Catch the 'unmissable' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ BEN AND IMO, featuring the 'astonishing' Samuel Barnett and Victoria Yeates before 17 May at the OT.
🎟 orangetreetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/ben...
📸 Ellie Kurttz
@justin-vickers.bsky.social
Distinguished Professor of Music • Illinois State University • Musicologist • Britten Scholar • C20 British Music Specialist • Author of “The Aldeburgh Festival: A History of the Britten and Pears Era, 1948–1986” (Boydell, fc) • www.justinvickers.com
Catch the 'unmissable' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ BEN AND IMO, featuring the 'astonishing' Samuel Barnett and Victoria Yeates before 17 May at the OT.
🎟 orangetreetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/ben...
📸 Ellie Kurttz
Ordering!
23.01.2025 01:46 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0OMG — how awesome! Let’s get a coffee if you have a moment!
23.01.2025 01:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0The only apology that “she and her church” owe the public is that not enough churchgoers are incensed by this second term. His keen claims of “mental institutions” dumping immigrants here belies that 45**/47 is too stupid to comprehend the term asylum, and thus thinks it’s a mental asylum. (2/2)
23.01.2025 01:42 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Bishop Budde struck a nerve! I love his attempt to take away the years of learning and toil that culminated in achieving a Bishopric, and on the unironically-named Truth Social, at that. And at that, at the Washington National Cathedral — literally centered in the heart of American politics. (1/2)
23.01.2025 01:38 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0And I love Diana Cumming’s electric portrait of Pears that is referenced.
22.01.2025 05:50 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Just gorgeous, Chris. Makes me homesick for my adopted Suffolk.
22.01.2025 05:44 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Nice example of the impact of ephemera: things that are designed to be disposable background material like chopstick sleeves build up to tell a story if accumulated in numbers.
15.01.2025 00:28 — 👍 21 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 0Heartened to see this. I’ve loved exploring the world of climbing boys in Britten’s children’s opera “The Little Sweep” as part of a new book I’m editing with Joy Calico: “Childhood & the Operatic Imaginary since 1900” for @cambridgeup.bsky.social More updates to come about our amazing contributors.
22.01.2025 05:39 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This is the real church.
22.01.2025 04:31 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0My adorable husband, The Mikey, holding my first book, dedicated to him. (With co-editor Vicki Stroeher—whose hubby is also a Mike—we dedicated the book to our Mikes.) 🎶🇬🇧
22.01.2025 03:03 — 👍 12 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Proud moment: ‘Britten in Context’ for @cambridgeup.bsky.social with another to follow…!
22.01.2025 03:01 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This.
22.01.2025 02:52 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0And as bell hooks asserted: “If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice, have recognition for difference without attaching difference to privilege.”
19.01.2025 17:02 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Ultimate Christmas Eve and Christmas morning shenanigans with my wonderful husband, the Mikey. Color me grateful. 🎶🤩
19.01.2025 04:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I’m grateful to have been commissioned to write a programme essay about Thea Musgrave’s ‘Mary, Queen of Scots’ for the 2025 English National Opera prod. (And for the @royalphilsoc.bsky.social!) Thea is an international treasure—and is claimed by the US, as well.
🎶🏴🇬🇧🇺🇸
www.eno.org/whats-on/mar...
Such a Grande Dame.
07.12.2024 18:34 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0More than five years ago, Parisians and the world watched in horror as a devastating fire tore through the centuries-old Notre Dame cathedral.
As the cathedral reopens, here’s a look at what survived, what was restored and what’s new.
I’m always put at ease when I’m told something—from said something—isn’t a bot.
03.12.2024 22:37 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0since I ended up in pop AND classical starter packs: Happy Dec 1!
You’re welcome/I’m sorry
m.youtube.com/watch?v=y8N8...
As always, the Mikey & I loved ambling through a local antique store with Mom. We enjoy that each year they decorate their trees with a collection of vintage ornaments. ❄️🎄
30.11.2024 23:06 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0That’s how I always caught the last A train of the night.
30.11.2024 02:39 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0[Fanfare Magazine: Summer 2024]
30.11.2024 02:22 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Proud of this work…. 🎶
30.11.2024 02:09 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0We loved attending the last organ concert in Notre-Dame just hours before the fire…… and we cannot wait to return to this majestic cathedral and see it in all its splendor.
29.11.2024 16:02 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Wonderful, good news on Britten’s 111th birthday! 🎶🇬🇧
28.11.2024 04:45 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0First post on Bluesky of what matters most: our fur babies, Lucy, Clemmie, and Josie. ❤️
27.11.2024 14:43 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0