Dennis 🇺🇦🇵🇸
@dennzz.bsky.social
Opera, Monteverdi & Bach fan with a HIP habit. Lurks around theatres and museums. Can, but doesn’t, read (enough). Also: coffee. ”Und in dem Wie, da liegt der ganze Unterschied”, i.e. #Antifascist
I’m a bit early for my concert, so I finally managed to get a seat in one of the fancy pews. They’re raised above the rabble down on the ordinary benches (there’s nothing egalitarian about these churches), which is great, but the benches are still HARD. 😳
November 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I’m a bit early for my concert, so I finally managed to get a seat in one of the fancy pews. They’re raised above the rabble down on the ordinary benches (there’s nothing egalitarian about these churches), which is great, but the benches are still HARD. 😳
Off to Amsterdam’s Walloon church and the 16th C for Dionysus Now! With a programme centred around Adriaan Willaert. It will be a contemplative Wednesday evening… #LiveMusic
November 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Off to Amsterdam’s Walloon church and the 16th C for Dionysus Now! With a programme centred around Adriaan Willaert. It will be a contemplative Wednesday evening… #LiveMusic
A few years ago at the Royal Opera in Versailles the house manager walked on stage after the interval to demonstrate the difference between coughing straight into the auditorium and coughing into your hand and down. I think we’ve reached the point where most audiences need that demo… 🙄
November 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
A few years ago at the Royal Opera in Versailles the house manager walked on stage after the interval to demonstrate the difference between coughing straight into the auditorium and coughing into your hand and down. I think we’ve reached the point where most audiences need that demo… 🙄
John Wilson and Benjamin Grosvenor at the #Concertgebouw tonight. A mixed bag, the programme, I’d say. Let’s see how I feel coming out of this one. #LiveMusic
November 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM
John Wilson and Benjamin Grosvenor at the #Concertgebouw tonight. A mixed bag, the programme, I’d say. Let’s see how I feel coming out of this one. #LiveMusic
A quiet (and dry!) walk back home from Amsterdam’s Centraal Station this Sunday night. #CityScape
November 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
A quiet (and dry!) walk back home from Amsterdam’s Centraal Station this Sunday night. #CityScape
Admit it, you need to listen to more Bach. 😎 youtu.be/QyZIU--9q88?...
Bach - Violin Concerto in E major BWV 1042 - Sato | Netherlands Bach Society
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November 23, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Admit it, you need to listen to more Bach. 😎 youtu.be/QyZIU--9q88?...
I’m off down the road to Amsterdam’s #Concertgebouw this afternoon for the wondrous Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon, plus Stéphane Degout no less, in Brahms. I can personally think of more exciting repertoire to hear them perform, but this should nevertheless be very good. 🕺
November 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I’m off down the road to Amsterdam’s #Concertgebouw this afternoon for the wondrous Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon, plus Stéphane Degout no less, in Brahms. I can personally think of more exciting repertoire to hear them perform, but this should nevertheless be very good. 🕺
November 20, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I N C R E D I B L E
November 20, 2025 at 9:33 AM
I N C R E D I B L E
Halftime at Uryupin and Tcherniakov’s Maid of Orleans. Can’t quite believe how good this is: fab conducting, glorious playing, and a cast where I honestly can’t imagine a single role better sung. Superlative choral singing, and I’m enjoying Tcherniakov’s personenregie. Wow! #DNO #LiveTheatre
November 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Halftime at Uryupin and Tcherniakov’s Maid of Orleans. Can’t quite believe how good this is: fab conducting, glorious playing, and a cast where I honestly can’t imagine a single role better sung. Superlative choral singing, and I’m enjoying Tcherniakov’s personenregie. Wow! #DNO #LiveTheatre
Evening in #Amsterdam. Lovely walk to and from dinner at friends’.
November 16, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Evening in #Amsterdam. Lovely walk to and from dinner at friends’.
Lovely quick visit to the Courtauld earlier today. Fabulous stuff. Lots of impressionists of course, but also wonderful Renaissance masterpieces. Like this entombment attributed to Robert Campin. #art #CourtauldGallery #London
November 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Lovely quick visit to the Courtauld earlier today. Fabulous stuff. Lots of impressionists of course, but also wonderful Renaissance masterpieces. Like this entombment attributed to Robert Campin. #art #CourtauldGallery #London
Instead of evensong, I got Fauré’s requiem for Remembrance Sunday at King’s today. My second church service ever. I admit that the whole ritual still freaks me out, but it’s a very beautiful place, the seats are surprisingly comfort (and big), and there was some lovely singing. #ChurchMusic
November 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Instead of evensong, I got Fauré’s requiem for Remembrance Sunday at King’s today. My second church service ever. I admit that the whole ritual still freaks me out, but it’s a very beautiful place, the seats are surprisingly comfort (and big), and there was some lovely singing. #ChurchMusic
Popped into the National Gallery for a fix of Mantegna…
November 8, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Popped into the National Gallery for a fix of Mantegna…
Mixed thoughts about The Maids in London tonight. A well acted production, though, and it was nice to finally see something at the #DonmarWarehouse again. #LiveTheatre
November 8, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Mixed thoughts about The Maids in London tonight. A well acted production, though, and it was nice to finally see something at the #DonmarWarehouse again. #LiveTheatre
Londinium. Quick visit on my way to Cambridge for work. Meeting with friends and last night had dinner with my godson and his girlfriend, both of them having just started their first proper job. Awww…
Changes aplenty in the Westend, but a lot also remains unchanged…
Changes aplenty in the Westend, but a lot also remains unchanged…
November 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Londinium. Quick visit on my way to Cambridge for work. Meeting with friends and last night had dinner with my godson and his girlfriend, both of them having just started their first proper job. Awww…
Changes aplenty in the Westend, but a lot also remains unchanged…
Changes aplenty in the Westend, but a lot also remains unchanged…
Checking in for the Eurostarl in Amsterdam: the worst organised chaos on the continent? Probably… 🙄 @eurostarnews.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Checking in for the Eurostarl in Amsterdam: the worst organised chaos on the continent? Probably… 🙄 @eurostarnews.bsky.social
VVD wil nog steeds niet met GL/PvdA samenwerken. Heel principieel… na zelf jarenlang aan de wieg te hebben gestaan van de huidige problemen, een kabinet opportunistisch te laten vallen, extreemrechts aan de macht te helpen en dan 1,5 jaar niks maar dan ook niks voor elkaar te krijgen. Godgeklaagd.
November 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
VVD wil nog steeds niet met GL/PvdA samenwerken. Heel principieel… na zelf jarenlang aan de wieg te hebben gestaan van de huidige problemen, een kabinet opportunistisch te laten vallen, extreemrechts aan de macht te helpen en dan 1,5 jaar niks maar dan ook niks voor elkaar te krijgen. Godgeklaagd.
Eerdmans: “Uitsluiting [PVV] vind ik cru.” Cru? Voor de milde PVV? 🙄
November 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Eerdmans: “Uitsluiting [PVV] vind ik cru.” Cru? Voor de milde PVV? 🙄
Ik dacht dat m’n concert om 20.00 begon. Nog even op m’n kaartje gekeken (zie pic): 19.15. Dus toch maar snel naar de zaal. Is de deur nog dicht.
Zegt de jongedame die er staat met een ondertoon van ongeloof: “Dat is natuurlijk de tijd dat de deur opengaat, meneer.” 🤷♂️ Biertje!
Zegt de jongedame die er staat met een ondertoon van ongeloof: “Dat is natuurlijk de tijd dat de deur opengaat, meneer.” 🤷♂️ Biertje!
November 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Ik dacht dat m’n concert om 20.00 begon. Nog even op m’n kaartje gekeken (zie pic): 19.15. Dus toch maar snel naar de zaal. Is de deur nog dicht.
Zegt de jongedame die er staat met een ondertoon van ongeloof: “Dat is natuurlijk de tijd dat de deur opengaat, meneer.” 🤷♂️ Biertje!
Zegt de jongedame die er staat met een ondertoon van ongeloof: “Dat is natuurlijk de tijd dat de deur opengaat, meneer.” 🤷♂️ Biertje!
I’m off to Utrecht’s wonderful #TivoliVredenburg concert hall tonight, where #TheNetherlandsBachSociety will perform their annual All Souls programme, led by #LionelMeunier no less. Looks like an ace programme. Can’t wait!
November 2, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I’m off to Utrecht’s wonderful #TivoliVredenburg concert hall tonight, where #TheNetherlandsBachSociety will perform their annual All Souls programme, led by #LionelMeunier no less. Looks like an ace programme. Can’t wait!
Hadn’t listened to this album for a while. It’s really exquisite. And fun! #Baroque #listening
November 1, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Hadn’t listened to this album for a while. It’s really exquisite. And fun! #Baroque #listening