Jeremy D.
@jndk.bsky.social
Tutor in medieval English literature, classical music lover. I have two cats and like all cats.
I suppose Hildedriver was always at risk of being forgotten when Bingen went down the single-operator mysticism route.
She was the best. Love her stuff.
February 14, 2026 at 4:16 PM
I suppose Hildedriver was always at risk of being forgotten when Bingen went down the single-operator mysticism route.
I find myself needing to add my voice to the chorus:
"Where's the cue ball going? WHERE'S THE CUE BALL GOING?"
Goodnight and thank you JV.
"Where's the cue ball going? WHERE'S THE CUE BALL GOING?"
Goodnight and thank you JV.
February 4, 2026 at 11:39 PM
I find myself needing to add my voice to the chorus:
"Where's the cue ball going? WHERE'S THE CUE BALL GOING?"
Goodnight and thank you JV.
"Where's the cue ball going? WHERE'S THE CUE BALL GOING?"
Goodnight and thank you JV.
We're making chilli con carne tonight. The current job is trying to explain to Bea, the greediest little black cat in all of creation, that "free range" beef mince doesn't mean "cats are allowed all over it". Pictured here with her marginally less naughty sister Nina.
January 23, 2026 at 9:58 PM
We're making chilli con carne tonight. The current job is trying to explain to Bea, the greediest little black cat in all of creation, that "free range" beef mince doesn't mean "cats are allowed all over it". Pictured here with her marginally less naughty sister Nina.
Reading Alfred Brendel's collected essays, "Music, Sense and Nonsense." Every now and then he'll just allow himself a little parenthesis:
"(Haydn springs surprises, while Schubert, I think, allows himself to be surprised.)"
I could probably do a Quote of the Day from this book for a fair while.
"(Haydn springs surprises, while Schubert, I think, allows himself to be surprised.)"
I could probably do a Quote of the Day from this book for a fair while.
January 18, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Reading Alfred Brendel's collected essays, "Music, Sense and Nonsense." Every now and then he'll just allow himself a little parenthesis:
"(Haydn springs surprises, while Schubert, I think, allows himself to be surprised.)"
I could probably do a Quote of the Day from this book for a fair while.
"(Haydn springs surprises, while Schubert, I think, allows himself to be surprised.)"
I could probably do a Quote of the Day from this book for a fair while.
Any box is a good box. But a box that recently held a 12lb goose is a very good box.
December 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Any box is a good box. But a box that recently held a 12lb goose is a very good box.
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die,
Wished he could fly
Way up in the sky
And he could.
Wished he could fly
Way up in the sky
And he could.
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, now has a machine gun. Ho. Ho. Ho.
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, where the shadows lie, One Tim to rule them all, One Tim to find them, One Tim to bring them all, and in the darkness, bind them.
December 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die,
Wished he could fly
Way up in the sky
And he could.
Wished he could fly
Way up in the sky
And he could.
Ye knowe ek that in forme of speche is chaunge
Withinne a thousand yeer, and wordes tho
That hadden pris, now wonder nyce and straunge
Us thinketh hem – and yit thei spake hem so,
And ferde as wel in love as men now do.
Ek for to winnen love in sondry ages,
In sondry londes, sondry ben usages.
Withinne a thousand yeer, and wordes tho
That hadden pris, now wonder nyce and straunge
Us thinketh hem – and yit thei spake hem so,
And ferde as wel in love as men now do.
Ek for to winnen love in sondry ages,
In sondry londes, sondry ben usages.
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Ye knowe ek that in forme of speche is chaunge
Withinne a thousand yeer, and wordes tho
That hadden pris, now wonder nyce and straunge
Us thinketh hem – and yit thei spake hem so,
And ferde as wel in love as men now do.
Ek for to winnen love in sondry ages,
In sondry londes, sondry ben usages.
Withinne a thousand yeer, and wordes tho
That hadden pris, now wonder nyce and straunge
Us thinketh hem – and yit thei spake hem so,
And ferde as wel in love as men now do.
Ek for to winnen love in sondry ages,
In sondry londes, sondry ben usages.
#NowListening to the Van Baerle Trio playing Beethoven's Archduke. Gosh, this is good.
November 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
#NowListening to the Van Baerle Trio playing Beethoven's Archduke. Gosh, this is good.
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings, and I am a monumentoholic.
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. I hope this email finds you well.
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and let me know if you have any questions! 🤗
October 30, 2025 at 10:54 PM
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings, and I am a monumentoholic.
I really should have put the folded bed linen away in the cupboard, but phase one of the job tired me out, somehow. Now it's a cat bed, needless to say.
October 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I really should have put the folded bed linen away in the cupboard, but phase one of the job tired me out, somehow. Now it's a cat bed, needless to say.
Nina can't resist a fleecy dressing gown.
October 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Nina can't resist a fleecy dressing gown.
Listening to Nielsen's Chaconne Op. 32, and Humoreske-Bagateller Op. 11, in this release of broadcasts by Arne Skjold Rasmussen on Danacord (thanks to Jonathan Woolf's review on MusicWeb International). The sound is a little careworn on top but still vivid, and the performances utterly persuasive.
October 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Listening to Nielsen's Chaconne Op. 32, and Humoreske-Bagateller Op. 11, in this release of broadcasts by Arne Skjold Rasmussen on Danacord (thanks to Jonathan Woolf's review on MusicWeb International). The sound is a little careworn on top but still vivid, and the performances utterly persuasive.
I get obsessive sometimes. Having listened a dozen times today to the Pas de deux from Nutcracker in Pletnev's transcription the new album of ballet suites by Gugnin, I've now listened another half dozen times to Pletnev himself (who is phenomenal in the whole suite, unsurprisingly).
October 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I get obsessive sometimes. Having listened a dozen times today to the Pas de deux from Nutcracker in Pletnev's transcription the new album of ballet suites by Gugnin, I've now listened another half dozen times to Pletnev himself (who is phenomenal in the whole suite, unsurprisingly).
As this year's #NationalPoetryDay theme is "play", I thought I'd share this.
October 2, 2025 at 10:31 AM
As this year's #NationalPoetryDay theme is "play", I thought I'd share this.
Simplify a couple of consonant clusters and, hey presto, here's modern English "such". (The meaning has shifted too.)
August 25, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Simplify a couple of consonant clusters and, hey presto, here's modern English "such". (The meaning has shifted too.)
Quote with a gif from the last show/movie you watched
August 19, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Quote with a gif from the last show/movie you watched
#NowPlaying Haydn's String Quartet in B flat, Op. 64 no. 3. I don't know the Opp. 50s and 60s quartets as well as those before and after, so it's been lovely getting to know them, albeit at nowhere near the rate of #A-Haydn-A-Day. This one is astonishingly good.
August 10, 2025 at 10:19 AM
#NowPlaying Haydn's String Quartet in B flat, Op. 64 no. 3. I don't know the Opp. 50s and 60s quartets as well as those before and after, so it's been lovely getting to know them, albeit at nowhere near the rate of #A-Haydn-A-Day. This one is astonishingly good.
Just popped into the Weston Library in Oxford to see a lovely exhibition called "Listen In" about the early years of radio and its social impact in Britain. On till the end of August. They've also got a little display showcasing the Bodleian's new Bach manuscript (BWV 128) plus items from their(1/2)
August 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Just popped into the Weston Library in Oxford to see a lovely exhibition called "Listen In" about the early years of radio and its social impact in Britain. On till the end of August. They've also got a little display showcasing the Bodleian's new Bach manuscript (BWV 128) plus items from their(1/2)
Post a book you love from the 1970s.
![Michael Moorcock:
The Dancers at the End of Time.
An Alien Heat [1972];
The Hollow Lands [1974];
The End of All Songs [1976].
Cover illustration of Lord Jagged of Canaria riding his swan chariot by Rodney Matthews for the 1981 Granada omnibus edition.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5yxkbsr7ngtqw55cogtoycvv/bafkreigx33j6lloiz3i7ch4vrxyych6od4sgkvwczfouiay2qxzh7irs44@jpeg)
July 14, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Post a book you love from the 1970s.
Not my normal listening, but goodness me this is something special. Act I in particular is out of this world.
![CD Cover: Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Carousel". Nathan Hackmann, Mikaela Bennett, Sierra Boggess, Julian Ovenden, Francesca Chiejina, David Seadon-Young [soloists]; Sinfonia of London, John Wilson.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5yxkbsr7ngtqw55cogtoycvv/bafkreib4z4etdarxlldzsgz4ozz3pghuhzvxkz2krhyokaljehrrncp72m@jpeg)
July 10, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Not my normal listening, but goodness me this is something special. Act I in particular is out of this world.
Ah, that's sad. Fellow Tippett lovers will remember him as Jack in the Colin Davis recording of "The Midsummer Marriage".
Stuart Burrows, internationally renowned opera singer, dies at 92
The internationally renowned opera singer Stuart Burrows has died following a short illness.
www.bbc.com
June 30, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Ah, that's sad. Fellow Tippett lovers will remember him as Jack in the Colin Davis recording of "The Midsummer Marriage".
I'm not an expert, but that's probably not ideal in a motor race.
![Team radio - Sainz to Williams
"Something is stopping the car from moving forward".
[BBC Sport].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5yxkbsr7ngtqw55cogtoycvv/bafkreidc6s73simplxlvxp75otqyzrcwx2rqw4codt4opqt43dzmbfjpsq@jpeg)
June 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I'm not an expert, but that's probably not ideal in a motor race.
My top 3 change without notice, but right now they are Schubert's Piano Sonata in B flat, D.960; Beethoven's Piano Trio in E flat, Op. 70 no. 2; Haydn's String Quartet in D, Op. 76 no. 5.
My 3 favorite classical works are probably Dvorak's 8th, Copland's Appalachian Spring, and Shostakovich's 2nd piano trio
June 21, 2025 at 10:38 PM
My top 3 change without notice, but right now they are Schubert's Piano Sonata in B flat, D.960; Beethoven's Piano Trio in E flat, Op. 70 no. 2; Haydn's String Quartet in D, Op. 76 no. 5.
"Simon, have you never considered that there might be such a thing as active grief?"
Lovely.
Lovely.
I think this speaks for itself.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jun/20/simon-rattle-on-alfred-brendel-pianist?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jun/20/simon-rattle-on-alfred-brendel-pianist?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
‘It is impossible to recall him without smiling’: Simon Rattle on Alfred Brendel
The conductor first heard Brendel as a schoolboy. He was to become his cherished friend, inspirational collaborator and valued mentor for many decades. Simon Rattle remembers the great pianist’s wit, wisdom – and a particular pair of scissors
www.theguardian.com
June 21, 2025 at 12:35 PM
"Simon, have you never considered that there might be such a thing as active grief?"
Lovely.
Lovely.
Quote a record that you found in your parents' collection when you were young
June 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Quote a record that you found in your parents' collection when you were young