Timothy Weir
@tgweir.bsky.social
Retired. Writer and community contributor in Evansville Ind. Music, art, travel, positivity.
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IT’S HERE IT’S HERE IT’S HERE!!!! The very first album ever dedicated to Avril Coleridge-Taylor. This has been such a labour of love - please do listen to it, her music deserves to be heard @jkaconductor.bsky.social @tomedney.bsky.social open.spotify.com/album/6EroQD...
Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Concerto & Orchestral Works
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November 21, 2025 at 9:12 AM
IT’S HERE IT’S HERE IT’S HERE!!!! The very first album ever dedicated to Avril Coleridge-Taylor. This has been such a labour of love - please do listen to it, her music deserves to be heard @jkaconductor.bsky.social @tomedney.bsky.social open.spotify.com/album/6EroQD...
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Wonderful composer! I'm so glad this album of music by Avril Coleridge-Taylor has finally been released. It's beautiful! 😍
IT’S HERE IT’S HERE IT’S HERE!!!! The very first album ever dedicated to Avril Coleridge-Taylor. This has been such a labour of love - please do listen to it, her music deserves to be heard @jkaconductor.bsky.social @tomedney.bsky.social open.spotify.com/album/6EroQD...
Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Concerto & Orchestral Works
open.spotify.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Wonderful composer! I'm so glad this album of music by Avril Coleridge-Taylor has finally been released. It's beautiful! 😍
Happy Fri-Yay. This is definitely a second or third cup of coffee, kind of day.
November 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Happy Fri-Yay. This is definitely a second or third cup of coffee, kind of day.
Happy birthday to Jenő Blau, whom we know as Eugene Ormandy (1899-1985). The celebrated, long-serving Music Director (42 yrs.) of the Philadelphia Orchestra, he left a long recorded legacy on Columbia and RCA. I'm grateful to Sony Classical for giving us the majority of it in beautiful sets.
November 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Happy birthday to Jenő Blau, whom we know as Eugene Ormandy (1899-1985). The celebrated, long-serving Music Director (42 yrs.) of the Philadelphia Orchestra, he left a long recorded legacy on Columbia and RCA. I'm grateful to Sony Classical for giving us the majority of it in beautiful sets.
Happy Positivity Monday. Laugh and love.
November 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Happy Positivity Monday. Laugh and love.
it means everything. Happy World Kindness Day 2025.
November 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
it means everything. Happy World Kindness Day 2025.
Happy Positivity Monday. With food insecurity happening in our community, find a way to feed a neighbor.
November 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Happy Positivity Monday. With food insecurity happening in our community, find a way to feed a neighbor.
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A dream come true: film footage of Simon Barere on TV in 1950 has surfaced and it's extraordinary. He plays an abridged version of the Gounod-Liszt Faust Waltz with his legendary dazzling technique & great lyricism - and the unmoving face of Horowitz, Moiseiwitsch & other greats. Link in comments!
November 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
A dream come true: film footage of Simon Barere on TV in 1950 has surfaced and it's extraordinary. He plays an abridged version of the Gounod-Liszt Faust Waltz with his legendary dazzling technique & great lyricism - and the unmoving face of Horowitz, Moiseiwitsch & other greats. Link in comments!
Feed one. It’s a start.
November 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Feed one. It’s a start.
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An introduction to Victor Schiøler and a link to the latest recordings, with a special focus on one of the superb Chopin Preludes from his unpublished 1956 cycle; also, two tributes I prepared about the artist:
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Victor Schiøler's Exquisite Chopin Preludes | The Piano Files
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November 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM
An introduction to Victor Schiøler and a link to the latest recordings, with a special focus on one of the superb Chopin Preludes from his unpublished 1956 cycle; also, two tributes I prepared about the artist:
www.patreon.com/posts/143141...
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Danish pianist Victor Schiøler studied with Friedman & Schnabel, taught Victor Borge, and produced hours of superb recordings. His 1956 Chopin Preludes remained unpublished, and extensive searches finally uncovered a pressing uncatalogued in the archive - and WOW! Check the link in the comments!
November 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Danish pianist Victor Schiøler studied with Friedman & Schnabel, taught Victor Borge, and produced hours of superb recordings. His 1956 Chopin Preludes remained unpublished, and extensive searches finally uncovered a pressing uncatalogued in the archive - and WOW! Check the link in the comments!
Legendary pianist Walter Gieseking (1895-1956) was born in Lyon, France, to German parents 130 years ago today. He was a master colorist who became closely identified with the piano music of French composer Claude Debussy. A timeless artist.
November 6, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Legendary pianist Walter Gieseking (1895-1956) was born in Lyon, France, to German parents 130 years ago today. He was a master colorist who became closely identified with the piano music of French composer Claude Debussy. A timeless artist.
Ceramic violin 1710 At the National Museum of Ancient Art in Lisbon. (from post by Jeanphi Lippe)
November 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Ceramic violin 1710 At the National Museum of Ancient Art in Lisbon. (from post by Jeanphi Lippe)
Legendary drummer Jack DeJohnette (1942-2025) passed away from congestive heart failure yesterday in Kingston, New York. He brought his fluid, versatile playing to Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, and, more recently, Keith Jarrett's Standards Trio. Rest in Peace.
October 27, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Legendary drummer Jack DeJohnette (1942-2025) passed away from congestive heart failure yesterday in Kingston, New York. He brought his fluid, versatile playing to Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, and, more recently, Keith Jarrett's Standards Trio. Rest in Peace.
Happy Positivity Monday. They are.
October 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Happy Positivity Monday. They are.
Some records stand the test of time to become classics. This one has. Verve's album from saxophonist Stan Getz, “Getz/Gilberto,” was a cultural phenomenon in the mid-1960s, fueling the popularity of Bossa-Nova music. This Impex Records SACD/1Step is its best release yet.
October 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Some records stand the test of time to become classics. This one has. Verve's album from saxophonist Stan Getz, “Getz/Gilberto,” was a cultural phenomenon in the mid-1960s, fueling the popularity of Bossa-Nova music. This Impex Records SACD/1Step is its best release yet.
Enjoy your Friday morning, coffee, friends.
Painting “Provence Café Morning“ by David Lloyd Glover, oil on canvas
Painting “Provence Café Morning“ by David Lloyd Glover, oil on canvas
October 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Enjoy your Friday morning, coffee, friends.
Painting “Provence Café Morning“ by David Lloyd Glover, oil on canvas
Painting “Provence Café Morning“ by David Lloyd Glover, oil on canvas
Art today. Sharing this 1912 oil painting, “The Road to Cape Porpoise,” by artist Willard Leroy Metcalf (1858-1925), a leading American Impressionist and member of the Ten American Painters, or simply, The Ten. His best known works are of the New England countryside and shore.
October 23, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Art today. Sharing this 1912 oil painting, “The Road to Cape Porpoise,” by artist Willard Leroy Metcalf (1858-1925), a leading American Impressionist and member of the Ten American Painters, or simply, The Ten. His best known works are of the New England countryside and shore.
Happy positivity Monday. Remember to care for yourself, too.
October 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Happy positivity Monday. Remember to care for yourself, too.
Three of the greatest pianists of the past century had birthdays this week, one day after the other. On the 17th, Stephen Kovacevich (b. 1940). On the 18th, Nelson Freire (1944-2021). On Oct. 19th, Emil Gilels (1916-1985). Each has given us a rich legacy of recordings to enjoy.
October 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Three of the greatest pianists of the past century had birthdays this week, one day after the other. On the 17th, Stephen Kovacevich (b. 1940). On the 18th, Nelson Freire (1944-2021). On Oct. 19th, Emil Gilels (1916-1985). Each has given us a rich legacy of recordings to enjoy.
Happy Friday. Take a sip of your day.
October 17, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Happy Friday. Take a sip of your day.
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Happy Birthday #OTD Marin Alsop!
She’s the only conductor with a MacArthur Fellowship and 1st woman to head orchestras in the US, South America, Austria, and UK.
The League of American Orchestras gave her their highest accolade, the Golden Baton Award.
#thursday #goodvibes
She’s the only conductor with a MacArthur Fellowship and 1st woman to head orchestras in the US, South America, Austria, and UK.
The League of American Orchestras gave her their highest accolade, the Golden Baton Award.
#thursday #goodvibes
October 17, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Happy Birthday #OTD Marin Alsop!
She’s the only conductor with a MacArthur Fellowship and 1st woman to head orchestras in the US, South America, Austria, and UK.
The League of American Orchestras gave her their highest accolade, the Golden Baton Award.
#thursday #goodvibes
She’s the only conductor with a MacArthur Fellowship and 1st woman to head orchestras in the US, South America, Austria, and UK.
The League of American Orchestras gave her their highest accolade, the Golden Baton Award.
#thursday #goodvibes
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ICE has dropped its deportation of John Shin, the South Korean violinist working in Utah.
After his wrists and ankles were shackled at his arrest and tens of thousands in legal fees, he won. His ordeal is over.
He’s expecting his green card. “This is my home”.
#usa #mondays
After his wrists and ankles were shackled at his arrest and tens of thousands in legal fees, he won. His ordeal is over.
He’s expecting his green card. “This is my home”.
#usa #mondays
October 14, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Happy Positivity Monday! Listen to Ralph. Have it make some difference.
October 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Happy Positivity Monday! Listen to Ralph. Have it make some difference.