Michael Seaver
@mseaver.bsky.social
Clarinettist with RTÉ Concert Orchestra @rteco.rte.ie
Dance Critic with The Irish Times @irishtimes.com
Amateur psephologist
Walks a lot.
Dance Critic with The Irish Times @irishtimes.com
Amateur psephologist
Walks a lot.
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On this evening five years ago: members of the Oireachtas Golf Society sat down for a dinner. Or was it two dinners?
Anyway. Five years.
Anyway. Five years.
August 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM
On this evening five years ago: members of the Oireachtas Golf Society sat down for a dinner. Or was it two dinners?
Anyway. Five years.
Anyway. Five years.
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‘Erik Satie is the progenitor of torch songs and lounge music, systems music and minimalism, even (with his later innovation, “musique d’ameublement”) muzak and ambient music. Mahler’s influence, by comparison, has been non-existent.’
Jonathan Coe on the composer:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Jonathan Coe on the composer:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Jonathan Coe · Don’t we all want to be happy? Satie against Solemnity
Erik Satie is the progenitor of torch songs and lounge music, systems music and minimalism, even (with his later...
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August 7, 2025 at 12:19 PM
‘Erik Satie is the progenitor of torch songs and lounge music, systems music and minimalism, even (with his later innovation, “musique d’ameublement”) muzak and ambient music. Mahler’s influence, by comparison, has been non-existent.’
Jonathan Coe on the composer:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Jonathan Coe on the composer:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Bank Holiday Sunday. The Last Flight. A riff on the Last Word and the Paper Plane. Delicious! 🍽️🍸
August 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Bank Holiday Sunday. The Last Flight. A riff on the Last Word and the Paper Plane. Delicious! 🍽️🍸
Can’t wait to dive into all the recommendations for #witmonth. For what it’s worth here are mine, due entirely to the @dublinlitaward.bsky.social
August 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Can’t wait to dive into all the recommendations for #witmonth. For what it’s worth here are mine, due entirely to the @dublinlitaward.bsky.social
Still reeling after hearing of the death of Sean Rocks. So heartened by the lovely tributes from the arts and broadcasting community, as well as the listenership that Sean connected with through his articulate and accessible programmes and interviews.
July 31, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Still reeling after hearing of the death of Sean Rocks. So heartened by the lovely tributes from the arts and broadcasting community, as well as the listenership that Sean connected with through his articulate and accessible programmes and interviews.
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Jacques D'Amboise and Tanaquil Le Clercq in “The Afternoon of a Fawn”- performed in Paris New York City Ballet - June, 1955
July 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Jacques D'Amboise and Tanaquil Le Clercq in “The Afternoon of a Fawn”- performed in Paris New York City Ballet - June, 1955
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Franz Löwy (1883-1949)
Photograph of a dance recording by at the “Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes” in Paris in 1925
#photography #dancer #dancing #dance #FranzLöwy #Löwy
Photograph of a dance recording by at the “Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes” in Paris in 1925
#photography #dancer #dancing #dance #FranzLöwy #Löwy
July 23, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Franz Löwy (1883-1949)
Photograph of a dance recording by at the “Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes” in Paris in 1925
#photography #dancer #dancing #dance #FranzLöwy #Löwy
Photograph of a dance recording by at the “Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes” in Paris in 1925
#photography #dancer #dancing #dance #FranzLöwy #Löwy
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Buffy is so old there were only 103 named elements, we’re at 118 now.
(Yes I pause every show that has a periodic table to see if its period accurate)
(Yes I pause every show that has a periodic table to see if its period accurate)
July 27, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Buffy is so old there were only 103 named elements, we’re at 118 now.
(Yes I pause every show that has a periodic table to see if its period accurate)
(Yes I pause every show that has a periodic table to see if its period accurate)
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Ozzy Osbourne meets Paul McCartney for the first time, 2001.
July 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Ozzy Osbourne meets Paul McCartney for the first time, 2001.
The Champs-Élysées. Santé! 🍸 🍽️
July 13, 2025 at 7:31 AM
The Champs-Élysées. Santé! 🍸 🍽️
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Members of the England Football team seen here during a visit to the Pinewood film studios. Bobby Moore, Nobby Stiles, Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters are seen here with Yul Brynner and Sean Connery. July 1966
July 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Members of the England Football team seen here during a visit to the Pinewood film studios. Bobby Moore, Nobby Stiles, Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters are seen here with Yul Brynner and Sean Connery. July 1966
Lynchburg Lemonades. Happy 4th from Ireland y’all! 🍸 🍽️
July 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Lynchburg Lemonades. Happy 4th from Ireland y’all! 🍸 🍽️
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Season Two of Harmonically Speaking kicks off with superstar jazz clarinettist, Giacomo Smith!
I’m an enormous fan of his, and was delighted to interview him last year when he was performing with Guy the @rteco.rte.ie
Hope you enjoy it!
Available on:
Acast: shows.acast.com/66492ab0b684...
I’m an enormous fan of his, and was delighted to interview him last year when he was performing with Guy the @rteco.rte.ie
Hope you enjoy it!
Available on:
Acast: shows.acast.com/66492ab0b684...
June 21, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Season Two of Harmonically Speaking kicks off with superstar jazz clarinettist, Giacomo Smith!
I’m an enormous fan of his, and was delighted to interview him last year when he was performing with Guy the @rteco.rte.ie
Hope you enjoy it!
Available on:
Acast: shows.acast.com/66492ab0b684...
I’m an enormous fan of his, and was delighted to interview him last year when he was performing with Guy the @rteco.rte.ie
Hope you enjoy it!
Available on:
Acast: shows.acast.com/66492ab0b684...
Raspberry Lemon Drop. 🍸 🍽️
June 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Raspberry Lemon Drop. 🍸 🍽️
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Alicia Alonso & Igor Youskevitch Ballet Theatre, 1947
June 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Alicia Alonso & Igor Youskevitch Ballet Theatre, 1947
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Looking forward to performing some sublime chamber music this Friday as part of the Music in Calary Church piano festival.
Alongside Mozart Kegelstatt and Schumann Märchenerzählungen, we’re playing Bruch and the trio by Julius Röntgen - a rare chance to hear this oft overlooked work!
Alongside Mozart Kegelstatt and Schumann Märchenerzählungen, we’re playing Bruch and the trio by Julius Röntgen - a rare chance to hear this oft overlooked work!
June 16, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Looking forward to performing some sublime chamber music this Friday as part of the Music in Calary Church piano festival.
Alongside Mozart Kegelstatt and Schumann Märchenerzählungen, we’re playing Bruch and the trio by Julius Röntgen - a rare chance to hear this oft overlooked work!
Alongside Mozart Kegelstatt and Schumann Märchenerzählungen, we’re playing Bruch and the trio by Julius Röntgen - a rare chance to hear this oft overlooked work!
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‘Brian Wilson’s harmonic ambition lifted the early surf hits above simple chart fodder. He was listening to Gershwin and Bacharach, arranging intricate vocal lines in his head, layering falsetto over baritone in brushstrokes of sound.’
Chris Larkin on the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
Chris Larkin on the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
Chris Larkin | I Can Hear Music
Junction 15 of the M25 may not be the first place that comes to mind when you think of escapism, but for me as a child...
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June 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
‘Brian Wilson’s harmonic ambition lifted the early surf hits above simple chart fodder. He was listening to Gershwin and Bacharach, arranging intricate vocal lines in his head, layering falsetto over baritone in brushstrokes of sound.’
Chris Larkin on the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
Chris Larkin on the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
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press photo: Anthony Tudor's "Continuo" ballet (1971)
danced by the Joffrey II dancers
danced by the Joffrey II dancers
June 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
press photo: Anthony Tudor's "Continuo" ballet (1971)
danced by the Joffrey II dancers
danced by the Joffrey II dancers
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Frederic Franklin by George Platt Lynes, 1943
June 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Frederic Franklin by George Platt Lynes, 1943
So Latin isn’t in the @nytimes.com word list…
June 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
So Latin isn’t in the @nytimes.com word list…
The “Introduction To Aperol”cocktail. Not that an introduction is necessary… 🍽️ 🍸
June 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The “Introduction To Aperol”cocktail. Not that an introduction is necessary… 🍽️ 🍸
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Russia’s operas and ballets once held a hallowed place in Europe. But that all came to a screeching halt when the Kremlin launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
But three years later, some of Russia’s biggest stars are quietly returning to stages across Europe.
But three years later, some of Russia’s biggest stars are quietly returning to stages across Europe.
Russia’s blacklisted classical music stars make a comeback in Europe
Vladimir Putin’s opera darlings are back in the spotlight — and Ukraine and the EU are not pleased.
ow.ly
June 6, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Russia’s operas and ballets once held a hallowed place in Europe. But that all came to a screeching halt when the Kremlin launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
But three years later, some of Russia’s biggest stars are quietly returning to stages across Europe.
But three years later, some of Russia’s biggest stars are quietly returning to stages across Europe.
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Two unknown ballet dancers
He looks like a dead ringer for Tomata Du Plenty
He looks like a dead ringer for Tomata Du Plenty
June 2, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Two unknown ballet dancers
He looks like a dead ringer for Tomata Du Plenty
He looks like a dead ringer for Tomata Du Plenty