Andrew Newman
@irishpianoman.bsky.social
Classical music nerd and radio presenter
in Claremorris Ireland. Stay tuned though for my own podcast!
There will be lots of typos!
in Claremorris Ireland. Stay tuned though for my own podcast!
There will be lots of typos!
Just myself, Simon and Gustav Mahler hanging out!
November 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Just myself, Simon and Gustav Mahler hanging out!
Listening this morning to the new recording of Christopher Gunning's 8th &9th symphonies from @kennethwoods.net and BBC National Orchestra of Wales. I really got to listen to the others more!!
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Listening this morning to the new recording of Christopher Gunning's 8th &9th symphonies from @kennethwoods.net and BBC National Orchestra of Wales. I really got to listen to the others more!!
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The value of Ai, whether you love it or hate it, is that when you get it concentrate on something to bring it back from nothing or almost lost, is valuable. Claremorriss, County Mayo 1957. #Claremorriss #CountyMayo #Ireland
November 2, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The value of Ai, whether you love it or hate it, is that when you get it concentrate on something to bring it back from nothing or almost lost, is valuable. Claremorriss, County Mayo 1957. #Claremorriss #CountyMayo #Ireland
For Gustav Holst's birthday, a regeneration from an old picture!
September 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
For Gustav Holst's birthday, a regeneration from an old picture!
Kevin Puts' new release (Concerto for Orchestra, Silent Night Elegy, Virelai) is a must-hea!. Contemporary yet deeply satisfying, it's packed with melodies, rhythms & lush colours, expertly captured. Rewards repeat listening. open.spotify.com/album/3s5T4R...
Kevin Puts: Concerto for Orchestra, Silent Night Elegy & Virelai (After Guillaume de Machaut)
open.spotify.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Kevin Puts' new release (Concerto for Orchestra, Silent Night Elegy, Virelai) is a must-hea!. Contemporary yet deeply satisfying, it's packed with melodies, rhythms & lush colours, expertly captured. Rewards repeat listening. open.spotify.com/album/3s5T4R...
Here's 1 of only 2 photos of the icon of piano music of the 19th century Charles-Valentin Alkan, with the advances of photo editing Ai, and clever long prompting, this is a possible likeness of him.
September 14, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Here's 1 of only 2 photos of the icon of piano music of the 19th century Charles-Valentin Alkan, with the advances of photo editing Ai, and clever long prompting, this is a possible likeness of him.
For Mahler's birthday this morning I'm going to start my day with Mahler's symphonies performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Conducted by Klaus Tennstedt.
#Mahler #classicalmusic
open.spotify.com/album/0KpMKf...
#Mahler #classicalmusic
open.spotify.com/album/0KpMKf...
Mahler: Symphonies
Gustav Mahler · Album · 2025 · 68 songs
open.spotify.com
July 7, 2025 at 6:58 AM
For Mahler's birthday this morning I'm going to start my day with Mahler's symphonies performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Conducted by Klaus Tennstedt.
#Mahler #classicalmusic
open.spotify.com/album/0KpMKf...
#Mahler #classicalmusic
open.spotify.com/album/0KpMKf...
I'm on a live Classical Sounds tonight here in CCRfm in a few minutes at 8pm! Join me here online: ieradio.org/claremorris-community
June 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I'm on a live Classical Sounds tonight here in CCRfm in a few minutes at 8pm! Join me here online: ieradio.org/claremorris-community
Pardon me but, what's the point of this shit....??
Handel Zadok Variation (From Zadok, the Priest, HWV 258, Arr. for Violin, Piano and Orchestra by Tim Allhoff)
open.spotify.com/track/6o6Ffa...
Handel Zadok Variation (From Zadok, the Priest, HWV 258, Arr. for Violin, Piano and Orchestra by Tim Allhoff)
open.spotify.com/track/6o6Ffa...
Handel Zadok Variation (From Zadok, the Priest, HWV 258, Arr. for Violin, Piano and Orchestra by Tim Allhoff)
George Frideric Handel, Niklas Liepe, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Nils Liepe, Joseph Bastian · Handel Zadok Variation (From Zadok, the Priest, HWV 258, Arr. for Violin, Piano and Orchestra by Tim Allhoff) ...
open.spotify.com
May 30, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Pardon me but, what's the point of this shit....??
Handel Zadok Variation (From Zadok, the Priest, HWV 258, Arr. for Violin, Piano and Orchestra by Tim Allhoff)
open.spotify.com/track/6o6Ffa...
Handel Zadok Variation (From Zadok, the Priest, HWV 258, Arr. for Violin, Piano and Orchestra by Tim Allhoff)
open.spotify.com/track/6o6Ffa...
Listening to the now to the new recording by Yunchan Lim, (released today) by Decca of legendary live performance of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 from the 2022 Cliburn Competition.
open.spotify.com/album/0PTxe1...
open.spotify.com/album/0PTxe1...
May 16, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Listening to the now to the new recording by Yunchan Lim, (released today) by Decca of legendary live performance of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 from the 2022 Cliburn Competition.
open.spotify.com/album/0PTxe1...
open.spotify.com/album/0PTxe1...
It's not often that classical music feels like ideal background music, but Simeon ten Holt's Canto Ostinato for two pianos and two marimbas manages just that. Hypnotic and evolving, it creates a wonderful sonic landscape.
youtu.be/FfBP2UNcMX8?...
#music #minimalism #classical
youtu.be/FfBP2UNcMX8?...
#music #minimalism #classical
Simeon ten Holt - Canto Ostinato for two pianos and two marimbas
YouTube video by Krishanth Suriyapragasam
youtu.be
May 12, 2025 at 9:20 AM
It's not often that classical music feels like ideal background music, but Simeon ten Holt's Canto Ostinato for two pianos and two marimbas manages just that. Hypnotic and evolving, it creates a wonderful sonic landscape.
youtu.be/FfBP2UNcMX8?...
#music #minimalism #classical
youtu.be/FfBP2UNcMX8?...
#music #minimalism #classical
Messing with the image generator on ChatGPT I had an idea what if I could bring Irish composer John Field to life and it came up with this from the lithograph on the right.
May 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Messing with the image generator on ChatGPT I had an idea what if I could bring Irish composer John Field to life and it came up with this from the lithograph on the right.
An accidentally live Classical Sounds here CCRfm at 1pm!
Listen live here: ieradio.org/claremorris-community
Listen live here: ieradio.org/claremorris-community
April 18, 2025 at 11:25 AM
An accidentally live Classical Sounds here CCRfm at 1pm!
Listen live here: ieradio.org/claremorris-community
Listen live here: ieradio.org/claremorris-community
Nice to see this article in our @irishtimes.com today for Bach's birthday! www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
March 31, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Nice to see this article in our @irishtimes.com today for Bach's birthday! www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
Listening this morning to this new recording of Mahler's Symphony No. 5 from Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich &
Paavo Järvi
It's really quite enjoyable!
open.spotify.com/album/59Bho3...
#PaavoJarvi #ClassicalMusic
Paavo Järvi
It's really quite enjoyable!
open.spotify.com/album/59Bho3...
#PaavoJarvi #ClassicalMusic
March 7, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Listening this morning to this new recording of Mahler's Symphony No. 5 from Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich &
Paavo Järvi
It's really quite enjoyable!
open.spotify.com/album/59Bho3...
#PaavoJarvi #ClassicalMusic
Paavo Järvi
It's really quite enjoyable!
open.spotify.com/album/59Bho3...
#PaavoJarvi #ClassicalMusic
Reposted by Andrew Newman
Well, yes, the world is in general meltdown. But I'm still doing backflips over this one. Album release is 28 April, a couple of singles en route before that. @englishsymphony.bsky.social
March 4, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Well, yes, the world is in general meltdown. But I'm still doing backflips over this one. Album release is 28 April, a couple of singles en route before that. @englishsymphony.bsky.social
Antonio Bertali (1605-1669), Italian Baroque composer & violinist, was a virtuoso in his time. Famous for Chaconne in C Major, he brought opera seria to Vienna. Half his works are lost. Enjoy this spirited 2012 performance by Bojan Čičić & Illyria Consort.
youtu.be/Vi96w8A6UWI
youtu.be/Vi96w8A6UWI
Bojan Cicic and The Illyria Consort: Bertali Chiacona
YouTube video by Bojan Cicic
youtu.be
March 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Antonio Bertali (1605-1669), Italian Baroque composer & violinist, was a virtuoso in his time. Famous for Chaconne in C Major, he brought opera seria to Vienna. Half his works are lost. Enjoy this spirited 2012 performance by Bojan Čičić & Illyria Consort.
youtu.be/Vi96w8A6UWI
youtu.be/Vi96w8A6UWI
Michael Kurek's Symphony No. 3 "English" exemplifies his neo-traditional, melodic, narrative, and tonal style. He believes in the power of beautiful, well-crafted tonal music, a "lost art," and aims for new works that are both well-composed and widely appealing.
open.spotify.com/album/4tYoDX...
open.spotify.com/album/4tYoDX...
Michael Kurek: Symphony No. 3 "English"
Michael Kurek · Album · 2025 · 4 songs
open.spotify.com
February 18, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Michael Kurek's Symphony No. 3 "English" exemplifies his neo-traditional, melodic, narrative, and tonal style. He believes in the power of beautiful, well-crafted tonal music, a "lost art," and aims for new works that are both well-composed and widely appealing.
open.spotify.com/album/4tYoDX...
open.spotify.com/album/4tYoDX...
Reposted by Andrew Newman
Anyone who still assumes there will be a free and fair mid-term election in two years in the United States still doesn’t understand a really key part of Trump’s, Elon’s and the GOP’s plan.
Last night, we broke the news that the top US election security watchdog has frozen all of its election security work and is reviewing everything it has done to help state and local officials secure their elections for the past eight years. https://wrd.cm/3QkfGh3
Top US Election Security Watchdog Forced to Stop Election Security Work
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has frozen efforts to aid states in securing elections, according to an internal memo viewed by WIRED.
wrd.cm
February 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Anyone who still assumes there will be a free and fair mid-term election in two years in the United States still doesn’t understand a really key part of Trump’s, Elon’s and the GOP’s plan.
Reposted by Andrew Newman
ok how did people let this fraudulent eye doctor kill all the greatest living music composers
![Taylor's career was destructive. His general approach included bloodletting, laxatives, and eyedrops of blood from slaughtered pigeons, pulverized sugar, or baked salt. In late March 1750, during one of his European tours, Taylor operated on Bach's cataracts twice in Leipzig and reportedly blinded him. Bach fell ill with a fever and died less than four months later. There is some evidence that Taylor operated on Handel in August 1758, in Tunbridge Wells, after which Handel's health deteriorated until his death in April 1759. In both cases Taylor claimed complete success.[1] Prior to performing each surgical procedure, he would deliver a long, self-promoting speech in an unusual oratorial style.[2] Dutch ophthalmologist R. Zegers said that "Taylor started practicing in Switzerland, where he blinded hundreds of patients, he once confessed"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyyd366g3hrxp5rynixm2mm3/bafkreig62xaz54plhfk42fj5smi533kwyn2ndgsvrweppk2xwueq3ui3te@jpeg)
February 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
ok how did people let this fraudulent eye doctor kill all the greatest living music composers
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#A-Haydn-A-Day might not keep the doctor away after all.
Day 84: Symphony No. 36. Yesterday I put my back out and started a cold, so today I'm taking it easy and hoping Haydn can heal me. If that doesn't work, I may have to go to the doctors. Now, can I get to the medicine cabinet from here?
Day 84: Symphony No. 36. Yesterday I put my back out and started a cold, so today I'm taking it easy and hoping Haydn can heal me. If that doesn't work, I may have to go to the doctors. Now, can I get to the medicine cabinet from here?
Haydn: Symphony No. 36 in E-Flat Major
YouTube video by Brilliant Classics
youtu.be
February 12, 2025 at 7:32 AM
#A-Haydn-A-Day might not keep the doctor away after all.
Day 84: Symphony No. 36. Yesterday I put my back out and started a cold, so today I'm taking it easy and hoping Haydn can heal me. If that doesn't work, I may have to go to the doctors. Now, can I get to the medicine cabinet from here?
Day 84: Symphony No. 36. Yesterday I put my back out and started a cold, so today I'm taking it easy and hoping Haydn can heal me. If that doesn't work, I may have to go to the doctors. Now, can I get to the medicine cabinet from here?
Started my Friday with a new release by
Alice Sara Ott with John Field: Complete Nocturnes.
open.spotify.com/album/0EOZVL...
Alice Sara Ott with John Field: Complete Nocturnes.
open.spotify.com/album/0EOZVL...
February 7, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Started my Friday with a new release by
Alice Sara Ott with John Field: Complete Nocturnes.
open.spotify.com/album/0EOZVL...
Alice Sara Ott with John Field: Complete Nocturnes.
open.spotify.com/album/0EOZVL...
I'm LIVE with Classical Sounds at 8pm here on Claremorris Community Radio 📻
Listen below!
ieradio.org/claremorris-community
#classicalmusic #radio #ireland
Listen below!
ieradio.org/claremorris-community
#classicalmusic #radio #ireland
February 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I'm LIVE with Classical Sounds at 8pm here on Claremorris Community Radio 📻
Listen below!
ieradio.org/claremorris-community
#classicalmusic #radio #ireland
Listen below!
ieradio.org/claremorris-community
#classicalmusic #radio #ireland
My local Tesco this evening... #StormÉowyn #StormEowyn
January 23, 2025 at 9:50 PM
My local Tesco this evening... #StormÉowyn #StormEowyn