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2026-02-23 20:01:14 CET

Lately, I'm missing the Jazz scenery so I will end the day with Langston Hughes II playing John Coltrane's Central Park West.
Have a fine evening! 🎷🎹🥃🚬
👏👏👏
https://blossom.primal.net/defb25dea08134c7cd06a5756d159ee90218c4b5372c9941374cd7bfa4e71664.mp4

2026-02-23 17:41:42 CET

Did you ever hear Nina Simone playing the Sound of Silence from Simon and Garfunkel? This short recording was made during her trip for Montreux Jazz Festival in 1968.
https://blossom.primal.net/c4ea15d598b496339d501213adb4829c42cf270717567dd31db147420cc4494a.mp4

2026-02-23 11:39:58 CET

For no reason at all other than my mood, Va Pensiero, the Hebrew Slaves Chorus, from Giuseppe Verdi's Nabucco. Credit to the Metropolitan Opera for this wonderful presentation.
https://blossom.primal.net/2adb7b5c7d6c8fb0c34c289ef0a386dd156f13cd87950b9b9bcb17bd63f5e743.mp4

2026-02-22 22:04:56 CET

Because some of you seem to be real connoisseurs when it comes to organs (see previous post), here are the details.
#nevent1q…n3ha

2026-02-22 21:27:07 CET

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👀 WOW! Now that's an experience! Thank you for sharing. 🫂

2026-02-22 21:17:16 CET

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y*W*

2026-02-22 20:40:48 CET

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https://orgelbau-muehleisen.de/en/projekt/st-reinoldi-dortmund-hauptorgel/

2026-02-22 20:01:52 CET

Today I say goodbye with Jan Liebermann
playing Tschaikowsky’s Dance of the Little Swans on the organ.
Have a great evening!
https://blossom.primal.net/cd3416c15b58a9d9b5d8bf36d35752c4b04baf30ac31d668a1a78a5a4c1025fa.mp4

2026-02-22 10:00:24 CET

When was the last time you enjoyed a male choir? Alfredo Kraus sings "Chanson de Kleinzack" from Les Contes D'Hoffmann. An impressive reopening of the Zurich Opera House in 1985 with Alfredo Kraus, Josè Carreras, Lucia Popp and Thomas Hampson, to name a few.
https://blossom.primal.net/832aecdf70a3971e0c5a41887c3b6092cb64707708b123f862c51947bda92a44.mp4

2026-02-21 20:36:16 CET

My only post for today, a leap back in time to 1966, with Martha Argerich playing Liszt's beautiful Hungarian Rhapsody No.6, with a special finale.
Have a great weekend!
https://blossom.primal.net/ce15a3bb22ac12d01e05c1b6ebd731e79625b98fa75c1711d1991003e3a47abd.mp4

2026-02-20 15:10:43 CET

I had no idea, and now it's a bit too late, but some of you might find it helpful.
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2026-02-20 13:53:44 CET

Luciana Serra singing Là pugnai; la sorte arrise, from Rossini's Aureliano in Palmira.
Rossini wrote this for the legendary castrato Velluti, but Serra put this performance in the "Best of Opera" hall of fame. Absolutely amazing!
https://blossom.primal.net/df9d302deb0adb323f3b87a85783f6cbdfdc187872f9b341998afa5059399632.mp4

2026-02-19 20:22:52 CET

I end the day closer to home, with Kathleen Battle singing Strauss' Frühlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring), conducted by Herbert Von Karajan. (Vienna, 1987)
👏👏👏👏
Have a good evening!
https://blossom.primal.net/786b03cc249d7c2afd80f4557fc05e5f4812693fa97ddcaab52c5e845843ea91.mp4

2026-02-19 12:39:33 CET

I saw this ad about the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra beginning a tour through Spain, Italy and Austria. Back when I was my only follower, I posted a short video with their history, so here it is once more.
https://blossom.primal.net/9dc3bc16a018a7ffaf3ab0b0bf0572eedee8f587e48f5f57e014152995893cc9.mp4
https://blossom.primal.net/cf10ed49a03aed239c3206af4e7929809322a22f9fbc53759f056eb6e12a0b6a.mp4

2026-02-19 09:20:21 CET

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I believe that in art, nationality should be irrelevant.

2026-02-18 20:56:28 CET

Let's end the day as we started, with an immersion into the Chinese culture. This time, ballet.
https://blossom.primal.net/deea6bb4748b295771b2fb68a7bc682960a324ccd477db07850d8ed76c0fb6a1.mp4
More exactly, with "The Red Detachment of Women", a revolutionary ballet that premiered in 1964 by the Central Ballet of China. It's a story related to the 1930s Chinese Civil War and an all-female communist guerrilla detachment. Some may laugh, some may enjoy it, it's a history page.

2026-02-18 16:48:37 CET

For jazz lovers, Thelonius Monk performing Ugly Beauty in 1969, in Paris, where he travelled for an interview with the French state television. This footage is from Rewind & Play, a 2022 Franco-German documentary by Alain Gomis.
https://blossom.primal.net/718b8f4ce42ad7d4c38993a84a54a2e186d2931a9cd3faf04c7ae91493b768d6.mp4

2026-02-18 13:07:53 CET

Well, this is somehow a blind spot for me. While most of us know Lang Lang, here's together with solo violist Diyang Mei and principal horn Yun Zeng as they perform Huang Haihuai’s “Sai Ma” (Horse Racing), dedicated to the new Chinese year of the horse.
https://blossom.primal.net/294eded2812438ecaa8e7ff4752a5f35d6ea91ad99029724f4bc06a598961a8c.mp4

2026-01-24 13:34:26 CET

While I usually prefer "old jazz", a notable exception would be The Midnight Hour, on this occasion performing "Redneph in B Minor". (Live at Linear Labs, 2018)
Not like anyone asked, but my "favourite" jazz, so to speak, is played at night in basements full of cigarette smoke.
https://blossom.primal.net/e8db045ceefd1e6a8c52ded9f13b2e441b9b0d87bb44bc30d4851ee5d3d6e1c1.mp4

2026-01-22 21:52:17 CET

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Did you "ping" me or something? I see this but unattached to any message. 🤷
https://blossom.primal.net/e3ac84a8e4fccf519c03b3810915cd0e2fa4b020b3d2c09f93ad844417f10c49.jpg

2026-01-18 20:27:25 CET

Let's have an epic end the week with Wagner's "Das Rheingold" (Entry of the Gods into Valhalla). Metropolitan Opera, 1990
https://blossom.primal.net/cefdc10f23d070958a4ce034af680096896b3b3e94cf28a1e346b6befae2f28a.mp4

2026-01-17 20:07:11 CET

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Here you can find them together again in Tosca. "E lucevan le stelle" & "O dolci mani"
https://blossom.primal.net/ba3b40c983c0e81ce6712ddf4b1deab0462923eecfae8cacf469d874bc217031.mp4

2026-01-17 13:45:49 CET

For your lunch break, Roberto Alagna and Angela Gheorghiu singing "Vogliatemi bene" from Puccini's Madama Butterfly. 🥂
https://blossom.primal.net/c671a73a3fbcccb5878ccfc2a952f8e0b5a04ac2bb82043ef1110d9e05ce7b4d.mp4

2026-01-17 09:02:11 CET

It might be only my impression, but it seems to be a recent trend among organists to play Umberto Tozzi's "To amo". Here, performed by Constanze Hochwartner.
And with this, good morning! 🥐☕
https://blossom.primal.net/39b024c337b9da9d77ec1bfe0207f46c1df64988f09c363a24581db7f69c2801.mp4

2026-01-16 20:48:24 CET

I wish you all a beautiful weekend with Vivaldi's Winter, together with Anne-Sophie Mutter Violin and Herbert Von Karajan. (1987)
https://blossom.primal.net/ae3c9ef23aa20a6be4bfc92f842c35494e18d180664b9d562211dbba931a02a5.mp4

2026-01-14 17:45:48 CET

I'll end the day as I started, probably with a bit of melancholy. While it's a short performance, I have it on repeat for some time and I want to share it with you.
Grigory Sokolov playing Griboyedov's Waltz No. 2 in E Minor.
Have a beautiful evening!
https://blossom.primal.net/46906f8c257a3410278dbdb5499e5f79f68b7ffb59b464fd7039bd2b5eb08f7b.mp4

2026-01-14 08:25:15 CET

I wish you all a beautiful day like Wagner's Prelude to Lohengrin, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle.
https://blossom.primal.net/2b620b1bf7cad251774b1cfcc4e53f5c3598b85c25dd93c393d1bf028afd0ea9.mp4

2026-01-12 18:53:11 CET

I tell you goodnight with Vladimir Ashkenazy playing Frédéric Chopin's Prelude, Op. 28 No. 4. (Chopin asked for this tragic piece to be played at his funeral, making you hear his heart fading away.)
https://blossom.primal.net/f1f57178f635a37bf68936907e151d3c11ef31e647bcaf1f0cd4895c68a3fc59.mp4

2026-01-10 13:20:55 CET

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🤝

2026-01-10 13:18:52 CET

Who remembers this 1994 moment, with The 3 Tenors, singing O Sole Mio?
👏👏👏
https://blossom.primal.net/16af56aa6cc3aa28e9f757e94103157cc0f99310e5d8673be17644ad9dfceb37.mp4

2026-01-09 22:22:47 CET

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Especially when thinking it's before the Second World War.

2026-01-09 14:53:45 CET

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I was wondering if you would get it. 😂

2026-01-09 12:47:20 CET

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I used commas because it's fully quoted, not my opinion. The first part it's from the advertisement (German) and the second part from their YouTube channel (French). Sometimes I just post about events and so on. 🤷 In this case, it's more about the place, and I would have no regrets being there.
PS: I wrote in my profile that this is an amateur's corner, look at everything I post through this point of view, I post what I like or just because I listen to it and I want to share.

2026-01-09 12:39:37 CET

For lunch break, a beautiful moment with
Mischa Maisky playing Bach's Cello Suite No.1 in G Major (I. Prelude).
This might be my only post for today, so I wish you all a fine day and a great weekend!
https://blossom.primal.net/48ce947654029145e4992108191e8592d7a6e1eb4234bf7f6e03cd452ff37ea9.mp4

2026-01-08 20:10:36 CET

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This might help connect the dots:
https://blossom.primal.net/3f71ebf17b840190d9155eab27d251a98f2523675aeb8db82cc1506aea1d6a0d.mp4

2026-01-08 19:33:33 CET

I'll say goodnight with Richard Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by James Levine. (1999)
https://blossom.primal.net/aff94f69629672fe4b99b59ba183e345bde0ee59e51fcfe1b3e3f10fc823f234.mp4

2026-01-07 12:40:57 CET

For lunch break, a moment with Carolina López Moreno singing Puccini's “Un bel dì, vedremo” at Müpa Budapest.
https://blossom.primal.net/596ed78ecc5a869cf91fb8d9ff397fad6523778a32b60b355ab20860d72fc6a9.mp4

2026-01-06 18:01:41 CET

From Rossini's La Cenerentola (Cinderella), Un segreto d'importanza, with Marco Vinco as Dandini and Alfonso Antoniozzi as Don Magnifico. (Genova, 2006)
Have a great evening!
https://blossom.primal.net/e0cf6313c9aeb4cd8c22098d021e68e2161e3fb00313827f687086c69cee7f48.mp4

2026-01-06 08:52:40 CET

Good morning with Takuya Okamoto performing Bach's Suite in E Major, BWV 1006a on a classical guitar.
https://blossom.primal.net/8c71636aa910de9ace59acb04fc1cafc17e1fc960bd426759cf01691c89ffd8c.mp4

2026-01-05 20:51:46 CET

My travels are over and, starting tomorrow, I should be back with the more or less normal posting routine. Until then, Glenn Gould and Yehudi Menuhin performing Bach's Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 4 in C minor, BWV 1017. (Broadcast on May 18, 1966)
Have a wonderful evening!
https://blossom.primal.net/38ff27b444073a8db18ded80402df21e62bb4f8c091b6f5f7f8035269a41a27b.mp4

2026-01-01 14:47:34 CET

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Yes, it was, thank you for letting me know. I re-uploaded.

2026-01-01 14:46:27 CET

It seems that somehow I (inexcusably) skipped Wagner, so here I am fixing it.
Herbert Von Karajan conducting Richard Wagner's Tannhäuser Overture with the Berlin Philharmonic. Divine!
(Re-uploaded the correct video.🤦)
https://blossom.primal.net/040d31934dfd868d0a462a94c6dcdd2cf34e27f827c1735516cea45bb528556a.mp4
Although, at least for the first time I should write its complete name, "Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg".

2026-01-01 12:00:16 CET

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Happy New Year! 🥂🫂

2026-01-01 11:42:44 CET

I start the New Year with Leonard Bernstein and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, which are probably the biggest reasons for the existence of this npub, and wish you a great year.
Gustav Mahler's Adagietto from the Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor. (1973)
https://blossom.primal.net/a585b84a5e53c4f50ffd0979fba2a13a36964d3208f20461e9dee99d67e401db.mp4

2025-12-31 18:42:52 CET

I wish you all a great New Year with Händel/Halvorsen "Passacaglia" performed by Renaud Capuçon (violin) and Gautier Capuçon (cello).
https://blossom.primal.net/be541589baea9c9958e7a3dcc3fcf03a234503803a1dcaa736d309f5567e2128.mp4

2025-12-30 21:15:53 CET

I have the pleasure of closing the day with a page of jazz history, with Miles Davis' first European TV appearance, this being the oldest known footage with him performing.
It was filmed on December 7, 1957, for the French show “Au clair de la lune” and broadcast later on Christmas Day.
https://blossom.primal.net/ecf1bff3090b2ae4eb0112153e7bc7ad506b8c8b9f9181c3d66dce77dc6f77d3.mp4
He's performing along with Barney Wilen (tenor saxophone), René Urtreger (piano), Pierre Michelot (double bass) and Kenny Clarke (drums).
I wish you all a beautiful evening and, just in case I won't be able to post tomorrow, a happy New Year!

2025-12-30 18:35:53 CET

Ivry Gitlis performing the Rondo finale of Paganini’s Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor, "La Campanella".
https://blossom.primal.net/99392348e76667d105e2fe2261e1a738929603a537eb80c10ddfbecb5acf3541.mp4
While most people know it because of Liszt's piano transcription, this is how it was intended, written to sound like a small silver handbell. (When Liszt heard Paganini performing it in Paris, in 1832, he enjoyed it so much that he decided to transcribe it for keyboard.)

2025-12-30 08:18:05 CET

Evgeny Kissin plays Franz Liszt's Liebestraum No. 3 on Liszt's personal piano at the Liszt House in Weimar, which was his summer residence.
https://blossom.primal.net/f8bfc705d4127734332e365e6ccf57f1e6c613f6f2896e9a8c218a1c1c948749.mp4

2025-12-29 18:56:40 CET

A beautiful moment in the history of jazz with Count Basie and Oscar Peterson playing Jumpin' At The Woodside.
https://blossom.primal.net/5e13b8cf11285d5bd4473e7a8369e0b66ba4291afd168d050aca158bfe05e5e6.mp4
It's part of a BBC4 special, from 1980 (link with the full show attached), where they perform together with Joe Pass (guitar), Niels Pedersen (bass) and Martin Drew (drums).
And with this, I wish you all a fine evening! 🥂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HAZP7nWo6A

2025-12-29 15:38:14 CET

A leap back in time, to 1955, with Franco Corelli singing "E lucevan le stelle" from Puccini's Tosca. 👏👏👏
https://blossom.primal.net/012a176209d685a1bcf983445e3ae28aab32bf3eaadac18a898cd19307ca0261.mp4

2025-12-28 17:12:34 CET

Today I'll say goodbye with Ruggiero Ricci playing Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 (Finale).
Have a great evening! 🥂
https://blossom.primal.net/d948c992fcfdc819319ddd509f6d0193fd630ab47bf6a4c2304c37b0bc3a2600.mp4

2025-12-28 12:34:20 CET

A beautiful afternoon with Ana Vidović playing Paganini's Allegro Risoluto.
https://blossom.primal.net/9d299abef4a29ef3b8a319ed9af33ecdd6ca8cb4df446e294c5ef8d214ee433d.mp4

2025-12-28 08:58:56 CET

For today's "Jazz moment", Thelonious Monk's "Blue Monk" together with Charlie Rouse on tenor saxophone, Larry Gales on bass, and Ben Riley on drums, recorded live at the University Aula in Oslo during Monk's 1966 Scandinavian tour.
https://blossom.primal.net/53683b6d8153415ae84b765c30dd89c8762a988aac9fe44aaf47be32277aba05.mp4

2025-12-26 12:27:33 CET

A peaceful afternoon with Maria João Pires performing Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 17, The Tempest.
https://blossom.primal.net/e2cc699619050e3a110fab60c036efb7cefb35015832a8ac86061e5e765f4324.mp4

2025-12-26 09:06:18 CET

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Merry Christmas, Izumi!

2025-12-25 08:17:35 CET

Pablo Sarasate’s Caprice Basque performed by Andrei Korsakov, violin, and Iolanta Miroshnikova, piano.
(1977, Soviet TV. The audio is not the original because they had recording issues, but the performance is great nonetheless.)
https://blossom.primal.net/6b058e6f3466147a301b1b3dd6ffcdfd5ebb8dba93b89a1aaf1b747e22d4f7d8.mp4

2025-12-24 16:13:01 CET

Merry Christmas! 🎁 🎄
From the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Béla Bartók's Romanian Folk Dances for String Orchestra Sz 56 BB 68.
https://blossom.primal.net/b25da7eb2516e0a2995bbdd24fe346aac086658541db676dde17fc881bf24e26.mp4

2025-12-22 20:33:54 CET

Alexander Markov performs Paganini Caprice 24, live on Belgium TV, as an encore after the Vieuxtemps Concerto.
https://blossom.primal.net/c6342448e20dcbe664529c65d7878bf5d955fd8b13618d6d79f1bfe3cb7f204d.mp4

2025-12-20 12:11:03 CET

If you're unsure what to listen to today, try György Sándor playing Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6. (1947)
https://blossom.primal.net/b454623fbefdc5a70a426273de1141852c55633e3d952617cd8a33590104f586.mp4

2025-12-19 17:50:06 CET

This year, during the Verbier Festival, Evgeny Kissin and Martha Argerich met again to celebrate Shostakovich’s 50th anniversary with his Concertino for two pianos.
https://video.nostr.build/287e5893dbaf0b82a7d1716314a15b04785f8ec04d368fb5414091ce61692b6c.mp4

2025-12-18 17:19:43 CET

Silent Night is the most recorded song, in more than 300 languages.
https://video.nostr.build/b297b3cd96e535bd26c3e79192fce0c388c67d0094ee8fa5ed00716db4a9bbd0.mp4
Last year, through an ad from Erste Bank of Austria, the visual story of Joseph Mohr, a village priest in Oberndorf, Austria, and music teacher Franz Xaver Gruber, who composed and performed the song on Christmas Eve in 1818 during a time of hardship following the Napoleonic Wars, was depicted.
The film highlights how the simple song spread globally, including performances before the Austrian Emperor in 1822, its broadcast during the first-ever radio entertainment in America in 1906, a moment of peace between German and English soldiers during World War I in 1914, and its transmission to the Skylab 4 space station in 1973.

2025-12-18 11:10:34 CET

Embrujo Mestizo performs Isaac Albéniz's Asturias in a classical guitar and castanets arrangement.
(For the next two weeks or so I'll post very infrequently since the little one is on school break.)
https://video.nostr.build/839338cedbfdfd71f7756be44522c29e426648eccf6f2baaec31d0794c54d9f8.mp4

2025-12-17 20:54:33 CET

I'll end the day with Yuja Wang in 2007, when she was 19, practising Mozart's Turkish March (Arkady Volodos' arrangement) along with her Carmen encore.
Have a good evening!
https://video.nostr.build/be448bc11e515d1bd386fd8e6abdd827b023e2043f8e19e03f246f400b91f48f.mp4

2025-12-14 17:02:31 CET

A beautiful leap back in time, to 1975, with Shirley Verrett and Piero Cappuccilli singing “Fatal mia donna” from Verdi’s Macbeth.
https://nostr.download/0f8e394fce08323830b2a8245bbd3c008f0e20af73bdd3800a86171da82e8d20.mp4

2025-12-14 14:49:05 CET

Another Jazz moment: the John Coltrane Quartet playing "Impressions".
https://nostr.download/21c21cddd32a477e1c6e19a44265a3d15118d4fcffa61af1aa686a25579bcecb.mp4

2025-12-14 08:46:03 CET

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I just checked, and for the rest of the year, there are tickets available only for Strauss' Elektra.

2025-12-13 19:57:48 CET

Vienna State Opera from the Albertina Museum
https://nostr.download/7d370141f6a2f8e51348ae2b0b5e19a6e4f324f60aef90116764c858da7811d9.jpg https://nostr.download/a9c9d52a5d2f2c234db140484199b089bbcdfc7a5723b87bfe2d818c7bb41f8b.jpg https://nostr.download/a9aa8f9e1bd9fe7b03c9a1f00fd71e0455df48d380b4b46f36fee80ef462e448.jpg https://nostr.download/1785dcd92d07c557e6a81097b36a1f37e9ada1c08b1c93e68a8a5e74ee55ee6c.jpg

2025-12-12 19:52:46 CET

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I'm thinking about it, but if I can post only every other day or so, it's pointless. Nostr seems to work only in a short-term mode, meaning that posts older than a few hours, a day at best, are like dead and buried.

2025-12-12 09:32:42 CET

This morning, I took a detour from the usual path with "Je vous salue Marie" by Erga.
Have a great day!
https://nostr.download/1a6df6cc0d3d23ec905aed6f51153af09ccf1297cfc74577e48b271c1d50d78c.mp4

2025-12-11 18:10:46 CET

One of the first pieces of classical music that I remember from my childhood, Herbert von Karajan and a 17-year-old Evgeny Kissin performing Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1.
1988, Salzburg, Austria
https://nostr.download/4ec8a30e973f3d3e9996ba16369b1494b669a15cd0b26630ba9b714940f2081e.mp4

2025-12-11 12:36:01 CET

For this lunch break, I chose Arthur Rubinstein playing Saint-Saëns' Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22. This video is from 1975, when he was 88 years old, and while almost blind, this might have been one of his best performances.
https://nostr.download/f85b21f82ff7ff2d46eb1567ba21157a8c20f8c95cb65d9f740c0b70976ef762.mp4
As a side note, he played this Concerto since 1904, when it was in front of Saint-Saëns.
I added the YouTube link for the longer version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVCvJZtzkqQ

2025-12-11 10:09:32 CET

A peaceful morning with Iva Kosić playing El Sueño de la Muñeca by Agustín Barrios Mangoré.
https://nostr.download/e9b59e68595224ea7db243edc5f2691783c514f5aff72f8dd27199c56656247f.mp4

2025-12-10 17:57:35 CET

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She has some concerts these days in the area, so to speak. Today in Bern, Switzerland, and in Italy on Friday and Saturday, in Pescara & Florence.

2025-12-10 16:32:01 CET

My street is quiet right now, with dense fog, and Daniel Barenboim playing Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata feels just right. It still amazes me that it has over 200 years.
https://nostr.download/e3a484df6f7ce01c5d5a5dfa5a3b55fe9b74dfbe14ca47a7ba0c514b2e196620.mp4

2025-12-10 12:14:27 CET

Lunch break with Narciso Yepes and Concierto de Aranjuez.
https://nostr.download/6a1163090b95001ffb11aa5e587d0d6812e7b6b0e5ee8586d62713f92a5b0a1c.mp4

2025-12-10 11:13:58 CET

In Vienna, starting December 20, Thierry Malandain’s Marie Antoinette will have its premiere at Volksoper, with Elena Bottaro as Marie Antoinette and Andrés Garcia Torres as Ludwig XVI.
https://nostr.download/171fb40e81c3a5998c11c9b7f26b67346f9b4b864598e874ecc1761b9ef0f92c.mp4

2025-12-09 20:43:46 CET

I want to end the day on a peaceful note, so I'll wish you good night with Khatia Buniatišvili playing the second movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major (K. 488), Adagio.
From the Paris Concert at the Eiffel Tower, July 14, 2019.
https://nostr.download/f5e02fe28a1be1805ecfb4756cd26c13e8b0e396631a692f367355b9e8ae47e8.mp4

2025-12-09 18:01:29 CET

I decided to add the second movement too. Because why not?
https://nostr.download/a3a07140f2e1581cf61aabd3f7cce3fa07ce6c56c97237c08bba9751cfea0ae9.mp4
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2025-12-09 12:23:02 CET

For this lunch break, we have the first movement from Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, conducted by the legendary Gustavo Dudamel.
Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar, Barcelona, 2017
https://nostr.download/f02e00b4ec836b4c08b347a4b5fc3b65b42250cdcd8a1a2d90cde9f5042b9096.mp4

2025-12-08 20:12:10 CET

Today I will say goodbye with Mariella Devia singing "Com’è bello!" from Donizetti's "Lucrezia Borgia".
https://nostr.download/58fe6a3d1f1cec4784385ac0919662024c0a2757e376a970a1fae8efe7d25d32.mp4

2025-12-08 16:21:34 CET

One more post off the beaten path, Nina Simone performing "Strange Fruit" at Jazz à Juan, the International Jazz Festival from Juan-les-Pins, France, in 1965. (The festival still takes place every year.)
Nina appears alongside Lisle Atkinson (bass), Rudy Stevenson (guitar & flute) and Bobby Hamilton (drums).
https://nostr.download/19c21bf48a18f92094a2de203c84a2d456fd7919b66c003c4f31d4525d39c24b.mp4

2025-12-08 09:21:27 CET

A small detour with Es Devlin's Library of Light in Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano. It was available this spring, and every evening at 8 o'clock, there was a recorded reading of extracts from "The Order of Time" by Carlo Rovelli, read by Benedict Cumberbatch, and preceded by an extract from "Il Cielo Mistico" by Maria Gaetana Agnesi. It’s underscored by Polyphonia with extracts from Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61.
https://nostr.download/1b31a59dfba356721940b4b130d4e98d725a27f5967d3a11a744ebec737cd3c9.mp4
In the second video, her newest installation, "Library of Us," is located on the beach in Miami.
https://nostr.download/10269d4cfccbe1197adcdee3aab8a2ae36032f60c708d7df816c9512b5b9d48b.mp4

2025-12-07 20:34:18 CET

I will say goodbye today with a special page of music's history, Arthur Grumiaux’s magnificent interpretation of Ernest Bloch’s Baal Shem, the second movement, Nigun. (Nobody seems to know who the pianist is, only that the recording is from the 1970s.)
https://nostr.download/32edb8460379ebfbf0c66da3610d908bf06160fb3235ee3490b94e44c5efa230.mp4
He really makes it feel like a prayer.
As a side note, Yehudi Menuhin, who knew Bloch since childhood, described him as “a musician like an Old Testament prophet, with a divine fire that could scorch the bystander".
And with this, I wish you all a great evening!

2025-12-07 17:53:11 CET

Happy 2nd Sunday of Advent!
”O du fröhliche“ with the Philharmonic of Vienna.
https://nostr.download/f0efe20ef94e3308c320d82e649d9eb4eaf17f8fc8b79cc25f562432e2db5a34.mp4

2025-12-07 14:13:07 CET

Perhaps less known in Europe, Jeanine De Bique singing Handel's V'adoro Pupille.
https://nostr.download/aa52760c1fdae289ad44bf41d269012f378ad5913805ee91ecd201a06dda29f4.mp4

2025-12-07 10:53:07 CET

A slow morning with Tatiana Nikolaiyeva playing the andante from Shostakovich's 2nd Piano Concerto. (1992)
Have a great day!
https://nostr.download/86dc0c9018ab25dda8b5e8c7b38e7d786415a12a30caac332d9d710f1a270a51.mp4

2025-12-06 20:56:40 CET

I can't leave this day with so few posts so here's a leap back to 1975 with Henryk Szeryng playing Kreisler’s Schön Rosmarin.
Have a beautiful evening!
https://nostr.download/b807a11b97e1322cdec031921986da9d40fcceb73affe94392e2841d5e169392.mp4

2025-12-06 16:34:49 CET

Not much posting today but I'll say goodbye with the trombone from Mahler’s Symphony No. 3.
https://nostr.download/14dc892d810c05b5bf995deeadab229371fbe4fde36d430fbe9f81c4ee3580b4.mp4

2025-12-05 21:32:34 CET

I wish you a beautiful weekend with Ana Vidović playing Bach's Partita in E major, BWV 1006. Wonderful!
https://nostr.download/4e49c048ea3f8aa8cc08401bac1c84d63c7cfe26b5435bf39f5e00ec921ca357.mp4

2025-12-04 13:34:44 CET

For today's lunch break, Nikolai Lugansky is playing Rachmaninov's Moment musical Op. 16 No. 4 in E minor, Presto. La Roque d’Anthéron, France, 2002.
https://nostr.download/b0c2a3246389cfcfb8019848b1a1af6cbfde37329f6028d18f4dfe6b4d98caed.mp4

2025-12-03 21:57:42 CET

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Probably my favourite right now.
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2025-12-03 19:41:07 CET

Warner Bros Italy hits different, I guess.
From December 25, Primavera in Cinemas.
https://nostr.download/53705edb766823f95063633003d8eb78954a0cd85fb9792e43245f74676e7624.mp4

2025-12-03 15:17:54 CET

Less than four weeks until the annual New Year’s Concert from the Philharmonic of Vienna. Always a pleasure with rich people inside having champagne, and the poor outside watching it live on a big screen. On a positive note, our drinks never get warm.
Here's a video from last year’s performance with Riccardo Muti conducting the Freiheitsmarsch.
https://nostr.download/4327f69cd62420037da6c329516d328a523389a4914cef07a29bc8378ed49da7.mp4

2025-12-03 08:19:16 CET

Jascha Heifetz playing Bach's Chaconne, the fifth and final movement of the Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo violin, BWV 1004.
Have a great day!
https://nostr.download/b30269e9361fd5bcd596a1a8178658f3abfd24cc9b39abbc5347165d4b8dab37.mp4

2025-12-02 19:40:05 CET

In 1967, to commemorate 100 years of Canadian Confederation, Glenn Gould performed Bach's Concerto No. 7 in G minor for his first colour telecast, "The Canada Centennial Concert“, with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Vladimir Golschmann.
A beautiful evening to everyone!
https://nostr.download/44863c59a77a6b8f633703dfc82f731966f8d5e2b2a66acb50a2f6e9c840e382.mp4

2025-12-02 12:14:39 CET

For this lunch break, I suggest Sviatoslav Richter's amazing performance of Chopin's Etude Op. 25, No. 11, "Winter Wind".
https://video.nostr.build/638100cbff851efdc932c7835b921603c96138f893f4d0cdf9c56a34bb92a67c.mp4

2025-12-01 20:11:59 CET

Luciano Pavarotti had his final public performance in 2006, at the Opening Ceremony of the Torino Winter Olympics, with "Nessun dorma" from Puccini’s Turandot.
I wish you all a peaceful evening!
https://video.nostr.build/11a65da0b9bbe37a463714a543f8fab42f3fae282074e18e642c8c3c7a08e90b.mp4

2025-12-01 17:25:18 CET

A very fresh video of Martha Argerich's rehearsal of Schumann's Piano Concerto with Lahav Shani and Rotterdam Philharmonic. Saturday, she's performing in Vienna. 🥂
https://nostr.download/423c91d687e81103fa874c5f3a70b986886090e809d0b21277bf25a7e9c58c1a.mp4

2025-11-30 18:39:33 CET

I will say goodbye today by wishing you a joyful First Day of Advent with Wiener Philharmoniker and ”Es ist ein Ros entsprungen“ (A rose has sprung up), a Christmas song from the 16th century.
https://video.nostr.build/3b7ab7e2171886214e23d8b555f6ab9d7d954906c4306a5680cb10628849d3bd.mp4

2025-11-30 08:17:11 CET

Johan Halvorsen's "Passacaglia and Sarabande with variations on a theme by Handel", based on Handel's Passacaglia from Suite in G minor, HWV 432, performed by Pinchas Zukerman and Itzhak Perlman. (1997)
Have a great Sunday!
https://nostr.download/b1a74fb3150db718c56e105211c9fc809f48c36a2b8e3df6eb87885ab8c5d8f3.mp4