Simon Leeson
@simonleeson.bsky.social
Pianist and teacher. Lots of opera, not necessarily Wagner.
György and Márta, Olivier and Yvonne, Pavel and Samson.
November 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
György and Márta, Olivier and Yvonne, Pavel and Samson.
I'm practising Mozart accompaniments, one for flute and one for violin. You can tell which instrument he doesn't like.
November 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I'm practising Mozart accompaniments, one for flute and one for violin. You can tell which instrument he doesn't like.
Impossible to continue with admin when the Adagio of K488 is on the radio. Have to stop and listen.
November 12, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Impossible to continue with admin when the Adagio of K488 is on the radio. Have to stop and listen.
As I left school today a child was impressively practising Feux Follets!
November 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
As I left school today a child was impressively practising Feux Follets!
His plaque is behind gates but I managed to find Schopenhauer.
November 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
His plaque is behind gates but I managed to find Schopenhauer.
The Makropulos Case at Covent Garden, where the thing I enjoyed looking at most was Paul Smith's Christmas tree.
November 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The Makropulos Case at Covent Garden, where the thing I enjoyed looking at most was Paul Smith's Christmas tree.
My phone reminds me of this trip to the RFH to see Duke Bluebeard's Castle and its seven doors.
November 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
My phone reminds me of this trip to the RFH to see Duke Bluebeard's Castle and its seven doors.
Tonight's rehearsal of Dead Man Walking at ENO was outstanding. Such a powerful piece.
October 30, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Tonight's rehearsal of Dead Man Walking at ENO was outstanding. Such a powerful piece.
A great day in Nottingham yesterday, and a beautiful morning today.
October 24, 2025 at 9:28 AM
A great day in Nottingham yesterday, and a beautiful morning today.
Like Colin Calderwood a few years ago on Boxing Day, the manager has gone before I got home. That day from the City Ground, today just walking back from the pub! #NFFC
October 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Like Colin Calderwood a few years ago on Boxing Day, the manager has gone before I got home. That day from the City Ground, today just walking back from the pub! #NFFC
I don't know if anyone notices, but I always have fun weaving autumn themes into my between items improvisations at Harvest Festival.
October 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I don't know if anyone notices, but I always have fun weaving autumn themes into my between items improvisations at Harvest Festival.
Wigmore Hall two nights in a row.
October 12, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Wigmore Hall two nights in a row.
Dashing for a train marked as late is a guaranteed way of making that train miraculously catch up time.
October 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Dashing for a train marked as late is a guaranteed way of making that train miraculously catch up time.
Some children at school today were doing an ancient Greeks workshop and were dressed accordingly. At playtime it was very Monty Python.
a man in a robe is playing soccer on a field .
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October 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Some children at school today were doing an ancient Greeks workshop and were dressed accordingly. At playtime it was very Monty Python.
I can hear the William Tell overture without thinking of The Lone Ranger, but I can't listen to Atmosphères and not think of 2001.
October 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I can hear the William Tell overture without thinking of The Lone Ranger, but I can't listen to Atmosphères and not think of 2001.
I've booked for Forest v Porto. The following evening Simon Trpčeski is in Nottingham playing the Grieg and I've booked that too, so I know I'll have at least one good night!
October 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I've booked for Forest v Porto. The following evening Simon Trpčeski is in Nottingham playing the Grieg and I've booked that too, so I know I'll have at least one good night!
Mooncake for tonight's full moon, which is very impressive if you go outside on this clear evening.
October 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Mooncake for tonight's full moon, which is very impressive if you go outside on this clear evening.
Reposted by Simon Leeson
A thread of inspirational quotes from two of my idols: Kemi Badenoch and Ange Postecoglou
(uh-oh, I may have gotten some mixed up... or have I??)
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(uh-oh, I may have gotten some mixed up... or have I??)
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October 6, 2025 at 9:11 AM
A thread of inspirational quotes from two of my idols: Kemi Badenoch and Ange Postecoglou
(uh-oh, I may have gotten some mixed up... or have I??)
🧵
(uh-oh, I may have gotten some mixed up... or have I??)
🧵
I hoped it would he be quieter in the evening and it was. An unhurried chance to get right up close to Picasso.
October 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I hoped it would he be quieter in the evening and it was. An unhurried chance to get right up close to Picasso.
I was reading earlier about how much Evgeny Kissin practised. Has Ange ever thought of doing the same with defending set pieces?
October 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I was reading earlier about how much Evgeny Kissin practised. Has Ange ever thought of doing the same with defending set pieces?
An entertaining game watching the team where I live playing the team where I was born. Sutton 1 Boston 1.
September 27, 2025 at 8:27 PM
An entertaining game watching the team where I live playing the team where I was born. Sutton 1 Boston 1.
It's the time of year when card shops decide that people don't really have birthdays between now and Christmas.
September 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
It's the time of year when card shops decide that people don't really have birthdays between now and Christmas.
A kindly publican has put the Forest game on one screen just for me.
September 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
A kindly publican has put the Forest game on one screen just for me.
Ange ball going well then.
September 17, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Ange ball going well then.
This Washington band sound like they could give a good rendition of the theme from Some Mothers do 'Ave 'Em.
September 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
This Washington band sound like they could give a good rendition of the theme from Some Mothers do 'Ave 'Em.