Lisa
@lisasass.bsky.social
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"Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time."
~Howard Nemerov
#ClassicalMusic #Baroque #SciComm
"Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time."
~Howard Nemerov
#ClassicalMusic #Baroque #SciComm
Well, it’s poultry altho not a turkey. Considering the motif happens in the first movement, it does come with leftovers—in the form of movements 2-4 😁
#Thanksgiving
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#Thanksgiving
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Symphony No. 83 in G Minor, Hob.I:83 "La Poule": I. Allegro spiritoso
YouTube video by Le Concert de La Loge - Topic
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Well, it’s poultry altho not a turkey. Considering the motif happens in the first movement, it does come with leftovers—in the form of movements 2-4 😁
#Thanksgiving
youtu.be/cRq8jbQgTAk?...
#Thanksgiving
youtu.be/cRq8jbQgTAk?...
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The Four Horsemen (Remastered)
YouTube video by Metallica - Topic
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Grateful that holidays in recent years haven’t required an explanation, a therapist, or a demo by finger puppets to answer stuff like, “What’d’ya do for Thanksgiving?” Life settled well, and feels more chosen than inherited.
Thinking of everyone spending the holiday quietly, in their own company.
Thinking of everyone spending the holiday quietly, in their own company.
November 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Grateful that holidays in recent years haven’t required an explanation, a therapist, or a demo by finger puppets to answer stuff like, “What’d’ya do for Thanksgiving?” Life settled well, and feels more chosen than inherited.
Thinking of everyone spending the holiday quietly, in their own company.
Thinking of everyone spending the holiday quietly, in their own company.
Reposted by Lisa
Listen
with the night falling we are saying thank you
we are stopping on the bridges to bow from the railings […]
we are standing by the water thanking it
standing by the windows looking out
in our directions
W.S. Merwin
poets.org/poem/thanks
with the night falling we are saying thank you
we are stopping on the bridges to bow from the railings […]
we are standing by the water thanking it
standing by the windows looking out
in our directions
W.S. Merwin
poets.org/poem/thanks
Thanks
Listen
poets.org
November 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Listen
with the night falling we are saying thank you
we are stopping on the bridges to bow from the railings […]
we are standing by the water thanking it
standing by the windows looking out
in our directions
W.S. Merwin
poets.org/poem/thanks
with the night falling we are saying thank you
we are stopping on the bridges to bow from the railings […]
we are standing by the water thanking it
standing by the windows looking out
in our directions
W.S. Merwin
poets.org/poem/thanks
“You'll be visited by three spirits…”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 27, 2025 at 5:26 AM
“You'll be visited by three spirits…”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
A little Corelli-shaped nudge to get you through midweek. It brings brightness and motion; I bring…probably a salad and an attitude. 🤷🏻♀️
#ClassicalMusic
youtube.com/watch?v=3smZ...
#ClassicalMusic
youtube.com/watch?v=3smZ...
Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto in D Major Op. 6 No. 4, complete. Voices of Music; original instruments
YouTube video by Voices of Music
youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:20 AM
A little Corelli-shaped nudge to get you through midweek. It brings brightness and motion; I bring…probably a salad and an attitude. 🤷🏻♀️
#ClassicalMusic
youtube.com/watch?v=3smZ...
#ClassicalMusic
youtube.com/watch?v=3smZ...
What a simply sublime performance from Handel’s Theodora.
Take a breath and pause the doomscroll—these five minutes are far more satisfying and far more soul-settling.
#ClassicalMusic
Take a breath and pause the doomscroll—these five minutes are far more satisfying and far more soul-settling.
#ClassicalMusic
George Frideric Handel.
To thee, thou glorious son of worth from the oratorio Theodora, HWV 68
🤍❤️💚💛💙
Lea Desandre, mezzo-soprano.
Iestyn Davies, countertenor.
Jupiter Ensemble.
Thomas Dunford, lute & director.
youtu.be/kfqx_ZE9t5w?...
To thee, thou glorious son of worth from the oratorio Theodora, HWV 68
🤍❤️💚💛💙
Lea Desandre, mezzo-soprano.
Iestyn Davies, countertenor.
Jupiter Ensemble.
Thomas Dunford, lute & director.
youtu.be/kfqx_ZE9t5w?...
November 26, 2025 at 4:45 AM
What a simply sublime performance from Handel’s Theodora.
Take a breath and pause the doomscroll—these five minutes are far more satisfying and far more soul-settling.
#ClassicalMusic
Take a breath and pause the doomscroll—these five minutes are far more satisfying and far more soul-settling.
#ClassicalMusic
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Have a fabulous Tuesday!
Johann Samuel Endler: Sinfonia in F major for Trumpet, 2 Hns, Vn, Ob, Timp, Strings & B.c CobE 13
Ensemble Sprezzatura, Daniel Abraham
Josh Cohen, baroque trumpet
(16:40)
#ClassicalMusic
music.youtube.com/watch?v=Zean...
Johann Samuel Endler: Sinfonia in F major for Trumpet, 2 Hns, Vn, Ob, Timp, Strings & B.c CobE 13
Ensemble Sprezzatura, Daniel Abraham
Josh Cohen, baroque trumpet
(16:40)
#ClassicalMusic
music.youtube.com/watch?v=Zean...
Johann Samuel Endler: Sinfonia in F major for Trumpet, 2 Hns, Vn, Ob, Timp, Strings & B.c CobE 13
YouTube video by E.V
music.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Have a fabulous Tuesday!
Johann Samuel Endler: Sinfonia in F major for Trumpet, 2 Hns, Vn, Ob, Timp, Strings & B.c CobE 13
Ensemble Sprezzatura, Daniel Abraham
Josh Cohen, baroque trumpet
(16:40)
#ClassicalMusic
music.youtube.com/watch?v=Zean...
Johann Samuel Endler: Sinfonia in F major for Trumpet, 2 Hns, Vn, Ob, Timp, Strings & B.c CobE 13
Ensemble Sprezzatura, Daniel Abraham
Josh Cohen, baroque trumpet
(16:40)
#ClassicalMusic
music.youtube.com/watch?v=Zean...
#STL BBC Music Mag has named former SLSO Principal Trumpet Susan Slaughter one of the *10 best trumpeters of all time*—placing her alongside musical legends like Miles Davis & Louis Armstrong.
A towering honor for a trailblazer who shaped our sound for more than four decades.
Full list at link:
A towering honor for a trailblazer who shaped our sound for more than four decades.
Full list at link:
These are the 10 best trumpeters of all time | Classical Music
Matilda Lloyd traces the history of her instrument through the ten best trumpeters, from the Tudor era to the present day
www.classical-music.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 AM
#STL BBC Music Mag has named former SLSO Principal Trumpet Susan Slaughter one of the *10 best trumpeters of all time*—placing her alongside musical legends like Miles Davis & Louis Armstrong.
A towering honor for a trailblazer who shaped our sound for more than four decades.
Full list at link:
A towering honor for a trailblazer who shaped our sound for more than four decades.
Full list at link:
Are you facing the Thanksgiving dilemma this week? Ah, the ages-old decision between spending it in family chaos, or spending it in peaceful solitude.
One comes with judgment
but the other comes with pie you don’t have to share. (Just trying to help)
#Thanksgiving
One comes with judgment
but the other comes with pie you don’t have to share. (Just trying to help)
#Thanksgiving
November 25, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Are you facing the Thanksgiving dilemma this week? Ah, the ages-old decision between spending it in family chaos, or spending it in peaceful solitude.
One comes with judgment
but the other comes with pie you don’t have to share. (Just trying to help)
#Thanksgiving
One comes with judgment
but the other comes with pie you don’t have to share. (Just trying to help)
#Thanksgiving
Good morning, fabulous humans.
Let’s get this Monday party started by cranking up some Emma Kirby wake-up music.
Arne’t* you glad it’s a new week?
lynkify.in/song/rosamun...
#ClassicalMusic #needcoffee #goidmorning
*Music nerd joke.
Let’s get this Monday party started by cranking up some Emma Kirby wake-up music.
Arne’t* you glad it’s a new week?
lynkify.in/song/rosamun...
#ClassicalMusic #needcoffee #goidmorning
*Music nerd joke.
November 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Good morning, fabulous humans.
Let’s get this Monday party started by cranking up some Emma Kirby wake-up music.
Arne’t* you glad it’s a new week?
lynkify.in/song/rosamun...
#ClassicalMusic #needcoffee #goidmorning
*Music nerd joke.
Let’s get this Monday party started by cranking up some Emma Kirby wake-up music.
Arne’t* you glad it’s a new week?
lynkify.in/song/rosamun...
#ClassicalMusic #needcoffee #goidmorning
*Music nerd joke.
from “Lines for Winter”
by Mark Strand
“Tonight as it gets cold
tell yourself
what you know which is nothing
but the tune your bones play
as you keep going. And you will be able
for once to lie down under the small fire
of winter stars…”
Pairs well with Marais Plainte No 55
#ClassicalMusic #poetry
by Mark Strand
“Tonight as it gets cold
tell yourself
what you know which is nothing
but the tune your bones play
as you keep going. And you will be able
for once to lie down under the small fire
of winter stars…”
Pairs well with Marais Plainte No 55
#ClassicalMusic #poetry
Forqueray Unchained Live, André Lislevand - M. Marais, Plainte N. 55
YouTube video by André Lislevand
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 12:10 AM
from “Lines for Winter”
by Mark Strand
“Tonight as it gets cold
tell yourself
what you know which is nothing
but the tune your bones play
as you keep going. And you will be able
for once to lie down under the small fire
of winter stars…”
Pairs well with Marais Plainte No 55
#ClassicalMusic #poetry
by Mark Strand
“Tonight as it gets cold
tell yourself
what you know which is nothing
but the tune your bones play
as you keep going. And you will be able
for once to lie down under the small fire
of winter stars…”
Pairs well with Marais Plainte No 55
#ClassicalMusic #poetry
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OK classicist and literary types: best modern translation into English of the poetry of Catullus?
I took a Latin class on him in college (in the 90s), and seemingly there was no such beast, everything being highly bowdlerized still. I'd hope that the intervening 30 years or so has seen progress?
I took a Latin class on him in college (in the 90s), and seemingly there was no such beast, everything being highly bowdlerized still. I'd hope that the intervening 30 years or so has seen progress?
November 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
OK classicist and literary types: best modern translation into English of the poetry of Catullus?
I took a Latin class on him in college (in the 90s), and seemingly there was no such beast, everything being highly bowdlerized still. I'd hope that the intervening 30 years or so has seen progress?
I took a Latin class on him in college (in the 90s), and seemingly there was no such beast, everything being highly bowdlerized still. I'd hope that the intervening 30 years or so has seen progress?
St. Cecilia, patron saint of music and musicians, quietly regretting her career choices since the 2nd century.
#StCecilia #ClassicalMusic
#StCecilia #ClassicalMusic
November 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
St. Cecilia, patron saint of music and musicians, quietly regretting her career choices since the 2nd century.
#StCecilia #ClassicalMusic
#StCecilia #ClassicalMusic
Heading over to SLAM this morning for the Wim Wenders* film “Anselm” being shown in 3D.
Museum admission is always free, major exhibit and film tix are free, but tix needed to get into the film.
Scroll down to “Events” for dates/times & tix.
www.slam.org/exhibitions/...
#SLAM #STL #artsky
Museum admission is always free, major exhibit and film tix are free, but tix needed to get into the film.
Scroll down to “Events” for dates/times & tix.
www.slam.org/exhibitions/...
#SLAM #STL #artsky
November 22, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Heading over to SLAM this morning for the Wim Wenders* film “Anselm” being shown in 3D.
Museum admission is always free, major exhibit and film tix are free, but tix needed to get into the film.
Scroll down to “Events” for dates/times & tix.
www.slam.org/exhibitions/...
#SLAM #STL #artsky
Museum admission is always free, major exhibit and film tix are free, but tix needed to get into the film.
Scroll down to “Events” for dates/times & tix.
www.slam.org/exhibitions/...
#SLAM #STL #artsky
November 22, 2025 at 11:37 AM
‘Nite, peeps.
Books and tea? Check.
Music? Eh—sultry early Baroque, so long as the smoldering doesn’t set off the smoke detectors. 🔥
Ignore the messy drama that comes later and lean into some exquisite dissonance. 🎭
Have some “Pur ti miro”
#ClassicalMusic #opera
youtu.be/wIBNW2Mh6Gg?...
Books and tea? Check.
Music? Eh—sultry early Baroque, so long as the smoldering doesn’t set off the smoke detectors. 🔥
Ignore the messy drama that comes later and lean into some exquisite dissonance. 🎭
Have some “Pur ti miro”
#ClassicalMusic #opera
youtu.be/wIBNW2Mh6Gg?...
Pur ti miro! Pur ti godo! (Monteverdi): Kate Lindsey, Nardus Williams | Arcangelo
YouTube video by Arcangelo
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 4:34 AM
‘Nite, peeps.
Books and tea? Check.
Music? Eh—sultry early Baroque, so long as the smoldering doesn’t set off the smoke detectors. 🔥
Ignore the messy drama that comes later and lean into some exquisite dissonance. 🎭
Have some “Pur ti miro”
#ClassicalMusic #opera
youtu.be/wIBNW2Mh6Gg?...
Books and tea? Check.
Music? Eh—sultry early Baroque, so long as the smoldering doesn’t set off the smoke detectors. 🔥
Ignore the messy drama that comes later and lean into some exquisite dissonance. 🎭
Have some “Pur ti miro”
#ClassicalMusic #opera
youtu.be/wIBNW2Mh6Gg?...
Absolutely fascinating interview, so grab a fresh cup and take 15 minutes to listen. Thank you @michaelmangold.bsky.social for sharing this! #ClassicalMusic #Bach
You came to mind when I heard this interview with Peter Wollny, Director of the Leipzig Bach Archive, who discovered the Ciacona in D Minor and G Minor 30 years ago. He has finally verified them as J.S. Bach’s. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
'Living for his musical ideas': Two lost compositions of J.S Bach discovered - ABC listen
Meet the musicologist-come-detective who has uncovered two long-lost organ pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach.
www.abc.net.au
November 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Absolutely fascinating interview, so grab a fresh cup and take 15 minutes to listen. Thank you @michaelmangold.bsky.social for sharing this! #ClassicalMusic #Bach
☀️G’morning, peeps. Have some radiant Purcell to ease into the day.
🎵This sings like an aria—it’s so graceful, but punctuated by harmonic curveballs.
Sonata VI in C major (Z. 795) from the Twelve Sonatas in Three Parts (Retrospect Trio)
lynkify.in/song/sonata-...
#ClassicalMusic #goodmorning
🎵This sings like an aria—it’s so graceful, but punctuated by harmonic curveballs.
Sonata VI in C major (Z. 795) from the Twelve Sonatas in Three Parts (Retrospect Trio)
lynkify.in/song/sonata-...
#ClassicalMusic #goodmorning
Sonata VI in C Major, Z. 795: I. […] by Henry Purcell, Retrospect Trio
Listen to Sonata VI in C Major, Z. 795: I. […] song by Henry Purcell, Retrospect Trio on you preferred music platform. Links generated and arranged by Lynkify.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
☀️G’morning, peeps. Have some radiant Purcell to ease into the day.
🎵This sings like an aria—it’s so graceful, but punctuated by harmonic curveballs.
Sonata VI in C major (Z. 795) from the Twelve Sonatas in Three Parts (Retrospect Trio)
lynkify.in/song/sonata-...
#ClassicalMusic #goodmorning
🎵This sings like an aria—it’s so graceful, but punctuated by harmonic curveballs.
Sonata VI in C major (Z. 795) from the Twelve Sonatas in Three Parts (Retrospect Trio)
lynkify.in/song/sonata-...
#ClassicalMusic #goodmorning
Louis de Caix d’Hervelois, Plainte (Do Majeur) with Jordi Savall. Soothing my insomnia, sorta.
youtu.be/lrxXVGq6XLM?...
BTW, Hervelois’s estate listed 31 bass viols, 5 pardessus viols & 4 dessus viols with 22 bows, 400+ copies of his books, and a double-relief Ruckers harpsichord 😍
#ClassicalMusic
youtu.be/lrxXVGq6XLM?...
BTW, Hervelois’s estate listed 31 bass viols, 5 pardessus viols & 4 dessus viols with 22 bows, 400+ copies of his books, and a double-relief Ruckers harpsichord 😍
#ClassicalMusic
Plainte
YouTube video by Jordi Savall - Topic
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Louis de Caix d’Hervelois, Plainte (Do Majeur) with Jordi Savall. Soothing my insomnia, sorta.
youtu.be/lrxXVGq6XLM?...
BTW, Hervelois’s estate listed 31 bass viols, 5 pardessus viols & 4 dessus viols with 22 bows, 400+ copies of his books, and a double-relief Ruckers harpsichord 😍
#ClassicalMusic
youtu.be/lrxXVGq6XLM?...
BTW, Hervelois’s estate listed 31 bass viols, 5 pardessus viols & 4 dessus viols with 22 bows, 400+ copies of his books, and a double-relief Ruckers harpsichord 😍
#ClassicalMusic
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#ClassicalMusic #MyDailyDose #18thCenturyMusic
The music these guys (Benda, Graun, Janitsch &c) wrote for the King was good in many ways, although imbued with a formality which must have gotten old for them. The music they wrote for their own enjoyment, however, like these trio sonatas, is loose. 🤠
The music these guys (Benda, Graun, Janitsch &c) wrote for the King was good in many ways, although imbued with a formality which must have gotten old for them. The music they wrote for their own enjoyment, however, like these trio sonatas, is loose. 🤠
November 18, 2025 at 11:45 PM
#ClassicalMusic #MyDailyDose #18thCenturyMusic
The music these guys (Benda, Graun, Janitsch &c) wrote for the King was good in many ways, although imbued with a formality which must have gotten old for them. The music they wrote for their own enjoyment, however, like these trio sonatas, is loose. 🤠
The music these guys (Benda, Graun, Janitsch &c) wrote for the King was good in many ways, although imbued with a formality which must have gotten old for them. The music they wrote for their own enjoyment, however, like these trio sonatas, is loose. 🤠
Me, after listening to five discs back-to-back of the newly-released complete works of Couperin.
Couperin, Suite en fa: I. Allemande, G.67 youtu.be/GAUSAocE8Vk?...
#ClassicalMusic
Couperin, Suite en fa: I. Allemande, G.67 youtu.be/GAUSAocE8Vk?...
#ClassicalMusic
November 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Me, after listening to five discs back-to-back of the newly-released complete works of Couperin.
Couperin, Suite en fa: I. Allemande, G.67 youtu.be/GAUSAocE8Vk?...
#ClassicalMusic
Couperin, Suite en fa: I. Allemande, G.67 youtu.be/GAUSAocE8Vk?...
#ClassicalMusic
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Happy birthday to Jenő Blau, whom we know as Eugene Ormandy (1899-1985). The celebrated, long-serving Music Director (42 yrs.) of the Philadelphia Orchestra, he left a long recorded legacy on Columbia and RCA. I'm grateful to Sony Classical for giving us the majority of it in beautiful sets.
November 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Happy birthday to Jenő Blau, whom we know as Eugene Ormandy (1899-1985). The celebrated, long-serving Music Director (42 yrs.) of the Philadelphia Orchestra, he left a long recorded legacy on Columbia and RCA. I'm grateful to Sony Classical for giving us the majority of it in beautiful sets.
J. Rondeau’s complete works of Couperin just dropped, and I just can’t with this Pavanne.
If you’re looking for me, I’ll be a sobbing heap in some corner, happily over-indulging on #Couperin. #ClassicalMusic
🎵 Pavanne, G120 music.youtube.com/watch?v=yKcN...
👇🎵 And then there’s this Prelude:
If you’re looking for me, I’ll be a sobbing heap in some corner, happily over-indulging on #Couperin. #ClassicalMusic
🎵 Pavanne, G120 music.youtube.com/watch?v=yKcN...
👇🎵 And then there’s this Prelude:
Jean Rondeau – Prelude by Louis Couperin (The Complete Works)
YouTube video by Warner Classics
music.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:42 AM
J. Rondeau’s complete works of Couperin just dropped, and I just can’t with this Pavanne.
If you’re looking for me, I’ll be a sobbing heap in some corner, happily over-indulging on #Couperin. #ClassicalMusic
🎵 Pavanne, G120 music.youtube.com/watch?v=yKcN...
👇🎵 And then there’s this Prelude:
If you’re looking for me, I’ll be a sobbing heap in some corner, happily over-indulging on #Couperin. #ClassicalMusic
🎵 Pavanne, G120 music.youtube.com/watch?v=yKcN...
👇🎵 And then there’s this Prelude: