Svenja
@svenjaloves.bsky.social
Castle hunter 🏰, history nerd 🏛, book lover 📚, travel addict 🌏, music enthusiast 🎶 and culture aficionado 🎭. Sometimes I write about those things.
When they play Beethoven's 9th at the Boulezsaal and it sounds a little like you put on your headphones and turned the volume all the way up… 🔥🔥🔥
February 22, 2024 at 8:02 PM
When they play Beethoven's 9th at the Boulezsaal and it sounds a little like you put on your headphones and turned the volume all the way up… 🔥🔥🔥
Right-wing populists omnipresent everywhere, now a Communist battle slogan on the exterior wall of a house - it feels more eerily like those other Twenties every day…
January 6, 2024 at 12:17 PM
Right-wing populists omnipresent everywhere, now a Communist battle slogan on the exterior wall of a house - it feels more eerily like those other Twenties every day…
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Jedes Buch ist eine weitere Stufe zum Glück! 🤗📚
September 24, 2023 at 11:46 AM
Jedes Buch ist eine weitere Stufe zum Glück! 🤗📚
Starting into the new opera year with one of the absolute classics, Mozart's Magic Flute at the Staatsoper in Berlin. ✨
January 5, 2024 at 9:29 PM
Starting into the new opera year with one of the absolute classics, Mozart's Magic Flute at the Staatsoper in Berlin. ✨
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Ich hab den besten Graffiti aller Zeiten gefunden.
December 25, 2023 at 11:32 AM
Ich hab den besten Graffiti aller Zeiten gefunden.
A few previously unshared impressions of the Stadtschloss in Fulda to bring a little bit of colour into the oftentimes grey January (at least in my neck of the woods).
January 3, 2024 at 11:46 AM
A few previously unshared impressions of the Stadtschloss in Fulda to bring a little bit of colour into the oftentimes grey January (at least in my neck of the woods).
First new year resolution ✔️
Almost twelve months and about 2126 pages (some 300 of them today) later, I finally finished "War and Peace"!
Almost twelve months and about 2126 pages (some 300 of them today) later, I finally finished "War and Peace"!
January 1, 2024 at 10:10 PM
First new year resolution ✔️
Almost twelve months and about 2126 pages (some 300 of them today) later, I finally finished "War and Peace"!
Almost twelve months and about 2126 pages (some 300 of them today) later, I finally finished "War and Peace"!
One of the most emotional concerts I have been fortunate enough to listen to: "Together for Humanity", a benefit concert by Berlin Philharmonic for Israeli and Palestinian women peace organisations and the Bring Them Home initiative.
December 20, 2023 at 11:05 PM
One of the most emotional concerts I have been fortunate enough to listen to: "Together for Humanity", a benefit concert by Berlin Philharmonic for Israeli and Palestinian women peace organisations and the Bring Them Home initiative.
Every Baroque palace needs a good sala terrena: This is the Kaisersaal, or Emperor’s Hall in English, of the Stadtschloss in Fulda. Built in 1713 according to plans by Johann Dientzenhofer, the garden hall gets its name from the paintings of emperors adorning its walls.
December 18, 2023 at 4:40 PM
Every Baroque palace needs a good sala terrena: This is the Kaisersaal, or Emperor’s Hall in English, of the Stadtschloss in Fulda. Built in 1713 according to plans by Johann Dientzenhofer, the garden hall gets its name from the paintings of emperors adorning its walls.
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Wie die Stadt Berlin ihre Bewohner im Stich lässt, am Beispiel Mehringplatz – sehr guter und unendlich frustrierender Artikel: taz.de/Fehlgeleitet...
Fehlgeleitete Stadtplanung: Viktoria? Für'n Arsch
Unsere Autoren leben am Mehringplatz in Berlin. In jüngerer Zeit geht es mit dem Kiez bergab. Und das hat am wenigsten mit den Anwohnern selbst zu tun.
taz.de
December 18, 2023 at 2:43 PM
Wie die Stadt Berlin ihre Bewohner im Stich lässt, am Beispiel Mehringplatz – sehr guter und unendlich frustrierender Artikel: taz.de/Fehlgeleitet...
Because we now apparently migrate to some new platform every couple of weeks, you can also find me on Threads 👉 www.threads.net/@castleholic 👈. Jury is still out, enjoying the calmness of Bluesky but missing some interaction.
December 15, 2023 at 11:08 PM
Because we now apparently migrate to some new platform every couple of weeks, you can also find me on Threads 👉 www.threads.net/@castleholic 👈. Jury is still out, enjoying the calmness of Bluesky but missing some interaction.
He had it comin': Finally saw Barrie Kosky's "Chicago" at Komische Oper last night. His typical recipe of glitter, feathers and a bit of depth works once more for this new musical production, even though I’m not sure it has the cult factor like previous Kosky stagings of musicals and operettas.
December 6, 2023 at 8:49 PM
He had it comin': Finally saw Barrie Kosky's "Chicago" at Komische Oper last night. His typical recipe of glitter, feathers and a bit of depth works once more for this new musical production, even though I’m not sure it has the cult factor like previous Kosky stagings of musicals and operettas.
The Baroque-style Princes' Hall on the second floor of the Stadtschloss in Fulda was created instead of an earlier Renaissance-style hall in the years 1712 and 1713. Andreas Schwarzmann signed responsible for the ceiling stucco, while the frescoes were created by Tyrolean Johann Melchior Steidel.
December 6, 2023 at 8:05 PM
The Baroque-style Princes' Hall on the second floor of the Stadtschloss in Fulda was created instead of an earlier Renaissance-style hall in the years 1712 and 1713. Andreas Schwarzmann signed responsible for the ceiling stucco, while the frescoes were created by Tyrolean Johann Melchior Steidel.
Let’s have a closer look at the Roman Room of Schloss Ballenstedt. Originally used as a audience chamber, it shows the transition between the Rococo period and Neo-Classicism, featuring elements of both architectural styles.
December 2, 2023 at 9:51 PM
Let’s have a closer look at the Roman Room of Schloss Ballenstedt. Originally used as a audience chamber, it shows the transition between the Rococo period and Neo-Classicism, featuring elements of both architectural styles.
Tannhäuser in Berlin with no climate protesters to be seen.
December 2, 2023 at 9:44 PM
Tannhäuser in Berlin with no climate protesters to be seen.
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Ich hab mein Seelentier gefunden!
December 1, 2023 at 12:39 PM
Ich hab mein Seelentier gefunden!
Heading into the weekend with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe: Elgar's Introduction & Allegro, Robert Schumann's Piano Concerto (w/ Beatrice Rana) and Dvorak's 6th under Antonio Pappano. If you look closely, you can also spy another very famous conductor and a well-known violinist in the audience.
December 1, 2023 at 9:58 PM
Heading into the weekend with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe: Elgar's Introduction & Allegro, Robert Schumann's Piano Concerto (w/ Beatrice Rana) and Dvorak's 6th under Antonio Pappano. If you look closely, you can also spy another very famous conductor and a well-known violinist in the audience.
Three days of winter in Berlin later: We now have an almost closed covering of ice and I can now practice my figure skating free skate routine on my way to work. 🥳⛸️
December 1, 2023 at 2:07 PM
Three days of winter in Berlin later: We now have an almost closed covering of ice and I can now practice my figure skating free skate routine on my way to work. 🥳⛸️
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High Baroque masterpiece: illusionistic frescoed dome of Sant’Andrea della Valle Rome, 1627
Assumption of Virgin painted di sotto in sù by Giovanni Lanfranco, pupil of Agostino and Annibale Carracci, died #OTD 1647.
Assumption of Virgin painted di sotto in sù by Giovanni Lanfranco, pupil of Agostino and Annibale Carracci, died #OTD 1647.
November 30, 2023 at 6:33 AM
High Baroque masterpiece: illusionistic frescoed dome of Sant’Andrea della Valle Rome, 1627
Assumption of Virgin painted di sotto in sù by Giovanni Lanfranco, pupil of Agostino and Annibale Carracci, died #OTD 1647.
Assumption of Virgin painted di sotto in sù by Giovanni Lanfranco, pupil of Agostino and Annibale Carracci, died #OTD 1647.
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Gestern war der Geburtstag der Malerin Lotte Laserstein (1898-1993), die von den Nazis ins schwedische Exil getrieben wurde, weil sie als „Dreivierteljüdin“ galt. Laserstein war eine der bedeutendsten deutschen Künstlerinnen der Weimarer Republik. Hier „Traute im grünen Pullover“ von ca 1931.
November 29, 2023 at 6:17 AM
Gestern war der Geburtstag der Malerin Lotte Laserstein (1898-1993), die von den Nazis ins schwedische Exil getrieben wurde, weil sie als „Dreivierteljüdin“ galt. Laserstein war eine der bedeutendsten deutschen Künstlerinnen der Weimarer Republik. Hier „Traute im grünen Pullover“ von ca 1931.
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Die eigentliche Herausforderung beim Schreiben ist die Zeit, in der einem nichts einfällt, man aber trotzdem dranbleiben muss, weil Deadline. Sitzen lernen...
November 28, 2023 at 3:19 PM
Die eigentliche Herausforderung beim Schreiben ist die Zeit, in der einem nichts einfällt, man aber trotzdem dranbleiben muss, weil Deadline. Sitzen lernen...
Felix, you da bomb 💥
November 29, 2023 at 9:33 PM
Felix, you da bomb 💥
Berlin turned into a little winter wonderland today… ☃️❄️
November 29, 2023 at 7:33 PM
Berlin turned into a little winter wonderland today… ☃️❄️
Farbrauschend: Clyne, Tschaikowsky und Schostakowitsch mit dem DSO Berlin
Farbrauschend: Clyne, Tschaikowsky, Schostakowitsch mit dem DSO Berlin
Wie kaum ein anderes Werk Schostakowitschs braucht seine Symphonie einen Dirigenten, der das Werk sowohl in seiner Gesamtheit sieht und den nötigen Weitblick hat, es zu interpretieren. Glücklicherwe...
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November 29, 2023 at 7:32 PM
Farbrauschend: Clyne, Tschaikowsky und Schostakowitsch mit dem DSO Berlin