Dancing Monk🌻
@dancingmonk.bsky.social
I'm #PlayEverything in my record collection (now at 72%) but I keep buying more. Includes #DailyVinyl & #MonksMusic
Here for music and art.
#ASD but not in a good way. I post disability stories but avoid politics.
Not a monk, don't dance
Here for music and art.
#ASD but not in a good way. I post disability stories but avoid politics.
Not a monk, don't dance
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Dancing Monk🌻
@dancingmonk.bsky.social
· Sep 27
#MonksMusic Part 2 starts today. Working forwards with roughly 225 composers & compilation albums from my collection, starting in 900 and ending in 1700 exploring the rich tapestry of Medieval, Renaissance & Early Baroque music.
As before I'll post a composer, their years, a work & a link
As before I'll post a composer, their years, a work & a link
#NowPlaying 🎻
Mare Balticum Vol. 2 - Medieval Finland and Sweden 14th - 16th Century
Mare Balticum Vol. 2 - Medieval Finland and Sweden 14th - 16th Century
November 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
#NowPlaying 🎻
Mare Balticum Vol. 2 - Medieval Finland and Sweden 14th - 16th Century
Mare Balticum Vol. 2 - Medieval Finland and Sweden 14th - 16th Century
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really remarkable gig at QEH last night (and review with brilliant photos from John Watson :)
ukjazznews.com/michael-woll...
ukjazznews.com/michael-woll...
Michael Wollny Trio + Emma Rawicz’s Inkyra at the Queen Elizabeth Hall - UK Jazz News
Want to know what Michael Wollny, Eric Schaefer and Tim Lefebvre played on Sunday night? Sorry, I put aside my notebook after the first couple of minutes of this extraordinary gig. Their music demands...
ukjazznews.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
really remarkable gig at QEH last night (and review with brilliant photos from John Watson :)
ukjazznews.com/michael-woll...
ukjazznews.com/michael-woll...
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If you are anywhere near Perthshire, @nunkie.bsky.social is doing a performance of M.R.James ghost stories on Wednesday night (19/11) at Innerpeffray Library, which has to be the ultimate Jamesian location!! Tickets here:
innerpeffray-library.arttickets.org.uk/innerpeffray...
innerpeffray-library.arttickets.org.uk/innerpeffray...
Art Tickets
innerpeffray-library.arttickets.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
If you are anywhere near Perthshire, @nunkie.bsky.social is doing a performance of M.R.James ghost stories on Wednesday night (19/11) at Innerpeffray Library, which has to be the ultimate Jamesian location!! Tickets here:
innerpeffray-library.arttickets.org.uk/innerpeffray...
innerpeffray-library.arttickets.org.uk/innerpeffray...
November 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
It's cold enough to wear a duvet jacket but he's still going to wear shorts to show his tattoos
November 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
It's cold enough to wear a duvet jacket but he's still going to wear shorts to show his tattoos
If you wrote a song based on a cantus firmus by Marvin Gaye would you be sued for copyright?
November 17, 2025 at 8:57 AM
If you wrote a song based on a cantus firmus by Marvin Gaye would you be sued for copyright?
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In other news - it gets cold in Winter - who knew?
November 17, 2025 at 7:46 AM
In other news - it gets cold in Winter - who knew?
#NowPlaying
Anonymous (but attributed to) Leonora D'este
Lucrezia Borgia's Daughter
Princess, Nun And Musician – Motets From A 16th Century Convent
The earliest musical published from a convent 1543
Anonymous (but attributed to) Leonora D'este
Lucrezia Borgia's Daughter
Princess, Nun And Musician – Motets From A 16th Century Convent
The earliest musical published from a convent 1543
November 17, 2025 at 7:12 AM
#NowPlaying
Anonymous (but attributed to) Leonora D'este
Lucrezia Borgia's Daughter
Princess, Nun And Musician – Motets From A 16th Century Convent
The earliest musical published from a convent 1543
Anonymous (but attributed to) Leonora D'este
Lucrezia Borgia's Daughter
Princess, Nun And Musician – Motets From A 16th Century Convent
The earliest musical published from a convent 1543
This week has seen more exploration . Guess the odd one out
November 16, 2025 at 9:17 PM
This week has seen more exploration . Guess the odd one out
November 16, 2025 at 8:55 PM
#NowPlaying 🎻
Josquin Des Prez - Septiesme Livre de Chansons
Josquin Des Prez - Septiesme Livre de Chansons
November 16, 2025 at 8:06 PM
#NowPlaying 🎻
Josquin Des Prez - Septiesme Livre de Chansons
Josquin Des Prez - Septiesme Livre de Chansons
Having finished my #DailyVinyl run I wondered about going through my singles, it seems a popular thing to do. But no, too much effort & I want to immerse myself in my expanding Medieval collection
November 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Having finished my #DailyVinyl run I wondered about going through my singles, it seems a popular thing to do. But no, too much effort & I want to immerse myself in my expanding Medieval collection
When it comes to early Medieval music the phrase "Because it wasn't written down, we can only guess" is doing some very heavy lifting.
November 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
When it comes to early Medieval music the phrase "Because it wasn't written down, we can only guess" is doing some very heavy lifting.
#NowPlaying 🎻
Soli - Works for solo violin by Bartók, Penderecki, Benjamin, Carter & Kurtág
Tamsin Waley-Cohen
www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_...
Soli - Works for solo violin by Bartók, Penderecki, Benjamin, Carter & Kurtág
Tamsin Waley-Cohen
www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_...
Soli
<p>Tamsin Waley-Cohen, a violinist of ‘fearless intensity’ (<i>The Guardian</i>), explores the post-1944 solo repertoire, pushing the instrument to its limits. Bartók’s epic Sonata for solo violin ope...
www.hyperion-records.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
#NowPlaying 🎻
Soli - Works for solo violin by Bartók, Penderecki, Benjamin, Carter & Kurtág
Tamsin Waley-Cohen
www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_...
Soli - Works for solo violin by Bartók, Penderecki, Benjamin, Carter & Kurtág
Tamsin Waley-Cohen
www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_...
Must resist that CD of different styles of 9th century liturgical chant
November 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Must resist that CD of different styles of 9th century liturgical chant
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Loch Monzievaird 🍂
November 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Loch Monzievaird 🍂
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Autumn in Perthshire 🍂
November 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Autumn in Perthshire 🍂
November 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
#NowPlaying
The Surrender of Barcelona (1934-1937) - @misterquartet.bsky.social
cloudlandbluequartet.bandcamp.com/album/the-su...
The Surrender of Barcelona (1934-1937) - @misterquartet.bsky.social
cloudlandbluequartet.bandcamp.com/album/the-su...
The Surrender of Barcelona (1934-1937) (EP), by Cloudland Blue Quartet
5 track album
cloudlandbluequartet.bandcamp.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
#NowPlaying
The Surrender of Barcelona (1934-1937) - @misterquartet.bsky.social
cloudlandbluequartet.bandcamp.com/album/the-su...
The Surrender of Barcelona (1934-1937) - @misterquartet.bsky.social
cloudlandbluequartet.bandcamp.com/album/the-su...
#NowPlaying 🎻
Johannes Ockeghem - Complete Secular Music (1/2)
Johannes Ockeghem - Complete Secular Music (1/2)
November 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
#NowPlaying 🎻
Johannes Ockeghem - Complete Secular Music (1/2)
Johannes Ockeghem - Complete Secular Music (1/2)
#NowPlaying 🎻
Les Biches - Francis Poulenc
Les Biches - Francis Poulenc
November 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
#NowPlaying 🎻
Les Biches - Francis Poulenc
Les Biches - Francis Poulenc
I started of exploring early Renaisance music & seem to have become fixated on the Medieval instead.
November 16, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I started of exploring early Renaisance music & seem to have become fixated on the Medieval instead.
#NowPlaying 🎻🎹
Antoni Van Noordt - Complete Organ Works (1/2)
Antoni Van Noordt - Complete Organ Works (1/2)
November 16, 2025 at 11:17 AM
#NowPlaying 🎻🎹
Antoni Van Noordt - Complete Organ Works (1/2)
Antoni Van Noordt - Complete Organ Works (1/2)