10**
-
 ## Recordings
 
 No offerings from me here.

src/pages/index.astro

@@ -17,18 +17,19 @@ const allPostsByDate = sortMDByDate(allPosts).slice(0, MAX_POSTS);
 	<section>
 		<h1 class="title mb-6 text-xl">Hello!</h1>
 		<p class="mb-4">
-      At long last I&rsquo;ve decided to start collecting classical music concerts that I&rsquo;ve attended.
-      I&rsquo;ll try to rate how much I enjoyed each of them and write a little bit of justification,
-			although these are of course all subjective, and are not intended as a review of how <i
-				>good</i
-      > the performance was. Unfortunately I don&rsquo;t have full records of concerts before 2024, although
-      I&rsquo;m trying to add those I still remember.
+			At long last I&rsquo;ve decided to start collecting classical music concerts that I&rsquo;ve
+			attended. I&rsquo;ll try to talk a little bit about what I enjoyed (or did not enjoy) about
+			each of them with some justification, although these are of course all subjective, and are not
+			intended as a review of how <i>good</i> the performance was. Unfortunately I don&rsquo;t have full
+			records of concerts before 2024, although I&rsquo;m trying to add those I still remember.
 		</p>
 		<p class="mb-4">
-      I&rsquo;m a software engineer at my day job. If I have lots of spare time I might write a bit about
-			programming or other stuff, but no promises. You can find me
-			on GitHub at <a class="cactus-link" href="https://github.com/penelopeysm" target="_blank"
-				>@penelopeysm</a
+			I&rsquo;m a software engineer at my day job. I love writing Haskell, but realistically most of
+			my job is Python. If I have lots of spare time I might write a bit about programming or other
+			stuff, but no promises. You can find me on GitHub at <a
+				class="cactus-link"
+				href="https://github.com/penelopeysm"
+				target="_blank">@penelopeysm</a
 			>.
 		</p>
 		<p class="mb-4">