y2000k
@y2000k.bsky.social
📍Boston area concert-goer • Classical music & Opera 🎶• Parent to the Kid • #operasquad • #BSOsquad • she/her • MD in a previous life
Today's outing w/ @sasherka.bsky.social + #operasqaud meetup
Nov performance no.12
Verdi's Requiem at Boston Philharmonic x Chrous pro Musica with a starry cast of soloists:
Ailyn Perez
Daniela Mack
John Osborn
Maharram Huseynov
led by Ben Zander
What an experience to hear this @ symphony hall
Nov performance no.12
Verdi's Requiem at Boston Philharmonic x Chrous pro Musica with a starry cast of soloists:
Ailyn Perez
Daniela Mack
John Osborn
Maharram Huseynov
led by Ben Zander
What an experience to hear this @ symphony hall
November 24, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Today's outing w/ @sasherka.bsky.social + #operasqaud meetup
Nov performance no.12
Verdi's Requiem at Boston Philharmonic x Chrous pro Musica with a starry cast of soloists:
Ailyn Perez
Daniela Mack
John Osborn
Maharram Huseynov
led by Ben Zander
What an experience to hear this @ symphony hall
Nov performance no.12
Verdi's Requiem at Boston Philharmonic x Chrous pro Musica with a starry cast of soloists:
Ailyn Perez
Daniela Mack
John Osborn
Maharram Huseynov
led by Ben Zander
What an experience to hear this @ symphony hall
Solo outing to November performance no. 11 last night
Mark Adamo's Little Women presented by Boston Conservatory
Another opera which I haven't seen for a decade. Don't really care for the music.
Mark Adamo's Little Women presented by Boston Conservatory
Another opera which I haven't seen for a decade. Don't really care for the music.
November 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Solo outing to November performance no. 11 last night
Mark Adamo's Little Women presented by Boston Conservatory
Another opera which I haven't seen for a decade. Don't really care for the music.
Mark Adamo's Little Women presented by Boston Conservatory
Another opera which I haven't seen for a decade. Don't really care for the music.
November performance no. 10 last night with friends:
We The People: Celebrating Our Shared Humanity
Yo-Yo Ma plays Bach's Cello Suites
What an incredible experience exploring our potential for kindness and helping others. Boston mayor Michelle Wu joined Yo-Yo Ma for an encore. 🫶
We The People: Celebrating Our Shared Humanity
Yo-Yo Ma plays Bach's Cello Suites
What an incredible experience exploring our potential for kindness and helping others. Boston mayor Michelle Wu joined Yo-Yo Ma for an encore. 🫶
November 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
November performance no. 10 last night with friends:
We The People: Celebrating Our Shared Humanity
Yo-Yo Ma plays Bach's Cello Suites
What an incredible experience exploring our potential for kindness and helping others. Boston mayor Michelle Wu joined Yo-Yo Ma for an encore. 🫶
We The People: Celebrating Our Shared Humanity
Yo-Yo Ma plays Bach's Cello Suites
What an incredible experience exploring our potential for kindness and helping others. Boston mayor Michelle Wu joined Yo-Yo Ma for an encore. 🫶
November performance no.9 tonight:
Jonathan Dove's Flight presented by New England Conservatory. Quarter of a century since its premiere, this opera hasn't aged one bit. Seeing this for a second time since 2015, I love it even more.
Conducted by Robert Tweten and directed by Josh Major
Jonathan Dove's Flight presented by New England Conservatory. Quarter of a century since its premiere, this opera hasn't aged one bit. Seeing this for a second time since 2015, I love it even more.
Conducted by Robert Tweten and directed by Josh Major
November 21, 2025 at 4:38 AM
November performance no.9 tonight:
Jonathan Dove's Flight presented by New England Conservatory. Quarter of a century since its premiere, this opera hasn't aged one bit. Seeing this for a second time since 2015, I love it even more.
Conducted by Robert Tweten and directed by Josh Major
Jonathan Dove's Flight presented by New England Conservatory. Quarter of a century since its premiere, this opera hasn't aged one bit. Seeing this for a second time since 2015, I love it even more.
Conducted by Robert Tweten and directed by Josh Major
Hadn't planned on this but went for November performance no. 8 this afternoon with the kid
A high school production of Cole Porter's Anything Goes 🛟🚢
A high school production of Cole Porter's Anything Goes 🛟🚢
November 20, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Hadn't planned on this but went for November performance no. 8 this afternoon with the kid
A high school production of Cole Porter's Anything Goes 🛟🚢
A high school production of Cole Porter's Anything Goes 🛟🚢
your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
November 17, 2025 at 3:25 AM
your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
November performance no. 7
Afternoon outing with @sasherka.bsky.social to Gardner Museum for Sasha Cooke's "To Thee I Sing" recital accompanied by Myra Huang.
They had just performed in NYC's Armory last night; took a car to Boston right after and arrived at 1:30am 😴
Afternoon outing with @sasherka.bsky.social to Gardner Museum for Sasha Cooke's "To Thee I Sing" recital accompanied by Myra Huang.
They had just performed in NYC's Armory last night; took a car to Boston right after and arrived at 1:30am 😴
November 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
November performance no. 7
Afternoon outing with @sasherka.bsky.social to Gardner Museum for Sasha Cooke's "To Thee I Sing" recital accompanied by Myra Huang.
They had just performed in NYC's Armory last night; took a car to Boston right after and arrived at 1:30am 😴
Afternoon outing with @sasherka.bsky.social to Gardner Museum for Sasha Cooke's "To Thee I Sing" recital accompanied by Myra Huang.
They had just performed in NYC's Armory last night; took a car to Boston right after and arrived at 1:30am 😴
November performance no. 6
Evening outing with @yskatz.bsky.social for Boston Symphony world premiere of Tania León's Time to Time, Roberto Sierra's Concerto for saxophones feat James Carter, and Brahms 2. Led by Dima Slobodeniouk
Evening outing with @yskatz.bsky.social for Boston Symphony world premiere of Tania León's Time to Time, Roberto Sierra's Concerto for saxophones feat James Carter, and Brahms 2. Led by Dima Slobodeniouk
November 16, 2025 at 4:11 AM
November performance no. 6
Evening outing with @yskatz.bsky.social for Boston Symphony world premiere of Tania León's Time to Time, Roberto Sierra's Concerto for saxophones feat James Carter, and Brahms 2. Led by Dima Slobodeniouk
Evening outing with @yskatz.bsky.social for Boston Symphony world premiere of Tania León's Time to Time, Roberto Sierra's Concerto for saxophones feat James Carter, and Brahms 2. Led by Dima Slobodeniouk
November performance no. 5
outing last night with @knitandlisten.bsky.social & @silkandwires.bsky.social :
Orquesta Sinfónica de Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 led by Maximiano Valdés, and with cuatrista Luis Sanz , in a program of music by PR composers
outing last night with @knitandlisten.bsky.social & @silkandwires.bsky.social :
Orquesta Sinfónica de Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 led by Maximiano Valdés, and with cuatrista Luis Sanz , in a program of music by PR composers
November 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
November performance no. 5
outing last night with @knitandlisten.bsky.social & @silkandwires.bsky.social :
Orquesta Sinfónica de Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 led by Maximiano Valdés, and with cuatrista Luis Sanz , in a program of music by PR composers
outing last night with @knitandlisten.bsky.social & @silkandwires.bsky.social :
Orquesta Sinfónica de Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 led by Maximiano Valdés, and with cuatrista Luis Sanz , in a program of music by PR composers
Last night outing with @sasherka.bsky.social :
Nov performance no. 4
Boston Lyric Opera gala concert featuring Lise Lindstrom (replacing Christine Georke who withdrew due to personal reasons), Morris Robinson, and BLO's emerging artists & alumni, in "Siegfried's Follies." MD David Angus conducts.
Nov performance no. 4
Boston Lyric Opera gala concert featuring Lise Lindstrom (replacing Christine Georke who withdrew due to personal reasons), Morris Robinson, and BLO's emerging artists & alumni, in "Siegfried's Follies." MD David Angus conducts.
November 13, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Last night outing with @sasherka.bsky.social :
Nov performance no. 4
Boston Lyric Opera gala concert featuring Lise Lindstrom (replacing Christine Georke who withdrew due to personal reasons), Morris Robinson, and BLO's emerging artists & alumni, in "Siegfried's Follies." MD David Angus conducts.
Nov performance no. 4
Boston Lyric Opera gala concert featuring Lise Lindstrom (replacing Christine Georke who withdrew due to personal reasons), Morris Robinson, and BLO's emerging artists & alumni, in "Siegfried's Follies." MD David Angus conducts.
Seen from our house tonight
November 12, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Seen from our house tonight
Last night outing with the kid for his birthday;
November performance no. 3
Manual Cinema's The 4th Witch hosted by ArtsEmerson
I'm a huge fan of Manual Cinema with their intricate "low-tech" choreography of shadow puppetry and using overhead projectors!
November performance no. 3
Manual Cinema's The 4th Witch hosted by ArtsEmerson
I'm a huge fan of Manual Cinema with their intricate "low-tech" choreography of shadow puppetry and using overhead projectors!
November 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Last night outing with the kid for his birthday;
November performance no. 3
Manual Cinema's The 4th Witch hosted by ArtsEmerson
I'm a huge fan of Manual Cinema with their intricate "low-tech" choreography of shadow puppetry and using overhead projectors!
November performance no. 3
Manual Cinema's The 4th Witch hosted by ArtsEmerson
I'm a huge fan of Manual Cinema with their intricate "low-tech" choreography of shadow puppetry and using overhead projectors!
Amidst a very busy and stressful week, I went out for a solo outing last night
November Performance no.2
Midori at Boston symphony orchestra for Dvorak violin concerto, plus Dvorak symphony No. 7 and Takemitsu's Requiem. Led by Nodoka Okisawa. These concerts are tribute to Seiji Ozawa
November Performance no.2
Midori at Boston symphony orchestra for Dvorak violin concerto, plus Dvorak symphony No. 7 and Takemitsu's Requiem. Led by Nodoka Okisawa. These concerts are tribute to Seiji Ozawa
November 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Amidst a very busy and stressful week, I went out for a solo outing last night
November Performance no.2
Midori at Boston symphony orchestra for Dvorak violin concerto, plus Dvorak symphony No. 7 and Takemitsu's Requiem. Led by Nodoka Okisawa. These concerts are tribute to Seiji Ozawa
November Performance no.2
Midori at Boston symphony orchestra for Dvorak violin concerto, plus Dvorak symphony No. 7 and Takemitsu's Requiem. Led by Nodoka Okisawa. These concerts are tribute to Seiji Ozawa
I've done enough baking for the entire year. I guess we won't be having any Xmas cookies this year.
Tray of cookies and brownies are for school teachers' luncheon tomorrow. Muffins are for Election Day bake sale tomorrow as well.
Tray of cookies and brownies are for school teachers' luncheon tomorrow. Muffins are for Election Day bake sale tomorrow as well.
November 4, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I've done enough baking for the entire year. I guess we won't be having any Xmas cookies this year.
Tray of cookies and brownies are for school teachers' luncheon tomorrow. Muffins are for Election Day bake sale tomorrow as well.
Tray of cookies and brownies are for school teachers' luncheon tomorrow. Muffins are for Election Day bake sale tomorrow as well.
Kicked off November concert month tonight with performance No.1
Bang the Drum 🥁 by Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP). Music by Jessie Montgomery, Richard Danielpour, and Gunther Schuller. Absolutely incredible!
Bang the Drum 🥁 by Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP). Music by Jessie Montgomery, Richard Danielpour, and Gunther Schuller. Absolutely incredible!
November 2, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Kicked off November concert month tonight with performance No.1
Bang the Drum 🥁 by Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP). Music by Jessie Montgomery, Richard Danielpour, and Gunther Schuller. Absolutely incredible!
Bang the Drum 🥁 by Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP). Music by Jessie Montgomery, Richard Danielpour, and Gunther Schuller. Absolutely incredible!
We made it to November! #homegrown garden update, all plants are winding down; zinnias have frost damage. I still got 2 small arrangements out of what's out there.
Quite possibly be the last post for this year 😢
Also pictured, all the unripe tomatoes from our volunteer plant
#bloomscrolling
Quite possibly be the last post for this year 😢
Also pictured, all the unripe tomatoes from our volunteer plant
#bloomscrolling
November 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
We made it to November! #homegrown garden update, all plants are winding down; zinnias have frost damage. I still got 2 small arrangements out of what's out there.
Quite possibly be the last post for this year 😢
Also pictured, all the unripe tomatoes from our volunteer plant
#bloomscrolling
Quite possibly be the last post for this year 😢
Also pictured, all the unripe tomatoes from our volunteer plant
#bloomscrolling
We saw this service vehicle in Copenhagen and we were literally 🤯
October 29, 2025 at 1:03 AM
We saw this service vehicle in Copenhagen and we were literally 🤯
October #concert-athon
Show no.14 today with the fam - saving the best for last
Nordic folk trio Dreamers Circus dazzled us with their incredible talents.
Show no.14 today with the fam - saving the best for last
Nordic folk trio Dreamers Circus dazzled us with their incredible talents.
October 27, 2025 at 12:50 AM
October #concert-athon
Show no.14 today with the fam - saving the best for last
Nordic folk trio Dreamers Circus dazzled us with their incredible talents.
Show no.14 today with the fam - saving the best for last
Nordic folk trio Dreamers Circus dazzled us with their incredible talents.
October #concert-athon
Show No.13 last night with @sasherka.bsky.social & friends
3rd night in a row of A-list pianists
Daniil Trifonov & Matthias Goerne in
Schubert's Swan Songs
Piano Sonata in G Major, D. 894
Schwanengesang, D. 957
Show No.13 last night with @sasherka.bsky.social & friends
3rd night in a row of A-list pianists
Daniil Trifonov & Matthias Goerne in
Schubert's Swan Songs
Piano Sonata in G Major, D. 894
Schwanengesang, D. 957
October 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
October #concert-athon
Show No.13 last night with @sasherka.bsky.social & friends
3rd night in a row of A-list pianists
Daniil Trifonov & Matthias Goerne in
Schubert's Swan Songs
Piano Sonata in G Major, D. 894
Schwanengesang, D. 957
Show No.13 last night with @sasherka.bsky.social & friends
3rd night in a row of A-list pianists
Daniil Trifonov & Matthias Goerne in
Schubert's Swan Songs
Piano Sonata in G Major, D. 894
Schwanengesang, D. 957
October #concert-athon
Show no. 12 tonight with @yskatz.bsky.social
Yuja Wang plays Prokofiev 2 at Boston Symphony led by Domingo Hindoyan. Also on the program: Bernstein 3 dances from On the Town, and Copland Symphony No.3
It's quite a week of a-list pianists in town!
Show no. 12 tonight with @yskatz.bsky.social
Yuja Wang plays Prokofiev 2 at Boston Symphony led by Domingo Hindoyan. Also on the program: Bernstein 3 dances from On the Town, and Copland Symphony No.3
It's quite a week of a-list pianists in town!
October 24, 2025 at 2:36 AM
October #concert-athon
Show no. 12 tonight with @yskatz.bsky.social
Yuja Wang plays Prokofiev 2 at Boston Symphony led by Domingo Hindoyan. Also on the program: Bernstein 3 dances from On the Town, and Copland Symphony No.3
It's quite a week of a-list pianists in town!
Show no. 12 tonight with @yskatz.bsky.social
Yuja Wang plays Prokofiev 2 at Boston Symphony led by Domingo Hindoyan. Also on the program: Bernstein 3 dances from On the Town, and Copland Symphony No.3
It's quite a week of a-list pianists in town!
October 23 #homegrown garden update. Still no hard frost, with dahlias, zinnias and cockscombs continue to bloom. I'm even getting a few bonus black-eyed Susans #bloomscrolling
October 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
October 23 #homegrown garden update. Still no hard frost, with dahlias, zinnias and cockscombs continue to bloom. I'm even getting a few bonus black-eyed Susans #bloomscrolling
October #concert-athon
Show No. 11 tonight with friends
Yunchan Lim plays Goldberg Variations in a sold-out symphony hall
Show No. 11 tonight with friends
Yunchan Lim plays Goldberg Variations in a sold-out symphony hall
October 23, 2025 at 2:56 AM
October #concert-athon
Show No. 11 tonight with friends
Yunchan Lim plays Goldberg Variations in a sold-out symphony hall
Show No. 11 tonight with friends
Yunchan Lim plays Goldberg Variations in a sold-out symphony hall
Could have been double queen 🐝 if these are allowed
October 22, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Could have been double queen 🐝 if these are allowed
October #concert-athon
Show no. 10 today again solo outing
Errollyn Wallen's Dido Ghost performed by Emmanuel music , conducted by Ryan Turner and directed by Rebecca Miller Kratzer. An interesting mix of new music with the old, as well as harpsichord and theorbo with electric bass and steel pan!
Show no. 10 today again solo outing
Errollyn Wallen's Dido Ghost performed by Emmanuel music , conducted by Ryan Turner and directed by Rebecca Miller Kratzer. An interesting mix of new music with the old, as well as harpsichord and theorbo with electric bass and steel pan!
October 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
October #concert-athon
Show no. 10 today again solo outing
Errollyn Wallen's Dido Ghost performed by Emmanuel music , conducted by Ryan Turner and directed by Rebecca Miller Kratzer. An interesting mix of new music with the old, as well as harpsichord and theorbo with electric bass and steel pan!
Show no. 10 today again solo outing
Errollyn Wallen's Dido Ghost performed by Emmanuel music , conducted by Ryan Turner and directed by Rebecca Miller Kratzer. An interesting mix of new music with the old, as well as harpsichord and theorbo with electric bass and steel pan!
