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G’morning, peeps. With orchestras and music programs under stress or threat lately, it’s probably cold comfort to know that these kinds of conflicts have a long, long history. 🤷🏻‍♀️ #ClassicalMusic #FarSide 💫 The more you know…

Cave person music ensemble of rocks and sticks, with some players hitting others on the head with rocks. Ensemble led by a cave person.
Caption: “Suddenly, second-chair granite rock's jealousy of first-chair granite rock becomes uncontainable.”

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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 9h

Shut the door—same here, *same song?!* along with Bring it on home, It’s alright, these tracks … 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 20h

Oct 16, 7:30, 560 Music Center #STL 🎻 Looking forward to hearing the STL premiere of “A Shelter that Filters the Sun” by composer @armandobayolo.bsky.social Live stream if you can’t be there. music.washu.edu/events/washu... #ClassicalMusic #NewMusic #WUSTL

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WashU Symphony Orchestra Concert: “Tapestry of Sounds” featuring pianist Nina Ferrigno

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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It’s so unusual to hear it on its own, isn’t it? Always buried back there as that heartbeat in a continuo part... Of what he’s written, I really like his tombeaus—elegiac and almost weightless tributes. Tho modern, everything of his feels like it’d be perfectly content in the 18th-c.

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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Turovsky is a fascinating artist—his modern compositions for lute or theorbo are so…ethereal. To me, the sound like they would be perfectly at home in the golden age of those instruments.

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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Isn’t it! And especially so with even the little I’ve found translated of the poet for whom it was written. Turovsky writes some amazing modern compositions for lute and theorbo—not exactly found every day!

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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Bolesław Leśmian was “the most eminent poet of his day and one of the most important Polish poets of the 20th century” More: culture.pl/en/artist/bo...

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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Nite, peeps. Tombeau for Bolesław Leśmian by Roman Turovsky Performed by Maciej Kończak (theorbo) Haunting and gorgeous, as are most of Turovsky’s compositions. #ClassicalMusic #poetry #lute #theorbo

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Roman Turovsky - "Tombeau de Boleslaw Lesmian" - Maciej Konczak (theorbo)

YouTube video by Roman Turovsky

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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Great, shall do (and looking forward to reading it)

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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Football (IIRC from an interview…)

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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Nothing says ‘power to the people’ like a $4 upcharge. Liberté, égalité, pommes frites... 🇫🇷🍟

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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I am so glad I’m not the only one 😅. Sometimes it gets interesting to explain how the heck my brain works. So long as I don’t mix up that yelling and swearing is OK at hockey games but not concerts… Any particular period or civilization that’s grabbed your attention?

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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

That knuckleball article is crazy! So. Much. Physics! Egads! Fenway I think is one of the last of the old classic stadiums. Loved it! Creepy mascot, but loved the stadium.

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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Hey, I’ll still be in STL in Nov!

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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

😆 GMTA indeed! I have no idea when the raccoon obsession started here, but it most recently manifested itself with a threat from Progeny to get a 6’ stuffed raccoon she spotted at Costco 🙀

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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

(Trash Pandas logo, in case you’re thinking it might go with your wardrobe…)

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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I guess this means my Rocket City Trash Pandas AA minor league baseball fan gear is in style? @thalia.bsky.social

Raccoon video call with panda:
“"They added 'trash panda' to the dictionary. I'm going to keep calling you 'bamboo raccoon' until it sticks."

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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Marvelous performance—thank you!

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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The Tick was awesome!! OMG, I can’t believe there’s a CHA in the collage. 🤦🏻‍♀️ 😂 Ah, Chairface, we hardly knew ye. Mad respect, sir—eggcellent Easter egg!

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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Wait, I know nothing about baseball (other than the pickle sweatshirt I got at Fenway is pretty comfy). Why would that lead to girls crashing the treehouse club?! (Pardon my ignorance here…)

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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

😄 So, the street is *not* the parade route to honor the ice resurfacer??

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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Oh, this is lovely! Thank you—I’ve not heard this before ☺️

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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

You’re right! It’s better than a jolt of coffee, that initial rink chill and low hum and scraping. Good question on EV, I’d be surprised if they didn’t. Bucket list: Drive the Zamboni someday!

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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Giovanni Zamboni is the only correct answer to, “Which Baroque composer to play to celebrate women’s pro hockey exploding to 12 teams, and its first season-long nat’l tv deal?”🏒🎻 (Yes, Zamboni is his real name.) 🎵 Lute Sonata No. 3, Op. 1: II. Giga #PWHL #ClassicalMusic #hockey

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Lute Sonata No. 3, Op. 1: II. Giga by Giovanni Zamboni, Luciano Còntini

Listen to Lute Sonata No. 3, Op. 1: II. Giga song by Giovanni Zamboni, Luciano Còntini on you preferred music platform. Links generated and arranged by Lynkify.

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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It’s a crazy combination, being passionate about both classical music and hockey! That year I had to change in the parking lot for the symphony was nuts…😆 I’m so glad women’s hockey is taking hold—2 leagues & symphony is the kind of dilemma I’m happy to work out!

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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

(Why am I seeing a blue cartoon character in my head as a result of the exclamation point? I like the photo, regardless…)

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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

OMG, that’s hysterical! Frightening, but hysterical!

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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I love both institutions, and so happy they decided to do this together!!

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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

My ultimate conflict was in 2023: STL Blues home opener AND Hilary Hahn w/SLSO. So…hockey jersey for day game, dressier clothes stashed in the trunk, postgame costume change, slap on lipstick, rush to the symphony. Aaand, here we are again with the tough choices. 🏒🎻 🤦🏻‍♀️ Sigh. #NHL #PWHL #SLSO #STL

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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I’m on the [French] horns of a dilemma. This is my happiest time of year, except when a hockey season opener competes with a can’t-miss symphony program. Dec 5, the choice is Jeremy Denk + #SLSO vs. #PWHL season opener So. Torn. 🎹🏒🤦🏻‍♀️ #classicalmusic #hockey slso.org/event/dvorak...

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Dvořák’s Eighth: Bohemian Dreams - St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

St Louis Symphony free? Yup, vouchers from the library, no strings attached—except for the ones that are on stage. Also, there’s a shuttle from Plaza Frontenac for just $20 RT. Cheaper and comfier than ride service. #STL #classicalmusic #SLSO www.slpl.org/free-tickets...

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Free Tickets to the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

New to the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra? Experience the power of music for free! The St. Louis Public Library is partnering with…

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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Position opening: Music Director in Grosse Pte, MI. 🎻 🎵 Interested conductors, anyone wishing to recommend a candidate, or learn more about the process: contact search committee chair Joan Blair at blairjoan@sbcglobal.net. #musicianjobs #classicalmusic #MI

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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Love this! And can feel the fit—horns in 6 sound like a portal to another dimension. I always found distance to be compelling, with horns it sounds more like a memory than music in real time. That finale…😍

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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

That is some wicked side-eye right there! 6 is something, hammer aside, and live-up-close had to be quite the rush!

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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It’s going *very* well with a double shot of espresso right now—I should probably include a warning label when I go out among other humans…

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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Mine can change day to day, and I still secretly harbor the wish that someday I’ll get to smack the Mahler hammer!

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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Now that I’m wide awake again, mebbe I should choose a Mahler or something. 🤔

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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Well, now, THAT explains *every*thing!

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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Love it, and would expect nothing less!!

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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

All life decisions should be based on internet quizzes, or so I’ve been led to believe. That may explain the state of my life at various points in the past…! 😉

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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I have a soft spot for first symphonies, in part for how they matured. That’s very cool on 2, and I’m with you on 8. 1,2,5 here—6 used to make the cut, but only because I wanted to play with the hammer 😁

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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

From the bench… Crook: Easy sight lines, lid can get tricky. Can sound weird if it’s up all the way. Ensemble spot, equality rules. Keyboard: Not always easy for communication. Soloist spot. Add’l option: downstage a bit with either. (Harpsichord: toss all of that out 😁)

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