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. 😳
A pre-concert treat to aid the concentration.
November 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
A pre-concert treat to aid the concentration.
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
An impressive Enigma Variations to round off what - John Wilson explained at the end of the concert - was their European debut. A rousing reception from the audience.
November 25, 2025 at 10:08 PM
An impressive Enigma Variations to round off what - John Wilson explained at the end of the concert - was their European debut. A rousing reception from the audience.
Halftime in Amsterdam, after a rather spectacular - and fantastically played - Don Juan (with a lukewarm reception), and a Rach piano 2 where I didn’t get much poetry from either Wilson nor Grosvenor - though again fantastic playing (received with cheers all around).
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Halftime in Amsterdam, after a rather spectacular - and fantastically played - Don Juan (with a lukewarm reception), and a Rach piano 2 where I didn’t get much poetry from either Wilson nor Grosvenor - though again fantastic playing (received with cheers all around).
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
Marvellous singing by Degout, and Pichon and Pygmalion were fabulous throughout. (But I’m still not a Brahms fan…) 🫣
November 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Marvellous singing by Degout, and Pichon and Pygmalion were fabulous throughout. (But I’m still not a Brahms fan…) 🫣
A good seat… provided i don’t get one of those 6’6+ Dutch men in front of me. A serious risk in this country (and one of the reasons I prefer concert halls and theatres with seating on a rake…) 😇🤣
November 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
A good seat… provided i don’t get one of those 6’6+ Dutch men in front of me. A serious risk in this country (and one of the reasons I prefer concert halls and theatres with seating on a rake…) 😇🤣
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
Had a fabulous night at Dutch National Opera’s Maid of Orleans. I loved it. And I also loved Tcherniakov’s framing, culminating in a very moving love duet, with Lionel helping Joan back into her own clothes, i.e. loving her for who she is. A triumph for all involved, and particularly for Stikhina. ❤️
November 18, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Had a fabulous night at Dutch National Opera’s Maid of Orleans. I loved it. And I also loved Tcherniakov’s framing, culminating in a very moving love duet, with Lionel helping Joan back into her own clothes, i.e. loving her for who she is. A triumph for all involved, and particularly for Stikhina. ❤️
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’.
November 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
November 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
November 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
November 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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
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
…and more Moroni, Parmigianino, Titian and Rembrandt. Breathtaking stuff!
November 8, 2025 at 11:46 PM
…and more Moroni, Parmigianino, Titian and Rembrandt. Breathtaking stuff!