Katy Ashman
@katyashman.bsky.social
Mostly Musician, loves to scribble /|\ From Dorset, living in N Wales. Musicians Walking Tours & An Arthurian Odyssey creator on #guidl | Half of The Wandering Winds with @milesbsn.bsky.social Passionate Venetophile
Feeling like the psychic reset button has been hit this weekend #SoundHealing 🙏
November 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Feeling like the psychic reset button has been hit this weekend #SoundHealing 🙏
Happy St Cecilia's Day all musicians here -
It's also an auspicious day because I've given my first Sound Healing today 🙏
It's also an auspicious day because I've given my first Sound Healing today 🙏
November 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Happy St Cecilia's Day all musicians here -
It's also an auspicious day because I've given my first Sound Healing today 🙏
It's also an auspicious day because I've given my first Sound Healing today 🙏
On Tuesday, @milesbsn.bsky.social set off home from Milan at breakfast time, changed trains in Paris (with obligatory patisserie), changed again at Euston (via the Euston tap 🍺) & arrived back in Colwyn Bay around 11pm after his weekend at #VeniceNoir. Around 1,000 miles by train in one day! 🇮🇹🇫🇷🏴🏴
November 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
On Tuesday, @milesbsn.bsky.social set off home from Milan at breakfast time, changed trains in Paris (with obligatory patisserie), changed again at Euston (via the Euston tap 🍺) & arrived back in Colwyn Bay around 11pm after his weekend at #VeniceNoir. Around 1,000 miles by train in one day! 🇮🇹🇫🇷🏴🏴
PA’ing to the Maestro…
November 18, 2025 at 10:53 PM
PA’ing to the Maestro…
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Discover a Venice beyond the usual postcards.
Food tours and personalised consultations for a visit that feels real, relaxed, and entirely yours.
Send me a message and let us plan your Venice story.
📧 info@monicacesarato.com
🌐 www.monicacesarato.com
#Venice
Food tours and personalised consultations for a visit that feels real, relaxed, and entirely yours.
Send me a message and let us plan your Venice story.
📧 info@monicacesarato.com
🌐 www.monicacesarato.com
#Venice
November 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Discover a Venice beyond the usual postcards.
Food tours and personalised consultations for a visit that feels real, relaxed, and entirely yours.
Send me a message and let us plan your Venice story.
📧 info@monicacesarato.com
🌐 www.monicacesarato.com
#Venice
Food tours and personalised consultations for a visit that feels real, relaxed, and entirely yours.
Send me a message and let us plan your Venice story.
📧 info@monicacesarato.com
🌐 www.monicacesarato.com
#Venice
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#TombTuesday
Maen Y Bardd Burial Chamber stands high in the hills above the Conwy valley in #Wales. Maen y Bardd translates as “The Bard’s Stone” & legend has it that those brave enough to spend a night inside the chamber wake either as a poet or a madman!
3500BC
#Archaeology
Maen Y Bardd Burial Chamber stands high in the hills above the Conwy valley in #Wales. Maen y Bardd translates as “The Bard’s Stone” & legend has it that those brave enough to spend a night inside the chamber wake either as a poet or a madman!
3500BC
#Archaeology
November 18, 2025 at 12:41 PM
#TombTuesday
Maen Y Bardd Burial Chamber stands high in the hills above the Conwy valley in #Wales. Maen y Bardd translates as “The Bard’s Stone” & legend has it that those brave enough to spend a night inside the chamber wake either as a poet or a madman!
3500BC
#Archaeology
Maen Y Bardd Burial Chamber stands high in the hills above the Conwy valley in #Wales. Maen y Bardd translates as “The Bard’s Stone” & legend has it that those brave enough to spend a night inside the chamber wake either as a poet or a madman!
3500BC
#Archaeology
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…Pete Robson closed the show with some brilliant Blues, accompanied onstage by Samantha Flounders.
The next “Beats & Treats” will be on Friday 12th December 2025, at Laycock Cider Barn in Purse Caundle🎵🤶🏻🎄🎅🏻🎶
@katyashman.bsky.social
The next “Beats & Treats” will be on Friday 12th December 2025, at Laycock Cider Barn in Purse Caundle🎵🤶🏻🎄🎅🏻🎶
@katyashman.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 10:58 PM
…Pete Robson closed the show with some brilliant Blues, accompanied onstage by Samantha Flounders.
The next “Beats & Treats” will be on Friday 12th December 2025, at Laycock Cider Barn in Purse Caundle🎵🤶🏻🎄🎅🏻🎶
@katyashman.bsky.social
The next “Beats & Treats” will be on Friday 12th December 2025, at Laycock Cider Barn in Purse Caundle🎵🤶🏻🎄🎅🏻🎶
@katyashman.bsky.social
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It’s Annuncio Mantovani 120 anniversario (Venetian born) and so here I am saying hello to another Maestro listening to J Strauss Jr from the house band drinking coffe at the bar
November 15, 2025 at 12:13 PM
It’s Annuncio Mantovani 120 anniversario (Venetian born) and so here I am saying hello to another Maestro listening to J Strauss Jr from the house band drinking coffe at the bar
Celebrating Maestro Mantovani, born #OTD in Venice (nr San Simeon Grande) 120 yrs ago.
A hugely pioneering & successful musician, whose music is now sadly glossed over & forgotten, but not my me & @milesbsn.bsky.social! 🎻🎶 🎻🎶 🎻🎶
A hugely pioneering & successful musician, whose music is now sadly glossed over & forgotten, but not my me & @milesbsn.bsky.social! 🎻🎶 🎻🎶 🎻🎶
18-19/11/1938 Radio Times: Featuring The Opening Of Glasgow's Broadcasting House; The Big November Show; Horace The Hydra; Next Week You'll Hear...; Ashington On The Air; Mantovani And His Tipica Orchestra and more
READ: https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/5653e5cb0e7947c6a7d6df2898ccf5e3?page=78
READ: https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/5653e5cb0e7947c6a7d6df2898ccf5e3?page=78
November 15, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Celebrating Maestro Mantovani, born #OTD in Venice (nr San Simeon Grande) 120 yrs ago.
A hugely pioneering & successful musician, whose music is now sadly glossed over & forgotten, but not my me & @milesbsn.bsky.social! 🎻🎶 🎻🎶 🎻🎶
A hugely pioneering & successful musician, whose music is now sadly glossed over & forgotten, but not my me & @milesbsn.bsky.social! 🎻🎶 🎻🎶 🎻🎶
Missing the sunshine already.
November 1, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Missing the sunshine already.
A surprise in the post today 🎁 and a first for @milesbsn.bsky.social and I… we need to brush up on our Sanskrit! #SoldMySoul 🎭
October 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
A surprise in the post today 🎁 and a first for @milesbsn.bsky.social and I… we need to brush up on our Sanskrit! #SoldMySoul 🎭
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On Friday November 14 at 8pm, join Anna Mazzola, Lisa Hilton, Essie Fox, D.V. Bishop, Erin Kelly, Barbara Nadel, Tom Benjamin and Philip Gwynne Jones for an evening of Crime and Conversation at the beautiful Ca' di Dio hotel!
Bookings and inquiries at cadidio.fb@vretreats.com. #VeniceNoir
Bookings and inquiries at cadidio.fb@vretreats.com. #VeniceNoir
October 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
On Friday November 14 at 8pm, join Anna Mazzola, Lisa Hilton, Essie Fox, D.V. Bishop, Erin Kelly, Barbara Nadel, Tom Benjamin and Philip Gwynne Jones for an evening of Crime and Conversation at the beautiful Ca' di Dio hotel!
Bookings and inquiries at cadidio.fb@vretreats.com. #VeniceNoir
Bookings and inquiries at cadidio.fb@vretreats.com. #VeniceNoir
🎻#OTD 18 Oct 1706 BALDASSARE GALUPPI was born on Burano (Nr Venice)
🎭 One of the most loved composers of his day; known as the 'Father of Opera Buffa' although he contributed to several genres & deserves better recognition & more championing!🎧@guidltours.bsky.social with @milesbsn.bsky.social & me!
🎭 One of the most loved composers of his day; known as the 'Father of Opera Buffa' although he contributed to several genres & deserves better recognition & more championing!🎧@guidltours.bsky.social with @milesbsn.bsky.social & me!
October 18, 2025 at 6:15 AM
🎻#OTD 18 Oct 1706 BALDASSARE GALUPPI was born on Burano (Nr Venice)
🎭 One of the most loved composers of his day; known as the 'Father of Opera Buffa' although he contributed to several genres & deserves better recognition & more championing!🎧@guidltours.bsky.social with @milesbsn.bsky.social & me!
🎭 One of the most loved composers of his day; known as the 'Father of Opera Buffa' although he contributed to several genres & deserves better recognition & more championing!🎧@guidltours.bsky.social with @milesbsn.bsky.social & me!
The ticket gods were also kind (sort of) to @milesbsn.bsky.social and I, today.
Satyagraha is booked!
www.operadeparis.fr/en/season-25...
Satyagraha is booked!
www.operadeparis.fr/en/season-25...
Satyagraha - Opera - Season 25/26 Programming
Philip Glass
www.operadeparis.fr
October 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The ticket gods were also kind (sort of) to @milesbsn.bsky.social and I, today.
Satyagraha is booked!
www.operadeparis.fr/en/season-25...
Satyagraha is booked!
www.operadeparis.fr/en/season-25...
I remember The Aqua Granda of 2019, not because we were there, but because it was just a couple of weeks before @milesbsn.bsky.social and mine's first visit... www.bbc.com/culture/arti...
The 100-year-old books salvaged from Venice's floods
In 2019, Venice was hit by its second-worst flood in history. Today, books saved from the water tell a story of loss and resistance.
www.bbc.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I remember The Aqua Granda of 2019, not because we were there, but because it was just a couple of weeks before @milesbsn.bsky.social and mine's first visit... www.bbc.com/culture/arti...
#OTD in September 1984 Luigi Nono's 'Promoteo' premiered in Venice, restaged in 2024 commemorating 40 years since the premiere - do you know it? @milesbsn.bsky.social & I walk in Nono's footsteps on our #MusiciansWalkingTourOfVenice available with the free to download @guidltours.bsky.social app
September 25, 2025 at 6:15 AM
#OTD in September 1984 Luigi Nono's 'Promoteo' premiered in Venice, restaged in 2024 commemorating 40 years since the premiere - do you know it? @milesbsn.bsky.social & I walk in Nono's footsteps on our #MusiciansWalkingTourOfVenice available with the free to download @guidltours.bsky.social app
I'm like a magpie drawn to this promise of 'stone beds and crystal-embedded structures that activate what the artist describes as “energy transmission!' Excited for this! @milesbsn.bsky.social www.gallerieaccademia.it/en/exhibitio...
The exhibition Transforming Energy di Marina Abramović at the Gallerie dell'Accademia di Venezia
©Clara MelchiorreMarina Abramović exhibition Transforming Energy at Gallerie dell'Accademia di Venezia 6 may 2026-19 october 2026 Internationally acclaimed artist Marina Abramović will make history in...
www.gallerieaccademia.it
September 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I'm like a magpie drawn to this promise of 'stone beds and crystal-embedded structures that activate what the artist describes as “energy transmission!' Excited for this! @milesbsn.bsky.social www.gallerieaccademia.it/en/exhibitio...
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Arnold Clover is back!
A thrilling story about music, obsession and revenge……a literary labyrinth of mystery & Venetian delicacies.
Bravo @davidhewson.com
#VeniceBooks #Venice
#Vivaldi #Casanova
A thrilling story about music, obsession and revenge……a literary labyrinth of mystery & Venetian delicacies.
Bravo @davidhewson.com
#VeniceBooks #Venice
#Vivaldi #Casanova
The Four Deadly Seasons — the new Arnold Clover mystery
Ebook and print available worldwide from Bloodhound Books, October 15 Pre-order ebook for 99p today Audiobook from WF Howes available October 23 It’s time to get back to Venice, on this occas…
davidhewson.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Arnold Clover is back!
A thrilling story about music, obsession and revenge……a literary labyrinth of mystery & Venetian delicacies.
Bravo @davidhewson.com
#VeniceBooks #Venice
#Vivaldi #Casanova
A thrilling story about music, obsession and revenge……a literary labyrinth of mystery & Venetian delicacies.
Bravo @davidhewson.com
#VeniceBooks #Venice
#Vivaldi #Casanova
#OTD September 1882, Richard Wagner & family arrived in Venice for the last time. We walk in his, & other composers' footsteps, in our fascinating #MusiciansWalkingTourOfVenice audio tour available in the #guidl app. Let @milesbsn.bsky.social & I transport you to Venice with @guidltours.bsky.social🎧
September 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
#OTD September 1882, Richard Wagner & family arrived in Venice for the last time. We walk in his, & other composers' footsteps, in our fascinating #MusiciansWalkingTourOfVenice audio tour available in the #guidl app. Let @milesbsn.bsky.social & I transport you to Venice with @guidltours.bsky.social🎧
Born #OTD 18th August 1750, Antonio Salieri's music is often overlooked, although he paved the way for his successors who became more successful, and better remembered than him. The 1984 film Amadeus gives one side of his story...
August 18, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Born #OTD 18th August 1750, Antonio Salieri's music is often overlooked, although he paved the way for his successors who became more successful, and better remembered than him. The 1984 film Amadeus gives one side of his story...
Celebrating Legrenzi, baptised #OTD 12 August,1626. He moved to Venice where he was both prolific & influential & I love the conjecture that he might've taught the young Vivaldi!
Although his sacred works have been more popular, his secular repertoire including several operas, is being rediscovered.
Although his sacred works have been more popular, his secular repertoire including several operas, is being rediscovered.
August 12, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Celebrating Legrenzi, baptised #OTD 12 August,1626. He moved to Venice where he was both prolific & influential & I love the conjecture that he might've taught the young Vivaldi!
Although his sacred works have been more popular, his secular repertoire including several operas, is being rediscovered.
Although his sacred works have been more popular, his secular repertoire including several operas, is being rediscovered.
Reposted by Katy Ashman
#NowSpinning this for the first time and my mind is well and truly blown off its tiny little rocker. Such extraordinary beauty of the plainest and most unassuming sort. The transparency is dumbfounding. Music-making of the highest genius.
August 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
#NowSpinning this for the first time and my mind is well and truly blown off its tiny little rocker. Such extraordinary beauty of the plainest and most unassuming sort. The transparency is dumbfounding. Music-making of the highest genius.
Remembering Nicolò Coccon born #OTD in Venice. Not one of the most well remembered or celebrated Maestri di cappella at San Marco, but he was prominent in the musical life of Venice into the late 1890s. In 1903 at his funeral in San Trovaso, one of his own settings of the Requiem Mass was performed.
August 10, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Remembering Nicolò Coccon born #OTD in Venice. Not one of the most well remembered or celebrated Maestri di cappella at San Marco, but he was prominent in the musical life of Venice into the late 1890s. In 1903 at his funeral in San Trovaso, one of his own settings of the Requiem Mass was performed.
1/2 It's a 30th anniversary screening of #SenseAndSensibility this weekend. So while I'll be in the cinema having an inner dialogue with my younger self, and sighing over Winslet, Thompson, Grant, Rickman et al, I will patiently await the appearance of a hidden character in the film...
August 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM
1/2 It's a 30th anniversary screening of #SenseAndSensibility this weekend. So while I'll be in the cinema having an inner dialogue with my younger self, and sighing over Winslet, Thompson, Grant, Rickman et al, I will patiently await the appearance of a hidden character in the film...
Farthest (prefer Furthest but…) I’ve been
N: Isle of Skye 🏴
S: Queenstown 🇳🇿
E: Hong Kong 🇭🇰
W: Los Angeles 🇺🇸
N: Isle of Skye 🏴
S: Queenstown 🇳🇿
E: Hong Kong 🇭🇰
W: Los Angeles 🇺🇸
Farthest I've been
N: Reykjavik 🇮🇸
S: Maspalomas 🇪🇸
E: Dahab 🇪🇬
W: San Francisco 🇺🇸
N: Reykjavik 🇮🇸
S: Maspalomas 🇪🇸
E: Dahab 🇪🇬
W: San Francisco 🇺🇸
Farthest I've been
N: Akureyri 🇮🇸
S: Ko Chang 🇹🇭
E: Ko Chang 🇹🇭
W: Reykjavík 🇮🇸
N: Akureyri 🇮🇸
S: Ko Chang 🇹🇭
E: Ko Chang 🇹🇭
W: Reykjavík 🇮🇸
August 8, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Farthest (prefer Furthest but…) I’ve been
N: Isle of Skye 🏴
S: Queenstown 🇳🇿
E: Hong Kong 🇭🇰
W: Los Angeles 🇺🇸
N: Isle of Skye 🏴
S: Queenstown 🇳🇿
E: Hong Kong 🇭🇰
W: Los Angeles 🇺🇸