Sao Bui-Van
@saobuivan.bsky.social
MarComms Dir, ScreenSkills. Ex NHS, BBC, C4, Viacom, ENO and British Council. Gay. Married to a magnificent husband. Classical Music. Avidly. Gaymer. Avidly. Dog owner. Passionately.
Reading this marvelous book, Thomas W Morris’ Always the Music.
Thank you to Opera Magazine for the recommendation and Barbara Hannigan for introducing me to a new word, “Friendtor”.
Thank you to Opera Magazine for the recommendation and Barbara Hannigan for introducing me to a new word, “Friendtor”.
March 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Reading this marvelous book, Thomas W Morris’ Always the Music.
Thank you to Opera Magazine for the recommendation and Barbara Hannigan for introducing me to a new word, “Friendtor”.
Thank you to Opera Magazine for the recommendation and Barbara Hannigan for introducing me to a new word, “Friendtor”.
Recently enjoyed the Regents Opera Ring Cycle. Looking forward to their Tristan und Isolde this August.
March 5, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Recently enjoyed the Regents Opera Ring Cycle. Looking forward to their Tristan und Isolde this August.
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The trouble is, once I started imagining they were taking selfies I couldn’t unsee it
February 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The trouble is, once I started imagining they were taking selfies I couldn’t unsee it
An absolutely sublime recital disc of Mozart concert arias from Reinoud Van Mechelen and A Nocte Temporis. Having admired him in Baroque & early Classical performance, I hope to hear a great deal more of him in Mozart and other repertoire of the period.
Mozart: Concert Arias
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Album · 2025 · 8 songs
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January 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
An absolutely sublime recital disc of Mozart concert arias from Reinoud Van Mechelen and A Nocte Temporis. Having admired him in Baroque & early Classical performance, I hope to hear a great deal more of him in Mozart and other repertoire of the period.
The events of this week have been bugging me, and now I realise why …
#SilenceIsComplicity
#SpeakOut
#NeverForget
#SilenceIsComplicity
#SpeakOut
#NeverForget
Sao Bui-Van on LinkedIn: Every time I’ve thought Musk and Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde this week…
Every time I’ve thought Musk and Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde this week something has been nagging in the back of my mind.
Today, that nag surfaced. I’m…
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January 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The events of this week have been bugging me, and now I realise why …
#SilenceIsComplicity
#SpeakOut
#NeverForget
#SilenceIsComplicity
#SpeakOut
#NeverForget
Empfindsamer Stil Sunday with the incredible Francesco Corti and Il Pomo d’Oro… magnificent.
January 19, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Empfindsamer Stil Sunday with the incredible Francesco Corti and Il Pomo d’Oro… magnificent.
MARIA | Official Trailer | Now Streaming
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January 11, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Because it’s La Befana, the magnificent Anna Tomowa-Sintow in one of Strauss’ most beautiful Lieder.
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6 Lieder, Op. 56: No. 6, Die heiligen drei Könige aus Morgenland (Version with Orchestra)
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January 6, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Because it’s La Befana, the magnificent Anna Tomowa-Sintow in one of Strauss’ most beautiful Lieder.
open.spotify.com/track/36Z8oY...
open.spotify.com/track/36Z8oY...
Happy New Year, one and all.
January 1, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Happy New Year, one and all.
The Saito Kinen Orchestra make a lovely sound in this Brahms and Strauss disc, but overwhelmingly it’s more pedestrian than either composers warrant. A bit more verve and swagger needed.
December 30, 2024 at 9:54 AM
The Saito Kinen Orchestra make a lovely sound in this Brahms and Strauss disc, but overwhelmingly it’s more pedestrian than either composers warrant. A bit more verve and swagger needed.
Officially. Christmas.
December 19, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Officially. Christmas.
December 1, 2024 at 8:30 AM
Prima Donna. Secondo Uomo.
November 28, 2024 at 6:36 AM
Prima Donna. Secondo Uomo.
Just joined @barbican.bsky.social library ❤️
November 27, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Just joined @barbican.bsky.social library ❤️
#A-Haydn-A-Day - His magnificent motet Insane Et vanae curae. Helping to gird me for the day ahead …
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Insanae et vanae curae (1809) [spurious]
Joseph Haydn, The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner · Haydn: Heiligmesse; Paukenmesse (Missa in tempore belli) · Song · 2003
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November 27, 2024 at 11:06 AM
#A-Haydn-A-Day - His magnificent motet Insane Et vanae curae. Helping to gird me for the day ahead …
open.spotify.com/track/7Kka6r...
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Well I got that wrong yesterday, #A-Haydn-A-Day today is my favourite Haydn symphony, No. 44 “Trauer”, here performed by the Hanover Band.
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Symphony No. 44 in E Minor, Hob. I:44 "Trauersinfonie": I. Allegro con brio
Joseph Haydn, Roy Goodman, Hanover Band · Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 42, 43 "Mercury" & 44 "Trauer" · Song · 1992
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November 26, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Well I got that wrong yesterday, #A-Haydn-A-Day today is my favourite Haydn symphony, No. 44 “Trauer”, here performed by the Hanover Band.
open.spotify.com/track/1vVhOS...
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What a brilliant idea … #A-Haydn-Day … kicking off his E-Flat sonata No.49 courtesy of Alfred Brendel. What a heavenly second movement.
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Piano Sonata in E flat, H.XVI No. 49: 1. Allegro
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November 25, 2024 at 10:27 PM
What a brilliant idea … #A-Haydn-Day … kicking off his E-Flat sonata No.49 courtesy of Alfred Brendel. What a heavenly second movement.
open.spotify.com/track/2nP5iE...
open.spotify.com/track/2nP5iE...
