Caroline Potter
@carolinefrmus.bsky.social
Award-winning author of books on Boulez, Satie, Boulanger and Dutilleux/ Visiting Reader in French Music, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire/
Contributing writer at I Care If You Listen/ https://linktr.ee/carolinepotter
Contributing writer at I Care If You Listen/ https://linktr.ee/carolinepotter
The university conference catering here in Turin is fabulous and unlike anything I’ve experienced. Octopus and sparkling wine for lunch, anyone? 🥂🍾
December 6, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The university conference catering here in Turin is fabulous and unlike anything I’ve experienced. Octopus and sparkling wine for lunch, anyone? 🥂🍾
And it’s over!
December 6, 2025 at 11:57 AM
And it’s over!
Me next. The person sitting next to me has started singing along
December 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Me next. The person sitting next to me has started singing along
Amateur pianist corner goes live! Participating in #Satie Vexations today in Turin.
Thinking especially of Robert Orledge (his edition of the score) and Ornella Volta (a card from her): she would have loved this European Satie event in Italy
Thinking especially of Robert Orledge (his edition of the score) and Ornella Volta (a card from her): she would have loved this European Satie event in Italy
December 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Amateur pianist corner goes live! Participating in #Satie Vexations today in Turin.
Thinking especially of Robert Orledge (his edition of the score) and Ornella Volta (a card from her): she would have loved this European Satie event in Italy
Thinking especially of Robert Orledge (his edition of the score) and Ornella Volta (a card from her): she would have loved this European Satie event in Italy
Music hall poster for revue ‘Tais-toi, tu m’affoles!’ including ‘That Mysterious Rag’ cited by #Satie in Parade. From Hervé Lacombe’s fascinating paper on the art/music hall link
December 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Music hall poster for revue ‘Tais-toi, tu m’affoles!’ including ‘That Mysterious Rag’ cited by #Satie in Parade. From Hervé Lacombe’s fascinating paper on the art/music hall link
In time for dinner…
December 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
In time for dinner…
Stunning lighting and movement in Xie Rong’s adventurous show Mountains and Seas @omnibustheatre.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Stunning lighting and movement in Xie Rong’s adventurous show Mountains and Seas @omnibustheatre.bsky.social
Amateur pianist corner: #Satie Vexations. As I'm participating in a performance on Friday, I thought I'd better dig it out and remind myself how to play it...
November 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Amateur pianist corner: #Satie Vexations. As I'm participating in a performance on Friday, I thought I'd better dig it out and remind myself how to play it...
Nina Guo, Jack Sheen & London Sinfonietta after extraordinarily moving #Grisey Quatre chants. Excellent programming: the transition from John White’s Drinking & Hooting Song worked uncannily well
November 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Nina Guo, Jack Sheen & London Sinfonietta after extraordinarily moving #Grisey Quatre chants. Excellent programming: the transition from John White’s Drinking & Hooting Song worked uncannily well
Also it was lovely to meet John Warburton, playing the role of Satie & the organ in Messe des pauvres extracts! @warblefly.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Also it was lovely to meet John Warburton, playing the role of Satie & the organ in Messe des pauvres extracts! @warblefly.bsky.social
Wonderful #Satie performance at Surrey University with Robert Orledge playing piano for Entr’acte with the live René Clair film and much more
November 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Wonderful #Satie performance at Surrey University with Robert Orledge playing piano for Entr’acte with the live René Clair film and much more
Going back in time in Surrey University student union with a pint costing an unbelievable £3
November 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Going back in time in Surrey University student union with a pint costing an unbelievable £3
Amateur pianist corner: bit of sightreading practise, #Falla (born 23/11/1876) Pour le Tombeau de Paul Dukas. Austere, crunchy moments, surprising major chord resolutions
November 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Amateur pianist corner: bit of sightreading practise, #Falla (born 23/11/1876) Pour le Tombeau de Paul Dukas. Austere, crunchy moments, surprising major chord resolutions
Recording of Nadia #Boulanger & Raoul Pugno’s opera La ville morte coming out in January with @pentatonemusic.bsky.social Beautifully presented - I wrote the liner notes so happily have an advance copy
November 23, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Recording of Nadia #Boulanger & Raoul Pugno’s opera La ville morte coming out in January with @pentatonemusic.bsky.social Beautifully presented - I wrote the liner notes so happily have an advance copy
Donghoon Shin after the terrific premiere of his Piano Concerto - extravagant, uncanny, romantic reimagined Schumann, beautifully played by Seong-Jin Cho. I want to hear it again!
November 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Donghoon Shin after the terrific premiere of his Piano Concerto - extravagant, uncanny, romantic reimagined Schumann, beautifully played by Seong-Jin Cho. I want to hear it again!
The restaurant I went to yesterday is opposite the huge Blythe House, formerly a museum store - I visited the V&A Theatre Archive there in the early 2010s. You'd have thought it's a fantastic development opportunity but it's behind secure gates with nothing happening
November 20, 2025 at 8:38 AM
The restaurant I went to yesterday is opposite the huge Blythe House, formerly a museum store - I visited the V&A Theatre Archive there in the early 2010s. You'd have thought it's a fantastic development opportunity but it's behind secure gates with nothing happening
Fantastic Georgian home-style cooking at Mimino (near Kensington Olympia): cheesy bread! Salad with walnut dressing! Dumplings! Soupy coffee! 🥰🇬🇪
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Fantastic Georgian home-style cooking at Mimino (near Kensington Olympia): cheesy bread! Salad with walnut dressing! Dumplings! Soupy coffee! 🥰🇬🇪
Reading Berghain Nights @liamcagney.bsky.social and it’s a real eye-opener, taking me to places I will never go!
November 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Reading Berghain Nights @liamcagney.bsky.social and it’s a real eye-opener, taking me to places I will never go!
At the Royal Opera House for The Makropulos Case - love this manuscript image from the programme book
November 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
At the Royal Opera House for The Makropulos Case - love this manuscript image from the programme book
Amateur pianist corner: #Milhaud Sumare (Saudades do Brasil). I can only get my small hands round 2 of the 12 pieces - but consecutive 7ths are fine, thank you Milhaud!
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Amateur pianist corner: #Milhaud Sumare (Saudades do Brasil). I can only get my small hands round 2 of the 12 pieces - but consecutive 7ths are fine, thank you Milhaud!
Final proof of #Tailleferre short book sent to the publisher. I'm not going to look at it any more as if I do, I'll surely spot something else...
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Final proof of #Tailleferre short book sent to the publisher. I'm not going to look at it any more as if I do, I'll surely spot something else...