Lisa
@lisasass.bsky.social
LitWit • Baroque music & early keyboards • Hockey • Enterprise tech marketing
"Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time."
~Howard Nemerov
#ClassicalMusic #Baroque #SciComm
"Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time."
~Howard Nemerov
#ClassicalMusic #Baroque #SciComm
Reposted by Lisa
Total Baroque -
VDS n°46 Tafelmusic Corée
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#earlymusicnewsorg #earlymusic #earlymusicnews #historicallyinformedperformance #historicalinformedperformancepractice #musicaantica #musicaantiga #musicaantigua #musiquebaroque #musiqueancienne
VDS n°46 Tafelmusic Corée
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#earlymusicnewsorg #earlymusic #earlymusicnews #historicallyinformedperformance #historicalinformedperformancepractice #musicaantica #musicaantiga #musicaantigua #musiquebaroque #musiqueancienne
VDS n°46 Tafelmusic Corée
YouTube video by Total Baroque
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January 17, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Total Baroque -
VDS n°46 Tafelmusic Corée
youtu.be/Sf4QBWjEfuE
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#earlymusicnewsorg #earlymusic #earlymusicnews #historicallyinformedperformance #historicalinformedperformancepractice #musicaantica #musicaantiga #musicaantigua #musiquebaroque #musiqueancienne
VDS n°46 Tafelmusic Corée
youtu.be/Sf4QBWjEfuE
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#earlymusicnewsorg #earlymusic #earlymusicnews #historicallyinformedperformance #historicalinformedperformancepractice #musicaantica #musicaantiga #musicaantigua #musiquebaroque #musiqueancienne
10 years ago, eh? I was adjusting to a 12-18 month prognosis for a rare cancer. (Spoiler alert: Still here, still clear).
It was a good omen when symphony members happened to be at my first chemo in Jan 2016, playing Baroque-era duets.
It was a good omen when symphony members happened to be at my first chemo in Jan 2016, playing Baroque-era duets.
January 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM
10 years ago, eh? I was adjusting to a 12-18 month prognosis for a rare cancer. (Spoiler alert: Still here, still clear).
It was a good omen when symphony members happened to be at my first chemo in Jan 2016, playing Baroque-era duets.
It was a good omen when symphony members happened to be at my first chemo in Jan 2016, playing Baroque-era duets.
Boismortier at his most joyful!
French Baroque—loving that conversational counterpoint—with lines trading wit and sparkle in a bright, buoyant, exuberant 3 minutes.
Highly recommend for winter gloom, low batteries, weak coffee (scandalous!), or too much news intake. 🎵🎻
#ClassicalMusic
French Baroque—loving that conversational counterpoint—with lines trading wit and sparkle in a bright, buoyant, exuberant 3 minutes.
Highly recommend for winter gloom, low batteries, weak coffee (scandalous!), or too much news intake. 🎵🎻
#ClassicalMusic
JOSEPH BODIN DE BOISMORTIER // 'Sonata No.6 in D Major, Op. 50: IV. Allegro'
YouTube video by Alpha Classics
youtu.be
January 17, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Boismortier at his most joyful!
French Baroque—loving that conversational counterpoint—with lines trading wit and sparkle in a bright, buoyant, exuberant 3 minutes.
Highly recommend for winter gloom, low batteries, weak coffee (scandalous!), or too much news intake. 🎵🎻
#ClassicalMusic
French Baroque—loving that conversational counterpoint—with lines trading wit and sparkle in a bright, buoyant, exuberant 3 minutes.
Highly recommend for winter gloom, low batteries, weak coffee (scandalous!), or too much news intake. 🎵🎻
#ClassicalMusic
Reposted by Lisa
Began our Zoom odyssey through the later works of Schubert on Thursday afternoon. Students' response, as mine had been, was one of sheer wonderment. We need his music in these dark times more than ever. Especially Richter in the G major Sonata, D894, which can take his extraordinarily slow tempo.
Sviatoslav Richter - Schubert - Piano Sonata No 18 in G major, D 894
YouTube video by Classical Vault 1
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January 17, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Began our Zoom odyssey through the later works of Schubert on Thursday afternoon. Students' response, as mine had been, was one of sheer wonderment. We need his music in these dark times more than ever. Especially Richter in the G major Sonata, D894, which can take his extraordinarily slow tempo.
The works by Abel in the Drexel manuscript were pared to essentials, for the spare unforced poise of a solo viola da gamba.
The restrained lyricism feels almost defiant after days spent processing the chaos of current events (sigh).
Your 4-1/2 minute doomscrolling break…
#ClassicalMusic
The restrained lyricism feels almost defiant after days spent processing the chaos of current events (sigh).
Your 4-1/2 minute doomscrolling break…
#ClassicalMusic
27 Pieces for Viola da gamba: Andante, WKO 191
YouTube video by Petr Wagner - Topic
youtu.be
January 17, 2026 at 3:18 AM
The works by Abel in the Drexel manuscript were pared to essentials, for the spare unforced poise of a solo viola da gamba.
The restrained lyricism feels almost defiant after days spent processing the chaos of current events (sigh).
Your 4-1/2 minute doomscrolling break…
#ClassicalMusic
The restrained lyricism feels almost defiant after days spent processing the chaos of current events (sigh).
Your 4-1/2 minute doomscrolling break…
#ClassicalMusic
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#ClassicalMusic #MyDailyDose #18thCenturyMusic
I heard, not long ago, that Leclair wrote a mean Trio Sonata. So I am embarking upon this new acquisition on the basis of 'trust, but verify'. I hear so much great "new" music this way. 🤠
I heard, not long ago, that Leclair wrote a mean Trio Sonata. So I am embarking upon this new acquisition on the basis of 'trust, but verify'. I hear so much great "new" music this way. 🤠
January 16, 2026 at 11:11 PM
#ClassicalMusic #MyDailyDose #18thCenturyMusic
I heard, not long ago, that Leclair wrote a mean Trio Sonata. So I am embarking upon this new acquisition on the basis of 'trust, but verify'. I hear so much great "new" music this way. 🤠
I heard, not long ago, that Leclair wrote a mean Trio Sonata. So I am embarking upon this new acquisition on the basis of 'trust, but verify'. I hear so much great "new" music this way. 🤠
Lunch dessert: Because if I can’t get 10k steps in, I can get 10k calories in.
Wait, that’s not how it works?!
Made a baked apple stuffed with oats, walnuts, dried cranberries, butter, brown sugar, & cinnamon. 😋
Wait, that’s not how it works?!
Made a baked apple stuffed with oats, walnuts, dried cranberries, butter, brown sugar, & cinnamon. 😋
January 16, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Lunch dessert: Because if I can’t get 10k steps in, I can get 10k calories in.
Wait, that’s not how it works?!
Made a baked apple stuffed with oats, walnuts, dried cranberries, butter, brown sugar, & cinnamon. 😋
Wait, that’s not how it works?!
Made a baked apple stuffed with oats, walnuts, dried cranberries, butter, brown sugar, & cinnamon. 😋
67 second energy jolt for a Friday afternoon that’s moving a little slow:
Aria di Firenze per la C
Giovanni Paolo Foscarini, Ensemble Kapsberger, Rolf Lislevand
lynkify.in/song/aria-di...
#ClassicalMusic
Aria di Firenze per la C
Giovanni Paolo Foscarini, Ensemble Kapsberger, Rolf Lislevand
lynkify.in/song/aria-di...
#ClassicalMusic
Aria di Firenze per la C by Giovanni Paolo Foscarini, Ensemble Kapsberger, Rolf Lislevand
Listen to Aria di Firenze per la C song by Giovanni Paolo Foscarini, Ensemble Kapsberger, Rolf Lislevand on you preferred music platform. Links generated and arranged by Lynkify.
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January 16, 2026 at 8:30 PM
67 second energy jolt for a Friday afternoon that’s moving a little slow:
Aria di Firenze per la C
Giovanni Paolo Foscarini, Ensemble Kapsberger, Rolf Lislevand
lynkify.in/song/aria-di...
#ClassicalMusic
Aria di Firenze per la C
Giovanni Paolo Foscarini, Ensemble Kapsberger, Rolf Lislevand
lynkify.in/song/aria-di...
#ClassicalMusic
I made Cornish pasties the other night—highly recommend a leftover pasty for breakfast.
The Cornish Pasty Assoc has the *proper* recipe and crimping. I learned in the U.P. in Michigan, which could be the only thing that made my teenage Autumn of Yooper Exile worth it (long story).
The Cornish Pasty Assoc has the *proper* recipe and crimping. I learned in the U.P. in Michigan, which could be the only thing that made my teenage Autumn of Yooper Exile worth it (long story).
LIve Cornish Pasty Festival Cornwall. Pirateers performing the Cornish Pastie Song
YouTube video by The Pirateers
youtu.be
January 16, 2026 at 5:34 PM
I made Cornish pasties the other night—highly recommend a leftover pasty for breakfast.
The Cornish Pasty Assoc has the *proper* recipe and crimping. I learned in the U.P. in Michigan, which could be the only thing that made my teenage Autumn of Yooper Exile worth it (long story).
The Cornish Pasty Assoc has the *proper* recipe and crimping. I learned in the U.P. in Michigan, which could be the only thing that made my teenage Autumn of Yooper Exile worth it (long story).
Reposted by Lisa
Reposted by Lisa
Today is the birthday of Frank Zamboni, a national holiday in Canada 🇨🇦🏒
Never forget the Hall of Fame performance by Zamboni driver/emergency goalie David Ayres
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlBs...
Never forget the Hall of Fame performance by Zamboni driver/emergency goalie David Ayres
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlBs...
January 16, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Today is the birthday of Frank Zamboni, a national holiday in Canada 🇨🇦🏒
Never forget the Hall of Fame performance by Zamboni driver/emergency goalie David Ayres
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlBs...
Never forget the Hall of Fame performance by Zamboni driver/emergency goalie David Ayres
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlBs...
Writing
by HOWARD NEMEROV
“The small bones of the wrist
balance against great skeletons of stars…” www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42697/...
Marin Marajs. “Alcione”
Acte V, Scène 6: Chaconne
lynkify.in/song/alcione...
#poetry #ClassicalMusic
by HOWARD NEMEROV
“The small bones of the wrist
balance against great skeletons of stars…” www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42697/...
Marin Marajs. “Alcione”
Acte V, Scène 6: Chaconne
lynkify.in/song/alcione...
#poetry #ClassicalMusic
Writing
Being intelligible, these winding ways with their audacities and delicate hesitations, they become miraculous, so intimately, out there at the pen’s point or brush’s tip, do world and spirit wed.
www.poetryfoundation.org
January 16, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Writing
by HOWARD NEMEROV
“The small bones of the wrist
balance against great skeletons of stars…” www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42697/...
Marin Marajs. “Alcione”
Acte V, Scène 6: Chaconne
lynkify.in/song/alcione...
#poetry #ClassicalMusic
by HOWARD NEMEROV
“The small bones of the wrist
balance against great skeletons of stars…” www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42697/...
Marin Marajs. “Alcione”
Acte V, Scène 6: Chaconne
lynkify.in/song/alcione...
#poetry #ClassicalMusic
Mon ordi est mort. L’informaticien est parti en vacances au soleil. Aargh! 🫠
Because of *course* it did, and of *course* he did. Bunch of old laptops stashed around here, but they’re probably running Vista or prehistoric Linux. 🤦🏻♀️
Because of *course* it did, and of *course* he did. Bunch of old laptops stashed around here, but they’re probably running Vista or prehistoric Linux. 🤦🏻♀️
January 16, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Mon ordi est mort. L’informaticien est parti en vacances au soleil. Aargh! 🫠
Because of *course* it did, and of *course* he did. Bunch of old laptops stashed around here, but they’re probably running Vista or prehistoric Linux. 🤦🏻♀️
Because of *course* it did, and of *course* he did. Bunch of old laptops stashed around here, but they’re probably running Vista or prehistoric Linux. 🤦🏻♀️
Reposted by Lisa
Handel would have been a really bad cardiothoracic surgeon. Seriously, he breaks your heart and leaves you breathless with luminous works like this.
Pause for 4 minutes & just bask in it.
Handel: Violin Sonata in D Major, HWV 371.
#ClassicalMusic
youtu.be/mc65ofG6U_A?...
Pause for 4 minutes & just bask in it.
Handel: Violin Sonata in D Major, HWV 371.
#ClassicalMusic
youtu.be/mc65ofG6U_A?...
HANDEL // 'Violin Sonata in D Major, HWV 371: I. Affettuoso' by Quartetto Vanvitelli
YouTube video by Outhere Music
youtu.be
January 14, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Handel would have been a really bad cardiothoracic surgeon. Seriously, he breaks your heart and leaves you breathless with luminous works like this.
Pause for 4 minutes & just bask in it.
Handel: Violin Sonata in D Major, HWV 371.
#ClassicalMusic
youtu.be/mc65ofG6U_A?...
Pause for 4 minutes & just bask in it.
Handel: Violin Sonata in D Major, HWV 371.
#ClassicalMusic
youtu.be/mc65ofG6U_A?...
Cipher Song
by Mai Der Vang
It's come to this. We hide the stories on our sleeves, patchwork of cotton veins
…our bodies will be books.
Learn the language of jackets…sign our names in thread.
When the words burn, all that's left is ash.
#poetry
(More background & full poem in alt-text)
by Mai Der Vang
It's come to this. We hide the stories on our sleeves, patchwork of cotton veins
…our bodies will be books.
Learn the language of jackets…sign our names in thread.
When the words burn, all that's left is ash.
#poetry
(More background & full poem in alt-text)
January 14, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Cipher Song
by Mai Der Vang
It's come to this. We hide the stories on our sleeves, patchwork of cotton veins
…our bodies will be books.
Learn the language of jackets…sign our names in thread.
When the words burn, all that's left is ash.
#poetry
(More background & full poem in alt-text)
by Mai Der Vang
It's come to this. We hide the stories on our sleeves, patchwork of cotton veins
…our bodies will be books.
Learn the language of jackets…sign our names in thread.
When the words burn, all that's left is ash.
#poetry
(More background & full poem in alt-text)
Reposted by Lisa
Reposted by Lisa
Latest episode of Classical Muse now on YouTube.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfKI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfKI...
Mozart, Beethoven and Bizet presented by David Cavlovic
YouTube video by talking albums
www.youtube.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Latest episode of Classical Muse now on YouTube.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfKI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfKI...
Reposted by Lisa
do I know anyone on here who has a sense for the cost of producing/distributing an album with Naxos? This is for a proposal for well-funded potential future project, the recording would include solo piano and choral (a capella and accompanied by piano) works
So, a ballpark figure is fine for me!
So, a ballpark figure is fine for me!
January 14, 2026 at 3:02 AM
do I know anyone on here who has a sense for the cost of producing/distributing an album with Naxos? This is for a proposal for well-funded potential future project, the recording would include solo piano and choral (a capella and accompanied by piano) works
So, a ballpark figure is fine for me!
So, a ballpark figure is fine for me!
🐵 Grammar double-take of the day: Apparently the #STL monkeys on the run are tech-savvy and have phones.
That, or the grammar police need to be dispatched…
🙉🙊🙈
www.ksdk.com/article/news...
That, or the grammar police need to be dispatched…
🙉🙊🙈
www.ksdk.com/article/news...
January 13, 2026 at 6:10 PM
🐵 Grammar double-take of the day: Apparently the #STL monkeys on the run are tech-savvy and have phones.
That, or the grammar police need to be dispatched…
🙉🙊🙈
www.ksdk.com/article/news...
That, or the grammar police need to be dispatched…
🙉🙊🙈
www.ksdk.com/article/news...
‘Nite, peeps.
An edgy & gorgeous sonata by Isabella Leonarda (1620–1704)
“A nun and prominent Italian Baroque composer…one of the most prolific female composers of the 17th century, producing approx 200 works over a 60 yr career.”
#ClassicalMusic
youtube.com/watch?v=w1GS...
An edgy & gorgeous sonata by Isabella Leonarda (1620–1704)
“A nun and prominent Italian Baroque composer…one of the most prolific female composers of the 17th century, producing approx 200 works over a 60 yr career.”
#ClassicalMusic
youtube.com/watch?v=w1GS...
Isabella Leonarda: Sonata Duodecima in D Minor, Manami Mizumoto, baroque violin & Voices of Music 8K
YouTube video by Voices of Music
youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:57 PM
‘Nite, peeps.
An edgy & gorgeous sonata by Isabella Leonarda (1620–1704)
“A nun and prominent Italian Baroque composer…one of the most prolific female composers of the 17th century, producing approx 200 works over a 60 yr career.”
#ClassicalMusic
youtube.com/watch?v=w1GS...
An edgy & gorgeous sonata by Isabella Leonarda (1620–1704)
“A nun and prominent Italian Baroque composer…one of the most prolific female composers of the 17th century, producing approx 200 works over a 60 yr career.”
#ClassicalMusic
youtube.com/watch?v=w1GS...
Reposted by Lisa
I know this is one of the least important things happening in the world right now, but I want to blast out that I'm making my debut as a synth/noise/electronics soloist this coming SATURDAY (1/17) at 7 PM in Ann Arbor at the new arts space Cluster Museum (307 N. Main Street)
clustermuseum.org
clustermuseum.org
January 12, 2026 at 5:52 PM
I know this is one of the least important things happening in the world right now, but I want to blast out that I'm making my debut as a synth/noise/electronics soloist this coming SATURDAY (1/17) at 7 PM in Ann Arbor at the new arts space Cluster Museum (307 N. Main Street)
clustermuseum.org
clustermuseum.org
Reposted by Lisa
WCR Exclusive - Political Piano: Igor Levit speaks out through Rzewski and Beethoven at Sixth and I (Photo: Josh Brick) washingtonclassicalreview.com/2026/01/12/p...
January 12, 2026 at 4:54 PM
WCR Exclusive - Political Piano: Igor Levit speaks out through Rzewski and Beethoven at Sixth and I (Photo: Josh Brick) washingtonclassicalreview.com/2026/01/12/p...
Worthwhile read, especially now:
“Small actions anchored in personal values can restore a sense of agency in the moments when people feel most powerless,” Russo-Netzer says. “They help us stay connected to who we are, what matters to us, and what we can still choose.”
“Small actions anchored in personal values can restore a sense of agency in the moments when people feel most powerless,” Russo-Netzer says. “They help us stay connected to who we are, what matters to us, and what we can still choose.”
January 12, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Worthwhile read, especially now:
“Small actions anchored in personal values can restore a sense of agency in the moments when people feel most powerless,” Russo-Netzer says. “They help us stay connected to who we are, what matters to us, and what we can still choose.”
“Small actions anchored in personal values can restore a sense of agency in the moments when people feel most powerless,” Russo-Netzer says. “They help us stay connected to who we are, what matters to us, and what we can still choose.”