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Andy K 🏳️‍⚧️🌻

@andypandy.bsky.social

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#NowListening to Mahler

Symphony No. 9

Ančerl/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

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Symphony No. 9 in D major by Karel Ančerl & Czech Philharmonic on Apple Music

Album · 1966 · 4 Songs

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December 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM

Andy K 🏳️‍⚧️🌻

@andypandy.bsky.social

You know that feeling when you’re really excited to listen to something that you’re about to listen to? I’m about to listen to Tubin’s 4th Symphony and I’m really excited 😃

December 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM

Andy K 🏳️‍⚧️🌻

@andypandy.bsky.social

Sharkie calls the shots around here…

Close up of me with my blahaj in the foreground ominously taking up a lot of the frame.

December 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM

Andy K 🏳️‍⚧️🌻

@andypandy.bsky.social

yes yes yes YES YES!!!

Louise Ting @neuro-observant.bsky.social · 2d

One of the best things you can do for neurodivergent people when giving instructions is incredibly simple:

✨ Write. Them. Down. ✨

Clear written instructions aren’t just helpful - they’re accessibility

December 11, 2025 at 6:46 PM

Andy K 🏳️‍⚧️🌻

@andypandy.bsky.social

You will be visited by 5 spirits.

The five spirits:

Andy K 🏳️‍⚧️🌻 @andypandy.bsky.social · 3d

I’m such a cliche 🤷🏻‍♀️ I was literally each of these in this order 🤣

Upper text: Beware the pipeline

Beneath that it says he/him, he/they, they/them, she/they, she/her

Under each pronoun is a cartoon image of a young woman who gets progressively more femme

December 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM

Andy K 🏳️‍⚧️🌻

@andypandy.bsky.social

I’m such a cliche 🤷🏻‍♀️ I was literally each of these in this order 🤣

December 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM

Andy K 🏳️‍⚧️🌻

@andypandy.bsky.social

Honestly, it can’t be real how beautiful music can be. Like I must be dreaming this, it can’t be

#NowListening to Atterberg

Symphony No. 2

Rasilainen/Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

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Atterberg: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5 by Ari Rasilainen & Frankfurt Radio Symphony on Apple Music

Album · 2000 · 6 Songs

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December 9, 2025 at 8:19 AM

Andy K 🏳️‍⚧️🌻

@andypandy.bsky.social

#NowListening to Aho

Symphony No. 1

Vänskä/Lahti Symphony Orchestra

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Aho: Symphony No. 1 / Hiljaisuus / Violin Concerto by Manfred Gräsbeck, Sinfonia Lahti & Osmo Vänskä on Apple Music

Album · 1989 · 8 Songs

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December 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM

Andy K 🏳️‍⚧️🌻

@andypandy.bsky.social

Must I Monday today? Can’t I Sunday again? 🥱

December 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM

Andy K 🏳️‍⚧️🌻

@andypandy.bsky.social

The utter emotional exhaustion of oscillating between a) omg I’m so clocky, everyone is staring at me like I’m a freak and b) screw the world, I am who I am and I love myself

Make it stop 🫠

December 6, 2025 at 10:37 PM

Andy K 🏳️‍⚧️🌻

@andypandy.bsky.social

It’s a Bax day today methinks 🤔

My fave recordings of each symphony:

1 - Handley
2 - Fredman
3 - Handley
4 - Thompson
5 - Leppard
6 - Lloyd-Jones
7 - Lloyd Jones

Here’s my playlist:

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Bax Symphonies by Andy K on Apple Music

Playlist · 21 Songs

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December 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM

Andy K 🏳️‍⚧️🌻

@andypandy.bsky.social

#NowListening to Mahler

Symphony No. 9

Karajan/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (live)

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Mahler: Symphony No. 9 (Live Recording) by Berlin Philharmonic & Herbert von Karajan on Apple Music

Album · 1984 · 30 Songs

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December 6, 2025 at 2:42 AM

Andy K 🏳️‍⚧️🌻

@andypandy.bsky.social

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December 6, 2025 at 2:23 AM

Andy K 🏳️‍⚧️🌻

@andypandy.bsky.social

When I was a kid, this is who I wanted to be when I grew up. The signs were definitely there 😁

Still of Amy Lee from Evanescence belting majestically into a microphone. She’s wearing a gorgeous purple gothy dress

December 5, 2025 at 10:35 PM

Andy K 🏳️‍⚧️🌻

@andypandy.bsky.social

Would you believe listening to Allan Pettersson brings me joy. Just me?

#NowPlaying

Violin Concerto No. 2

Haendel/Blomstedt/San Francisco Symphony

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Violin Concerto No. 2 by Ida Haendel, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Herbert Blomstedt on Apple Music

Song · 1988 · Duration 54:53

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December 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM

Andy K 🏳️‍⚧️🌻

@andypandy.bsky.social

I mean, come on, this is SOOOO BEAUTIFUL

#NowListening to Rubbra

Symphony No. 6

Hickox/BBC National Orchestra

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Symphony No. 6, Op. 80: I. Lento (Sempre flessibile) - Allegretto by Richard Hickox & BBC National Orchestra of Wales on Apple Music

Song · 1996 · Duration 9:23

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December 5, 2025 at 7:07 AM

Andy K 🏳️‍⚧️🌻

@andypandy.bsky.social

Very relatable considering the guilt I feel when I ignore Mahler, Haydn and Sibelius because I’m obsessing over Rubbra 😩

The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 10d

Freya Emerson, 30, and her long-term hyperfixation, dinosaurs, 225 million, have reportedly been growing apart lately, with Emerson unexpectedly developing feelings for Greek mythology.

Heartbreak! Autistic woman unsure how to tell special interest she’s fallen out of love with it

An autistic woman is just going through the motions with her special interest because she doesn’t have the heart to tell it the spark is gone, sources have confirmed. Freya Emerson, 30, and her…

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December 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM

Andy K 🏳️‍⚧️🌻

@andypandy.bsky.social

#NowListening to Haydn

Symphony No. 31 “Hornsignal”
Symphony No. 45 “Farewell”

Mackerras/Orchestra of St Luke’s

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Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 31

Album · 1989 · 8 Songs

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December 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM

Andy K 🏳️‍⚧️🌻

@andypandy.bsky.social

I’ve really changed my mind about Rubbra’s 9th - it’s so beautiful. At first I found it a bit off putting. It took really understanding his style (and learning more about him) to actually appreciate it. I’m still not a fan of choral symphonies in general, but this one goes in the good pile!

Andy K 🏳️‍⚧️🌻 @andypandy.bsky.social · Jan 10

#NowListening to Rubbra

Symphony No. 9
Hickox/BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Ok, I've got a confession to make... I'm really not a fan of choral symphonies. There's a handful I like, but in general they just aren't my bag and this one.... goes on a while 😬

music.apple.com/au/album/rub...