Moon Pavilion
@moonpavilion.bsky.social
I really should be off social media, and playing the piano - with feeling
Richmond-upon-Thames/Ayrshire, Scotland.
Richmond-upon-Thames/Ayrshire, Scotland.
The bridges are usually vermilion, but I love the addition of turquoise here.
Kawazokoike lake, Osaka
Kawazokoike lake, Osaka
December 11, 2025 at 5:53 AM
The bridges are usually vermilion, but I love the addition of turquoise here.
Kawazokoike lake, Osaka
Kawazokoike lake, Osaka
Anyone for a bamboo forest? #Arashiyama #Kyoto
December 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Anyone for a bamboo forest? #Arashiyama #Kyoto
Symphony No. 2, the "Copernican," Op. 31 (II Symfonia "Kopernikowska") Henryk Górecki.
“Awesome” would be the way to describe the second movement.
“Awesome” would be the way to describe the second movement.
December 6, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Symphony No. 2, the "Copernican," Op. 31 (II Symfonia "Kopernikowska") Henryk Górecki.
“Awesome” would be the way to describe the second movement.
“Awesome” would be the way to describe the second movement.
I feel it’s the kind of thing Del Boy would drink, when he was not on Tia Maria and lucozade .
December 5, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I feel it’s the kind of thing Del Boy would drink, when he was not on Tia Maria and lucozade .
November 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
One of my favourite restaurants in Edinburgh, Petit Paris in the Grassmarket. The former Governor of Edinburgh Castle put me on to it - not personally, he put it on Twitter!)
The Auld Alliance
The Auld Alliance
November 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
One of my favourite restaurants in Edinburgh, Petit Paris in the Grassmarket. The former Governor of Edinburgh Castle put me on to it - not personally, he put it on Twitter!)
The Auld Alliance
The Auld Alliance
Stirling Castle on an exceptionally fine November day. I remember Douglas MacDowell, Professor of Greek at Glasgow University in my time there saying that he thought this was a more accurate example of an acropolis than Edinburgh Castle.
November 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Stirling Castle on an exceptionally fine November day. I remember Douglas MacDowell, Professor of Greek at Glasgow University in my time there saying that he thought this was a more accurate example of an acropolis than Edinburgh Castle.
I can almost hear Sir Humphrey advising Bernard:
"On second thoughts, best not to talk about donkeys in connection with the PM"
#YesMinister #YesPrimeMINISTER
"On second thoughts, best not to talk about donkeys in connection with the PM"
#YesMinister #YesPrimeMINISTER
September 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I can almost hear Sir Humphrey advising Bernard:
"On second thoughts, best not to talk about donkeys in connection with the PM"
#YesMinister #YesPrimeMINISTER
"On second thoughts, best not to talk about donkeys in connection with the PM"
#YesMinister #YesPrimeMINISTER
It’s always a pleasure to read the words of John Steane. Bellini, I Puritani: Maria Callas & Joan Sutherland
September 16, 2025 at 8:14 AM
It’s always a pleasure to read the words of John Steane. Bellini, I Puritani: Maria Callas & Joan Sutherland
In preparation for a visit to an opera house I’ve LONG wanted to see. On previous trips to this far-off city, it’s been sold out or not the season. More later…
September 16, 2025 at 8:05 AM
In preparation for a visit to an opera house I’ve LONG wanted to see. On previous trips to this far-off city, it’s been sold out or not the season. More later…
Delighted to see this soon for issue. "I was there" [for No.5] as Max Boyce would have said, and was so moved at the ending, possibly my favourite quiet ending of any symphony.
September 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Delighted to see this soon for issue. "I was there" [for No.5] as Max Boyce would have said, and was so moved at the ending, possibly my favourite quiet ending of any symphony.
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli may be about to play Debussy, but he's actually reconsidering the wisdom of having chosen a baloney sandwich for lunch...
August 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli may be about to play Debussy, but he's actually reconsidering the wisdom of having chosen a baloney sandwich for lunch...
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (1920-1995)
"Are you a pianist?"
#arturobenedettimichelangeli #michelangeli
"Are you a pianist?"
#arturobenedettimichelangeli #michelangeli
August 28, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (1920-1995)
"Are you a pianist?"
#arturobenedettimichelangeli #michelangeli
"Are you a pianist?"
#arturobenedettimichelangeli #michelangeli
Pianist Jorge Bolet is part of the so-called "New York taste".
I originally misread the Italian reviewer (1975), thought this said: "New Iroqois taste" and was baffled!
...cosiddetto "gusto" nuovairochese/nuovaiorchese...
I originally misread the Italian reviewer (1975), thought this said: "New Iroqois taste" and was baffled!
...cosiddetto "gusto" nuovairochese/nuovaiorchese...
August 26, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Pianist Jorge Bolet is part of the so-called "New York taste".
I originally misread the Italian reviewer (1975), thought this said: "New Iroqois taste" and was baffled!
...cosiddetto "gusto" nuovairochese/nuovaiorchese...
I originally misread the Italian reviewer (1975), thought this said: "New Iroqois taste" and was baffled!
...cosiddetto "gusto" nuovairochese/nuovaiorchese...
Good to be reminded of the eloquence and wit of Jeremy Siepmann whom I first heard talking about Schnabel on BBC Radio 3 in the early 1980s. Here on Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (whom he admired tremendously):
August 22, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Good to be reminded of the eloquence and wit of Jeremy Siepmann whom I first heard talking about Schnabel on BBC Radio 3 in the early 1980s. Here on Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (whom he admired tremendously):
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli and Carlos Kleiber never made a recording of Beethoven's Emperor in 1975. First obstacle...
August 17, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli and Carlos Kleiber never made a recording of Beethoven's Emperor in 1975. First obstacle...
I wonder when this young pianist first started showing signs of eccentricity.
August 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I wonder when this young pianist first started showing signs of eccentricity.
I think I'm now going to feel "short changed" when I read music reviews in 2025! Here's an Austrian paper from 1948
August 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I think I'm now going to feel "short changed" when I read music reviews in 2025! Here's an Austrian paper from 1948
No cheating: your last saved celebrity photo is your therapist. Who is it? (I don’t think she’s taking me seriously)
August 3, 2025 at 12:52 AM
No cheating: your last saved celebrity photo is your therapist. Who is it? (I don’t think she’s taking me seriously)
August 2, 2025 at 10:02 PM
A bit tangential, but I thought of this from Frasier TV sitcom:
July 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
A bit tangential, but I thought of this from Frasier TV sitcom: