David Stifter 🍵📄🦊
@davidstifter.bsky.social
Ollamh le Sean- ⁊ Meán-Ghaeilge, BARE
Ceann Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh in Ollscoil Mhá Nuad 🇮🇪
Taighdeoir ar ᚑᚌ(ᚆ)ᚐᚋ OG(H)AM ⁊ DiAgnostic
⚫️⚪️
https://maynoothuniversity.ie/faculty-arts-celtic-studies-philosophy/our-people/david-stifter
Ceann Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh in Ollscoil Mhá Nuad 🇮🇪
Taighdeoir ar ᚑᚌ(ᚆ)ᚐᚋ OG(H)AM ⁊ DiAgnostic
⚫️⚪️
https://maynoothuniversity.ie/faculty-arts-celtic-studies-philosophy/our-people/david-stifter
Pinned
Sengoidelc - An Siopa Leabhar
David Stifter’s Sengoidelc (Shan-goy-delth) provides a comprehensive introduction to Old Irish grammar and metrics. Ideally suited for use as a course text and as a guide for the independent learner, ...
www.siopaleabhar.com
By way of 𝓦𝓮𝓵𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓮:
In the last days huge numbers have started to follow me. So maybe it is appropriate to say something about myself.
I teach Old Irish at @maynoothuni.bsky.social and propagate it world-wide via my introduction to the language, 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐨í𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐜: www.siopaleabhar.com/en/tairgi/se....
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In the last days huge numbers have started to follow me. So maybe it is appropriate to say something about myself.
I teach Old Irish at @maynoothuni.bsky.social and propagate it world-wide via my introduction to the language, 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐨í𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐜: www.siopaleabhar.com/en/tairgi/se....
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Reposted by David Stifter 🍵📄🦊
1/4📜✨New on ISOS: from the Russell Library, Maynooth
three 19th-c. Manuscripts for Fr. Muiris Cinniféic,
scribes Éamonn Ó Mathghamhna & Pól Ó Longáin.
Saints’ lives, genealogies, law, devotional, etc
links to Book of Lismore & the Leabhar Muimhneach.
🙏Thanks to
@mulibrary.bsky.social
@dias.ie
three 19th-c. Manuscripts for Fr. Muiris Cinniféic,
scribes Éamonn Ó Mathghamhna & Pól Ó Longáin.
Saints’ lives, genealogies, law, devotional, etc
links to Book of Lismore & the Leabhar Muimhneach.
🙏Thanks to
@mulibrary.bsky.social
@dias.ie
November 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
1/4📜✨New on ISOS: from the Russell Library, Maynooth
three 19th-c. Manuscripts for Fr. Muiris Cinniféic,
scribes Éamonn Ó Mathghamhna & Pól Ó Longáin.
Saints’ lives, genealogies, law, devotional, etc
links to Book of Lismore & the Leabhar Muimhneach.
🙏Thanks to
@mulibrary.bsky.social
@dias.ie
three 19th-c. Manuscripts for Fr. Muiris Cinniféic,
scribes Éamonn Ó Mathghamhna & Pól Ó Longáin.
Saints’ lives, genealogies, law, devotional, etc
links to Book of Lismore & the Leabhar Muimhneach.
🙏Thanks to
@mulibrary.bsky.social
@dias.ie
Reposted by David Stifter 🍵📄🦊
Foilseachán nua - New publication 1
Bodach an Chóta Lachtna
Eagrán nua de scéal Fiannaíochta
Deirdre Nic Chárthaigh (Coláiste na Tríonóide BÁC) a chuir in eagar.
shop.dias.ie/product/boda...
@dias.ie
Bodach an Chóta Lachtna
Eagrán nua de scéal Fiannaíochta
Deirdre Nic Chárthaigh (Coláiste na Tríonóide BÁC) a chuir in eagar.
shop.dias.ie/product/boda...
@dias.ie
November 26, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Foilseachán nua - New publication 1
Bodach an Chóta Lachtna
Eagrán nua de scéal Fiannaíochta
Deirdre Nic Chárthaigh (Coláiste na Tríonóide BÁC) a chuir in eagar.
shop.dias.ie/product/boda...
@dias.ie
Bodach an Chóta Lachtna
Eagrán nua de scéal Fiannaíochta
Deirdre Nic Chárthaigh (Coláiste na Tríonóide BÁC) a chuir in eagar.
shop.dias.ie/product/boda...
@dias.ie
Reposted by David Stifter 🍵📄🦊
#OTD 152 years ago, Osborn Bergin (1873–1950) was born 🎂 Bergin was an expert on (Old) Irish language and literature, a translator of early Irish texts, and a poet. He formulated the so-called Bergin’s Law pertaining to word order in Old Irish.
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
November 26, 2025 at 8:50 AM
#OTD 152 years ago, Osborn Bergin (1873–1950) was born 🎂 Bergin was an expert on (Old) Irish language and literature, a translator of early Irish texts, and a poet. He formulated the so-called Bergin’s Law pertaining to word order in Old Irish.
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
𝗗𝗶Ⓐ𝗴𝗻𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 21
Since the summer, the DiⒶgnostic team have been meeting weekly or biweekly to read critically a recent PhD on dialects in Old Irish.
This has given us a lot of food for thought, on the one hand regarding the methodology that is necessary to approach the topic, but also about...
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Since the summer, the DiⒶgnostic team have been meeting weekly or biweekly to read critically a recent PhD on dialects in Old Irish.
This has given us a lot of food for thought, on the one hand regarding the methodology that is necessary to approach the topic, but also about...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
𝗗𝗶Ⓐ𝗴𝗻𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 21
Since the summer, the DiⒶgnostic team have been meeting weekly or biweekly to read critically a recent PhD on dialects in Old Irish.
This has given us a lot of food for thought, on the one hand regarding the methodology that is necessary to approach the topic, but also about...
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Since the summer, the DiⒶgnostic team have been meeting weekly or biweekly to read critically a recent PhD on dialects in Old Irish.
This has given us a lot of food for thought, on the one hand regarding the methodology that is necessary to approach the topic, but also about...
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Reposted by David Stifter 🍵📄🦊
🚨 Now available: Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 72 (2025)!
📚 Articles by G. Broderick, N. Cnockaert-Guillou, D. Edel, A. Falileyev, C. García-Castillero, A. Richardt Jørgensen, C. Lewin, A. Ó Hiarlaithe, G. Ó Riain + several book reviews!
🔗 www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...
📚 Articles by G. Broderick, N. Cnockaert-Guillou, D. Edel, A. Falileyev, C. García-Castillero, A. Richardt Jørgensen, C. Lewin, A. Ó Hiarlaithe, G. Ó Riain + several book reviews!
🔗 www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...
Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie Volume 72 Issue 1
Volume 72, issue 1 of the journal Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie was published in 2025.
www.degruyterbrill.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
🚨 Now available: Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 72 (2025)!
📚 Articles by G. Broderick, N. Cnockaert-Guillou, D. Edel, A. Falileyev, C. García-Castillero, A. Richardt Jørgensen, C. Lewin, A. Ó Hiarlaithe, G. Ó Riain + several book reviews!
🔗 www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...
📚 Articles by G. Broderick, N. Cnockaert-Guillou, D. Edel, A. Falileyev, C. García-Castillero, A. Richardt Jørgensen, C. Lewin, A. Ó Hiarlaithe, G. Ó Riain + several book reviews!
🔗 www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...
Read this, if you can, and despair. When @mddarling547.bsky.social says that this "was not a very good book", that's the understatement of the year.
I know, because I even wrote two reviews of that same book, and I am still suffering from PTS having first to read the book and then to write about it.
I know, because I even wrote two reviews of that same book, and I am still suffering from PTS having first to read the book and then to write about it.
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Read this, if you can, and despair. When @mddarling547.bsky.social says that this "was not a very good book", that's the understatement of the year.
I know, because I even wrote two reviews of that same book, and I am still suffering from PTS having first to read the book and then to write about it.
I know, because I even wrote two reviews of that same book, and I am still suffering from PTS having first to read the book and then to write about it.
Reposted by David Stifter 🍵📄🦊
The latest volume of the Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie is now available
www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...
@degruyterbrill.bsky.social
www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...
@degruyterbrill.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The latest volume of the Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie is now available
www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...
@degruyterbrill.bsky.social
www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...
@degruyterbrill.bsky.social
Reposted by David Stifter 🍵📄🦊
Reposted by David Stifter 🍵📄🦊
Déardaoin na seachtaine seo. Bígí ann! 🤰🤰🤰
This Thursday. All welcome! 🤰🤰🤰
This Thursday. All welcome! 🤰🤰🤰
Bígí linn | Join us for the next Early Irish & Celtic Studies research seminar. Thursday 27 November at 17:00, Room 2.31 IONTAS.
*Three Women, Three Pregnancies, Three Punishments*
Dr Riona Doolan (Maynooth University)
Fáilte roimh chách!
*Three Women, Three Pregnancies, Three Punishments*
Dr Riona Doolan (Maynooth University)
Fáilte roimh chách!
November 25, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Déardaoin na seachtaine seo. Bígí ann! 🤰🤰🤰
This Thursday. All welcome! 🤰🤰🤰
This Thursday. All welcome! 🤰🤰🤰
Reposted by David Stifter 🍵📄🦊
Lovely to see this piece about Benedetta D’Antuono @ceilteachomn.bsky.social, who received the Postgraduate Research Excellence Award for the Faculty of Arts & Humanities @maynoothuniversity.ie this year! It's such a joy to supervise her work 😊 🎉👏
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/graduate-res...
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/graduate-res...
November 25, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Lovely to see this piece about Benedetta D’Antuono @ceilteachomn.bsky.social, who received the Postgraduate Research Excellence Award for the Faculty of Arts & Humanities @maynoothuniversity.ie this year! It's such a joy to supervise her work 😊 🎉👏
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/graduate-res...
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/graduate-res...
Reposted by David Stifter 🍵📄🦊
✨ #14 of 85 Things About DIAS - Dunsink Open Days
In 1949 after years of restoration to Hermann Brück head of the section instituted monthly ‘open days’ whereby the public could visit the Observatory. The first official visitor was Éamon de Valera in January 1949.
#DIASdiscovers #85ThingsaboutDIAS
In 1949 after years of restoration to Hermann Brück head of the section instituted monthly ‘open days’ whereby the public could visit the Observatory. The first official visitor was Éamon de Valera in January 1949.
#DIASdiscovers #85ThingsaboutDIAS
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
✨ #14 of 85 Things About DIAS - Dunsink Open Days
In 1949 after years of restoration to Hermann Brück head of the section instituted monthly ‘open days’ whereby the public could visit the Observatory. The first official visitor was Éamon de Valera in January 1949.
#DIASdiscovers #85ThingsaboutDIAS
In 1949 after years of restoration to Hermann Brück head of the section instituted monthly ‘open days’ whereby the public could visit the Observatory. The first official visitor was Éamon de Valera in January 1949.
#DIASdiscovers #85ThingsaboutDIAS
Reposted by David Stifter 🍵📄🦊
TIL that Theodore Roosevelt - while sitting president in 1907 - published an article on medieval Irish tales and called for the establishment of chairs in Celtic Studies in US universities.
(fun fact from Ian Stewart's excellent book The Celts: A Modern History)
(fun fact from Ian Stewart's excellent book The Celts: A Modern History)
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
TIL that Theodore Roosevelt - while sitting president in 1907 - published an article on medieval Irish tales and called for the establishment of chairs in Celtic Studies in US universities.
(fun fact from Ian Stewart's excellent book The Celts: A Modern History)
(fun fact from Ian Stewart's excellent book The Celts: A Modern History)
Reposted by David Stifter 🍵📄🦊
The Manuscript of the Week is RIA MS 23 F 16, the O’Gara manuscript. Written in the Low Countries in the mid-17th C, this collection of poetry transmits important literary material from manuscript sources that have since been lost.
November 24, 2025 at 9:32 AM
The Manuscript of the Week is RIA MS 23 F 16, the O’Gara manuscript. Written in the Low Countries in the mid-17th C, this collection of poetry transmits important literary material from manuscript sources that have since been lost.
Reposted by David Stifter 🍵📄🦊
For #StandingStoneSunday #Stunday... A colour pic. of all Seven ogham stones -
Colaiste Ide Ogham Stones, Dingle Peninsula, Kerry, Ireland
#IrishArchaeology #Archaeology #Megalithic ? #EarlyChristian #Photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #Art #BlueSky #EastCoastKin #Kerry
Colaiste Ide Ogham Stones, Dingle Peninsula, Kerry, Ireland
#IrishArchaeology #Archaeology #Megalithic ? #EarlyChristian #Photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #Art #BlueSky #EastCoastKin #Kerry
November 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
For #StandingStoneSunday #Stunday... A colour pic. of all Seven ogham stones -
Colaiste Ide Ogham Stones, Dingle Peninsula, Kerry, Ireland
#IrishArchaeology #Archaeology #Megalithic ? #EarlyChristian #Photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #Art #BlueSky #EastCoastKin #Kerry
Colaiste Ide Ogham Stones, Dingle Peninsula, Kerry, Ireland
#IrishArchaeology #Archaeology #Megalithic ? #EarlyChristian #Photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #Art #BlueSky #EastCoastKin #Kerry
Reposted by David Stifter 🍵📄🦊
🔔
One more week to go
until the 1ˢᵗ Sunday of Advent,
the time for my annual
𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗜𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱.
A calendar devoted to
reflection and navel-gazing,
and to the fantastic research
of my colleagues in Early Irish Maynooth @ceilteachomn.bsky.social.
🔔
📷: St Patrick's College Maynooth
One more week to go
until the 1ˢᵗ Sunday of Advent,
the time for my annual
𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗜𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱.
A calendar devoted to
reflection and navel-gazing,
and to the fantastic research
of my colleagues in Early Irish Maynooth @ceilteachomn.bsky.social.
🔔
📷: St Patrick's College Maynooth
November 23, 2025 at 6:28 AM
🔔
One more week to go
until the 1ˢᵗ Sunday of Advent,
the time for my annual
𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗜𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱.
A calendar devoted to
reflection and navel-gazing,
and to the fantastic research
of my colleagues in Early Irish Maynooth @ceilteachomn.bsky.social.
🔔
📷: St Patrick's College Maynooth
One more week to go
until the 1ˢᵗ Sunday of Advent,
the time for my annual
𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗜𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱.
A calendar devoted to
reflection and navel-gazing,
and to the fantastic research
of my colleagues in Early Irish Maynooth @ceilteachomn.bsky.social.
🔔
📷: St Patrick's College Maynooth
Ná stop de shárú do theorainneacha féin go deo.
Tá géarghá againn leis an siamsaíocht.
Tá géarghá againn leis an siamsaíocht.
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Ná stop de shárú do theorainneacha féin go deo.
Tá géarghá againn leis an siamsaíocht.
Tá géarghá againn leis an siamsaíocht.
Reposted by David Stifter 🍵📄🦊
🚨Eleanor Knott Memorial Lecture next Thursday!
🦅 Dr Emma Nic Chárthaigh (University College Cork) will speak on "Intertextual weavings in the Colloquy between Fintan mac Bóchrai and the Hawk of Achill".
🗓️ 27th November, Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin, 6pm
🔗 www.tcd.ie/Irish/gaeilg...
🦅 Dr Emma Nic Chárthaigh (University College Cork) will speak on "Intertextual weavings in the Colloquy between Fintan mac Bóchrai and the Hawk of Achill".
🗓️ 27th November, Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin, 6pm
🔗 www.tcd.ie/Irish/gaeilg...
Eleanor Knott Memorial Lecture - 27.11.2025 - Irish and Celtic Languages - Trinity College Dublin
www.tcd.ie
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
🚨Eleanor Knott Memorial Lecture next Thursday!
🦅 Dr Emma Nic Chárthaigh (University College Cork) will speak on "Intertextual weavings in the Colloquy between Fintan mac Bóchrai and the Hawk of Achill".
🗓️ 27th November, Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin, 6pm
🔗 www.tcd.ie/Irish/gaeilg...
🦅 Dr Emma Nic Chárthaigh (University College Cork) will speak on "Intertextual weavings in the Colloquy between Fintan mac Bóchrai and the Hawk of Achill".
🗓️ 27th November, Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin, 6pm
🔗 www.tcd.ie/Irish/gaeilg...
It came by the delivery man: a pre-Christmas present to myself.
💚 Víkingur Ólafsson: Opus 109 💚
All in green.
💚 Víkingur Ólafsson: Opus 109 💚
All in green.
November 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
It came by the delivery man: a pre-Christmas present to myself.
💚 Víkingur Ólafsson: Opus 109 💚
All in green.
💚 Víkingur Ólafsson: Opus 109 💚
All in green.
Comharthaí sráide i Maigh Nuad (eastát Maigh gCláir).
Ba mhaith liom le déanaí a bpictiúir a thógáil.
Ba mhaith liom le déanaí a bpictiúir a thógáil.
November 23, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Comharthaí sráide i Maigh Nuad (eastát Maigh gCláir).
Ba mhaith liom le déanaí a bpictiúir a thógáil.
Ba mhaith liom le déanaí a bpictiúir a thógáil.
🔔
One more week to go
until the 1ˢᵗ Sunday of Advent,
the time for my annual
𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗜𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱.
A calendar devoted to
reflection and navel-gazing,
and to the fantastic research
of my colleagues in Early Irish Maynooth @ceilteachomn.bsky.social.
🔔
📷: St Patrick's College Maynooth
One more week to go
until the 1ˢᵗ Sunday of Advent,
the time for my annual
𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗜𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱.
A calendar devoted to
reflection and navel-gazing,
and to the fantastic research
of my colleagues in Early Irish Maynooth @ceilteachomn.bsky.social.
🔔
📷: St Patrick's College Maynooth
November 23, 2025 at 6:28 AM
🔔
One more week to go
until the 1ˢᵗ Sunday of Advent,
the time for my annual
𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗜𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱.
A calendar devoted to
reflection and navel-gazing,
and to the fantastic research
of my colleagues in Early Irish Maynooth @ceilteachomn.bsky.social.
🔔
📷: St Patrick's College Maynooth
One more week to go
until the 1ˢᵗ Sunday of Advent,
the time for my annual
𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗜𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱.
A calendar devoted to
reflection and navel-gazing,
and to the fantastic research
of my colleagues in Early Irish Maynooth @ceilteachomn.bsky.social.
🔔
📷: St Patrick's College Maynooth
Reposted by David Stifter 🍵📄🦊
I need you all to know that a ton of folks put a HEROIC amount of effort into keeping Archive going this week
November 21, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I need you all to know that a ton of folks put a HEROIC amount of effort into keeping Archive going this week
Reposted by David Stifter 🍵📄🦊
In breaking news, the Society has launched the proceedings of our 25th Annual Seminar, organised with @ucc.ie, which looked at “Sgéalta Uí Chathasaigh, Mayo Stories Told by Thomas Casey” collected, edited and translated by Douglas Hyde (Vol. 36 Main Series 1939).
November 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
In breaking news, the Society has launched the proceedings of our 25th Annual Seminar, organised with @ucc.ie, which looked at “Sgéalta Uí Chathasaigh, Mayo Stories Told by Thomas Casey” collected, edited and translated by Douglas Hyde (Vol. 36 Main Series 1939).
Reposted by David Stifter 🍵📄🦊
✨ #13 of 85 Things About DIAS - Dunsink Observatory becomes part of DIAS
Dunsink Observatory was built in 1785, and is considered Ireland’s oldest scientific institution. In 1947 the DIAS Astronomy & Astrophysics section became the caretakers of Dunsink Observatory.
#DIASdiscovers #DIAS85
Dunsink Observatory was built in 1785, and is considered Ireland’s oldest scientific institution. In 1947 the DIAS Astronomy & Astrophysics section became the caretakers of Dunsink Observatory.
#DIASdiscovers #DIAS85
November 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
✨ #13 of 85 Things About DIAS - Dunsink Observatory becomes part of DIAS
Dunsink Observatory was built in 1785, and is considered Ireland’s oldest scientific institution. In 1947 the DIAS Astronomy & Astrophysics section became the caretakers of Dunsink Observatory.
#DIASdiscovers #DIAS85
Dunsink Observatory was built in 1785, and is considered Ireland’s oldest scientific institution. In 1947 the DIAS Astronomy & Astrophysics section became the caretakers of Dunsink Observatory.
#DIASdiscovers #DIAS85
Víkingur Ólafsson: Opus 109
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Hm, this review exposes me to the adjective "pellucid", which I have never encountered before. Is it part of the job description of a classical music journalist to keep rare words alive?
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Hm, this review exposes me to the adjective "pellucid", which I have never encountered before. Is it part of the job description of a classical music journalist to keep rare words alive?
@theguardian.com
Víkingur Ólafsson: Opus 109 album review – pianist’s concept album opens up transcendent vistas
Olafsson’s account of Beethoven’s Op 109 is one of the most beautiful on record, the centrepiece of a recording that links the composer to Bach and Schubert
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Víkingur Ólafsson: Opus 109
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Hm, this review exposes me to the adjective "pellucid", which I have never encountered before. Is it part of the job description of a classical music journalist to keep rare words alive?
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Hm, this review exposes me to the adjective "pellucid", which I have never encountered before. Is it part of the job description of a classical music journalist to keep rare words alive?
@theguardian.com