MikeIrons
@mikeirons12.bsky.social
Music, nature, Spurs, film...
Going back to first principles and to the recording I heard as a kid in the early 1970s. Also the first solo violinist I heard in concert, playing Brahms at the RFO with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Walter Weller.
May 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Going back to first principles and to the recording I heard as a kid in the early 1970s. Also the first solo violinist I heard in concert, playing Brahms at the RFO with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Walter Weller.
Fantastic performance of Simon Boccanegra by @operanorth.co.uk in Bradford, one of the best things I've seen them do in 40 or so years. Coming to Newcastle,Hull, Liverpool, Nottingham and London,if you get the chance to see it.
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April 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Fantastic performance of Simon Boccanegra by @operanorth.co.uk in Bradford, one of the best things I've seen them do in 40 or so years. Coming to Newcastle,Hull, Liverpool, Nottingham and London,if you get the chance to see it.
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For personal reasons, April always seems to be Beethoven month. Two all time favourites here, the violin concerto and the 4th piano concerto. Going back to essentials for me... 🌿🌷💙
April 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
For personal reasons, April always seems to be Beethoven month. Two all time favourites here, the violin concerto and the 4th piano concerto. Going back to essentials for me... 🌿🌷💙
Name a classical recording so powerful and overwhelming that you could pair it with this 9.5 % Belgian beer! 😳🍺🎶🔥😉
April 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Name a classical recording so powerful and overwhelming that you could pair it with this 9.5 % Belgian beer! 😳🍺🎶🔥😉
A couple of classic recordings today. And some reading up for Simon Boccanegra next Saturday. My first trip ever to Italy last week, via Genoa. And we 'll be back there again with Simon Boccanegra. Funny how these things go.
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April 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
A couple of classic recordings today. And some reading up for Simon Boccanegra next Saturday. My first trip ever to Italy last week, via Genoa. And we 'll be back there again with Simon Boccanegra. Funny how these things go.
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Now listening. The first Mahler 5th I heard, 40 years ago. I like to listen to this when I want a lower alcohol content than the Vienna PO / Bernstein classic, which is a 6.5 % beer for certain.
April 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Now listening. The first Mahler 5th I heard, 40 years ago. I like to listen to this when I want a lower alcohol content than the Vienna PO / Bernstein classic, which is a 6.5 % beer for certain.
I've been away for a short trip to Italy with my wife. Our first trip abroad! And my first time in Italy... Managed to find this... ☺️🌊🌅
April 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I've been away for a short trip to Italy with my wife. Our first trip abroad! And my first time in Italy... Managed to find this... ☺️🌊🌅
This morning 's music, Corelli Concerti Grossi and the marvellous and evocative Nympholept by Bax... 🌅💙
March 15, 2025 at 11:36 AM
This morning 's music, Corelli Concerti Grossi and the marvellous and evocative Nympholept by Bax... 🌅💙
Last heard this in the 1990s ,ON CASSETTE!! Hearing all kinds of new things now in better sound. Not my usual repertoire , but a fabulous disc.
March 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Last heard this in the 1990s ,ON CASSETTE!! Hearing all kinds of new things now in better sound. Not my usual repertoire , but a fabulous disc.
From the days when Woolworths sold their own CDs... 🌅🌿🌺🌊🤩
March 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
From the days when Woolworths sold their own CDs... 🌅🌿🌺🌊🤩
A favourite recording, courtesy of my good friend David, who's knowledge of films is encyclopedic.
March 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
A favourite recording, courtesy of my good friend David, who's knowledge of films is encyclopedic.
Der Vampyr by Marschner, the musical cousin of Weber 's Der Freischutz. Excellent.
March 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Der Vampyr by Marschner, the musical cousin of Weber 's Der Freischutz. Excellent.
A piece I haven't heard for nearly 40 years. Although I'm not the biggest fan of choral works as a whole, this is delightful in many ways.
March 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
A piece I haven't heard for nearly 40 years. Although I'm not the biggest fan of choral works as a whole, this is delightful in many ways.
On Kalevala Day a fantastic performance of the Lemminkainen Suite... 🇫🇮🤍💙
February 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
On Kalevala Day a fantastic performance of the Lemminkainen Suite... 🇫🇮🤍💙
Is there a composer that 's been especially prominent in your listening this year? For me, it 's Rachmaninov, hands down (on the keyboard ! ) ...
February 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Is there a composer that 's been especially prominent in your listening this year? For me, it 's Rachmaninov, hands down (on the keyboard ! ) ...
Aaron Copland would have really hated this... 😉😅🌄🌳🐄🌳
February 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Aaron Copland would have really hated this... 😉😅🌄🌳🐄🌳
Today 's listening. A charity shop discovery yesterday. A great collection of musicians here...
February 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Today 's listening. A charity shop discovery yesterday. A great collection of musicians here...
One of those Rachmaninov days...
February 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM
One of those Rachmaninov days...
I picked these up over the last week in a charity shop. To the days when you could buy a copy of Scheherazade in WH Smith and find La Boheme in Woolworth's... 🌅🥂
February 8, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I picked these up over the last week in a charity shop. To the days when you could buy a copy of Scheherazade in WH Smith and find La Boheme in Woolworth's... 🌅🥂
Rimsky-Korsakov
The Invisible City of Kitezh
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The Invisible City of Kitezh
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February 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Rimsky-Korsakov
The Invisible City of Kitezh
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The Invisible City of Kitezh
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Winter sunshine at Pickering Castle at the foot of the North Yorkshire Moors. Cold but beautiful!
January 31, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Winter sunshine at Pickering Castle at the foot of the North Yorkshire Moors. Cold but beautiful!
These are favourites too. And assorted symphonies by Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Myaskovsky, Prokofiev, Elgar, Alwyn (3), Moeran, Walton (1), Madetoja (2), Alfven, Chausson,Magnard ,Barber, Howard Hanson,Roy Harris (3)...
January 24, 2025 at 11:51 AM
These are favourites too. And assorted symphonies by Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Myaskovsky, Prokofiev, Elgar, Alwyn (3), Moeran, Walton (1), Madetoja (2), Alfven, Chausson,Magnard ,Barber, Howard Hanson,Roy Harris (3)...
Plus Verdi - Simon Boccanegra and Schubert - Fierrabras!
January 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Plus Verdi - Simon Boccanegra and Schubert - Fierrabras!
When you support Tottenham Hotspur, you are always looking for consolation... Some favourites!
January 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
When you support Tottenham Hotspur, you are always looking for consolation... Some favourites!
These seemed to select themselves. The Leningrad set one of the pillars of my music collection (there are A LOT of pillars)...
January 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
These seemed to select themselves. The Leningrad set one of the pillars of my music collection (there are A LOT of pillars)...