Weston Williams
@heldenkovich.bsky.social
Co-host of Opera Box Score, known classical music entity in Chicago
I fear I can only classify the peasant chorus from the first act of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin as a “booty-shaker.” This is the correct musicological term
#opera
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June 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I fear I can only classify the peasant chorus from the first act of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin as a “booty-shaker.” This is the correct musicological term
#opera
#opera
Sorry I’ve been away from Bluesky for so long I’ve been listening to Schreker orchestral lieder #sigmamindset
April 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Sorry I’ve been away from Bluesky for so long I’ve been listening to Schreker orchestral lieder #sigmamindset
Very excited that I’m approximately 15 minutes and an eyeroll at a cybertruck away from being an enemy of the state
April 14, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Very excited that I’m approximately 15 minutes and an eyeroll at a cybertruck away from being an enemy of the state
To the minivan with the “Moondog” vanity plates in front of my yesterday with no alphanumeric replacements whatsoever, how does it feel to be the coolest cat in Illinois
April 7, 2025 at 2:26 AM
To the minivan with the “Moondog” vanity plates in front of my yesterday with no alphanumeric replacements whatsoever, how does it feel to be the coolest cat in Illinois
Negative reviews of The Listeners are why we, American opera audiences, can’t have nice things
April 6, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Negative reviews of The Listeners are why we, American opera audiences, can’t have nice things
Once again I must insist that we just don’t do what Trump says ok thanks bye
April 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Once again I must insist that we just don’t do what Trump says ok thanks bye
The new Andris Nelson recording of Lady Macbeth of Mtensk with Opolais and Groissböck slaps way harder than I expected
March 30, 2025 at 4:19 AM
The new Andris Nelson recording of Lady Macbeth of Mtensk with Opolais and Groissböck slaps way harder than I expected
You know, if everyone simply didn’t do what Trump wanted us to do, there’s nothing he could do about it, and I feel like people are really forgetting that. Let’s not be banal with the evil or whatever it was that Arendt said
March 28, 2025 at 3:04 AM
You know, if everyone simply didn’t do what Trump wanted us to do, there’s nothing he could do about it, and I feel like people are really forgetting that. Let’s not be banal with the evil or whatever it was that Arendt said
Lmao back of my head cameo youtu.be/14d3qTMK_So?...
Arnold Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire: 15. Heimweh (Nostalgia)
YouTube video by Guarneri Hall NFP
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March 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Lmao back of my head cameo youtu.be/14d3qTMK_So?...
Serialism only produced bops you guys are just mean
March 27, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Serialism only produced bops you guys are just mean
When people ask where I stand politically and whether I am good at garage band I show them this youtu.be/5n4_YhuSU3A?... #music #badcomposer
Prelude to Solidarity, Postlude for Comrades
YouTube video by Weston L. Williams - Topic
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March 27, 2025 at 2:53 AM
When people ask where I stand politically and whether I am good at garage band I show them this youtu.be/5n4_YhuSU3A?... #music #badcomposer
Bad composer vibes youtube.com/playlist?lis...
What the heck is this, some kinda fugue? - YouTube
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March 26, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Bad composer vibes youtube.com/playlist?lis...
I postulate that the Tristan chord is to classical musicians as the lick is to jazz musicians
March 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I postulate that the Tristan chord is to classical musicians as the lick is to jazz musicians
Boy howdy do I hate capitalism
March 25, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Boy howdy do I hate capitalism
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Gute Nacht mit Hans Werner Henze & ‹Nachtstücke und Arien› nach Gedichten von Ingeborg Bachmann youtu.be/61bsW1uJKqw (1957)
Hans Werner Henze: Nachtstücke und Arien (1957) - YouTube
Hans Werner Henze (1926-2012): Nachtstücke und Arien, per soprano e grande orchestra, da poesie di Ingeborg Bachmann (1957) ---- Edda Moser, soprano --- Run...
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May 24, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Gute Nacht mit Hans Werner Henze & ‹Nachtstücke und Arien› nach Gedichten von Ingeborg Bachmann youtu.be/61bsW1uJKqw (1957)
I’m sorry to break it to you, but you’re under 6’2”, you don’t know how dusty the top of your refrigerator is
March 22, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I’m sorry to break it to you, but you’re under 6’2”, you don’t know how dusty the top of your refrigerator is
Willing to spend a truly irresponsible amount of money on a CD of the Warsaw Autumn 2010 performance of the introduction to Russian mystic composer Nicolai Obukhov’s Book of Life pls help I yearn for theosophical and aesthetic destitution
March 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Willing to spend a truly irresponsible amount of money on a CD of the Warsaw Autumn 2010 performance of the introduction to Russian mystic composer Nicolai Obukhov’s Book of Life pls help I yearn for theosophical and aesthetic destitution
Classical composers from the 1920s truly Could Not Stop adding air raid sirens to their orchestrations and I respect the hell out of that
March 21, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Classical composers from the 1920s truly Could Not Stop adding air raid sirens to their orchestrations and I respect the hell out of that
Reposted by Weston Williams
Employees at 98.7 WFMT, Chicago’s classical music station, announced their intent early this month to unionize with SAG-AFTRA, the union representing broadcast media professionals.
Amid discontent at classical station, WFMT employees announce intent to unionize
Discontent at WFMT spilled into the public eye last fall, when Dennis Moore, a veteran host, accused the station of firing him rather than accommodating a doctor-approved disability.
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March 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Employees at 98.7 WFMT, Chicago’s classical music station, announced their intent early this month to unionize with SAG-AFTRA, the union representing broadcast media professionals.
Reposted by Weston Williams
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Le Lamento della Ninfa de Monteverdi, "Non avea febo ancora", par Lea Desandre & l'Ensemble Pygmalion de Raphaël Pichon
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Le Lamento della Ninfa de Monteverdi, "Non avea febo ancora", par Lea Desandre & l'Ensemble Pygmalion de Raphaël Pichon
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Monteverdi: Lamento della ninfa "Non avea febo ancora" | Lea Desandre & Ensemble Pygmalion
__Monteverdi: Lamento della ninfa "Non avea febo ancora"Lea Desandre | SopranoEnsemble PygmalionConducted by Raphaël Pichon__The credits for the subtitles go...
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November 9, 2023 at 1:57 PM
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Le Lamento della Ninfa de Monteverdi, "Non avea febo ancora", par Lea Desandre & l'Ensemble Pygmalion de Raphaël Pichon
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Le Lamento della Ninfa de Monteverdi, "Non avea febo ancora", par Lea Desandre & l'Ensemble Pygmalion de Raphaël Pichon
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Have some content you depraved lunatics
March 21, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Have some content you depraved lunatics
Finally on twitter I guess
March 21, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Finally on twitter I guess