After Octavian
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Sintesa. Bibliophile. Lieder Enthusiast. Operavore. Balletomane. Gourmand. Oenophile. Eavesdropper Extraordinaire. She/Her They/Them
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Takeshi Terauchi And The Bunnys - Theme From Swanlake [Japan, Surf] Terry is freaking awesome... - 1967
https://redd.it/32fl5q
https://youtu.be/F_DfnEZKJDQ
https://redd.it/32fl5q
https://youtu.be/F_DfnEZKJDQ
Takeshi Terauchi And The Bunnys - Theme From Swanlake [Japan, Surf] Terry is freaking awesome... - 1967
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Takeshi Terauchi And The Bunnys - Theme From Swanlake [Japan, Surf] Terry is freaking awesome... - 1967
https://redd.it/32fl5q
https://youtu.be/F_DfnEZKJDQ
https://redd.it/32fl5q
https://youtu.be/F_DfnEZKJDQ
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“What is Reading Rainbow?” 📚🌈
Library joy was featured as a Jeopardy! clue, alongside LeVar Burton and PBS 🤯🥹
💙 @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social
💚 @pbs.org
Library joy was featured as a Jeopardy! clue, alongside LeVar Burton and PBS 🤯🥹
💙 @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social
💚 @pbs.org
November 22, 2025 at 12:20 AM
“What is Reading Rainbow?” 📚🌈
Library joy was featured as a Jeopardy! clue, alongside LeVar Burton and PBS 🤯🥹
💙 @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social
💚 @pbs.org
Library joy was featured as a Jeopardy! clue, alongside LeVar Burton and PBS 🤯🥹
💙 @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social
💚 @pbs.org
Many thanks to @jacquiwine.bsky.social, @causticcovercritic.bsky.social, and @radzpandit.bsky.social for recommending John Bowen's remarkable novel, 'The Girls'. Kept me up until 3 in the morning and I loved every minute of it. (1/2)
November 22, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Many thanks to @jacquiwine.bsky.social, @causticcovercritic.bsky.social, and @radzpandit.bsky.social for recommending John Bowen's remarkable novel, 'The Girls'. Kept me up until 3 in the morning and I loved every minute of it. (1/2)
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Why does Avril Coleridge-Taylor deserve to be heard? Samantha Ege writes about her experience playing the Piano Concerto, out today on @resonus.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Out of the shadows: why Avril Coleridge-Taylor deserves to be heard
The daughter of the British composer Samuel made controversial choices that took her on a different path to her father’s activism. Ahead of the premiere recording of her piano concerto, its soloist lo...
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November 21, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Why does Avril Coleridge-Taylor deserve to be heard? Samantha Ege writes about her experience playing the Piano Concerto, out today on @resonus.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
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IT’S HERE IT’S HERE IT’S HERE!!!! The very first album ever dedicated to Avril Coleridge-Taylor. This has been such a labour of love - please do listen to it, her music deserves to be heard @jkaconductor.bsky.social @tomedney.bsky.social open.spotify.com/album/6EroQD...
Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Concerto & Orchestral Works
open.spotify.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:12 AM
IT’S HERE IT’S HERE IT’S HERE!!!! The very first album ever dedicated to Avril Coleridge-Taylor. This has been such a labour of love - please do listen to it, her music deserves to be heard @jkaconductor.bsky.social @tomedney.bsky.social open.spotify.com/album/6EroQD...
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Fabulous article by Dr Samantha Ege ahead of tomorrow’s release. @leahbroad.bsky.social
Out of the shadows: why Avril Coleridge-Taylor deserves to be heard
The daughter of the British composer Samuel made controversial choices that took her on a different path to her father’s activism. Ahead of the premiere recording of her piano concerto, its soloist lo...
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Fabulous article by Dr Samantha Ege ahead of tomorrow’s release. @leahbroad.bsky.social
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Reminder to Harvard: the time to fire Larry Summers was when he publicly disparaged women's intellectual capabilities.
November 20, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Reminder to Harvard: the time to fire Larry Summers was when he publicly disparaged women's intellectual capabilities.
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🖼️ David Ladmore
November 20, 2025 at 5:33 AM
🖼️ David Ladmore
Spent the day listening to a few different versions of Verdi's 'Stiffelio'. Final verdict is that this is a much better opera than I remembered and I'd honestly far rather see it than another half-baked version of Vespri (or, God forbid, Giovanna d'Arco or I Masdanieri)
November 20, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Spent the day listening to a few different versions of Verdi's 'Stiffelio'. Final verdict is that this is a much better opera than I remembered and I'd honestly far rather see it than another half-baked version of Vespri (or, God forbid, Giovanna d'Arco or I Masdanieri)
Today's listening: youtu.be/YPfIaiozchQ?... This is probably my favourite female voice version of the piece (favourite male is baritone Jean-Christophe Benoit in a 1967 radio broadcast with the ORTF and Andre Girard).
Irma Kolassi "Poème de l'Amour et de la Mer" Chausson
YouTube video by Addiobelpassato
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Today's listening: youtu.be/YPfIaiozchQ?... This is probably my favourite female voice version of the piece (favourite male is baritone Jean-Christophe Benoit in a 1967 radio broadcast with the ORTF and Andre Girard).
A lovely, understated performance completely devoid of any sentimentality or maudlin quality. open.spotify.com/track/4d2vk4...
Chansons grises: 5. L'heure exquise
open.spotify.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:45 AM
A lovely, understated performance completely devoid of any sentimentality or maudlin quality. open.spotify.com/track/4d2vk4...
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I can’t believe how stupid everything is
November 17, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I can’t believe how stupid everything is
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Escape room where the thing you are trying to escape is reading about Olivia Nuzzi
November 18, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Escape room where the thing you are trying to escape is reading about Olivia Nuzzi
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Republicans are at the “don’t get grandma a Christmas present” phase of the the economy now.
November 18, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Republicans are at the “don’t get grandma a Christmas present” phase of the the economy now.
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Revisiting the Poiesis Quartet's final, prize-winning concert from Banff last August
Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate: Pisachi (Reveal) for String Quartet
Brian Raphael Nabors: String Quartet
Joe Hisaishi: String Quartet No. 1, Phosphorescent Sea
Kevin Lau: String Quartet No. 7, Surfacing
Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate: Pisachi (Reveal) for String Quartet
Brian Raphael Nabors: String Quartet
Joe Hisaishi: String Quartet No. 1, Phosphorescent Sea
Kevin Lau: String Quartet No. 7, Surfacing
BISQC 2025: Finals Round - Poiesis Quartet
YouTube video by Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
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November 17, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Revisiting the Poiesis Quartet's final, prize-winning concert from Banff last August
Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate: Pisachi (Reveal) for String Quartet
Brian Raphael Nabors: String Quartet
Joe Hisaishi: String Quartet No. 1, Phosphorescent Sea
Kevin Lau: String Quartet No. 7, Surfacing
Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate: Pisachi (Reveal) for String Quartet
Brian Raphael Nabors: String Quartet
Joe Hisaishi: String Quartet No. 1, Phosphorescent Sea
Kevin Lau: String Quartet No. 7, Surfacing
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Hello Monday.
🖼️ Esther Inglis, Self Portrait, 1595.
🖼️ Esther Inglis, Self Portrait, 1595.
November 17, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Hello Monday.
🖼️ Esther Inglis, Self Portrait, 1595.
🖼️ Esther Inglis, Self Portrait, 1595.
In a world of some much ugliness, it's important to take joy in whatever beauty we can find. And this is truly beautiful.
November 17, 2025 at 7:51 AM
In a world of some much ugliness, it's important to take joy in whatever beauty we can find. And this is truly beautiful.
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Book Cover of the Day:
November 17, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Book Cover of the Day:
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My favourite year for oppressed literary masculinity was 2023 when the number of women on the Booker shortlist was smaller than the number of men named Paul
Exactly one woman has won the Booker in the past six years www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
My favourite year for oppressed literary masculinity was 2023 when the number of women on the Booker shortlist was smaller than the number of men named Paul
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November 13th-19th is Trans Awareness Week.
November 15, 2025 at 11:35 PM
November 13th-19th is Trans Awareness Week.
I imagine the San Diego Opera website could possibly, somehow, maybe, make searching their performance history more difficult, time-consuming, and inexact but I'm really not sure how. *throws up hands in despair and frustration*
November 15, 2025 at 8:53 AM
I imagine the San Diego Opera website could possibly, somehow, maybe, make searching their performance history more difficult, time-consuming, and inexact but I'm really not sure how. *throws up hands in despair and frustration*
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Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
November 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
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