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John Fenster @mountmccabe.bsky.social · 20h

I rather like Forest Hills Stadium! Here for Geese

John Fenster @mountmccabe.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It's time to try a bit of Mahler again, lured in by the WP opener by Tania León. Hilarious to have a 12-minute piece then an intermission

Tilted and bent program page.

New York Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor
September 24-27 & 29, 2026 17,376th-17,380th Concerts

Tania LEÓN (b. 1943)
Imágenes Mestizas (2026; World Premiere-New York Philharmonic commission)

Intermission

MAHLER (1860-1911)

Symphony No. 5 (1901-02)

PART I
Funeral March: With measured step. Strict. Like a cortège
Stormily, with greatest vehemence

PART II
Vigorously, not too fast

PART III
Adagietto: Very slow
Rondo-Finale: Allegro giocoso

Black text on white page.

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Possum Acquainter @possumacquainter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Winkin' In The Boudoir: A Burlesque Tribute To George Saunders's "Lincoln In The Bardo" Oct 3, 2009 7:15 PM

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John Fenster @mountmccabe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Distracting and confusing Volta and Figment so Ritzy can get a birthday treat

Person standing in a kitchen holding two cats in their hands, one grey and white with legs hanging almost out of frame, face pushed forward towards the picture taker. The cat on our left is a brown tabby with a lot of white underbelly showing. She is significantly smaller and looks very confused. She is doing a blep. There is a stainless steel refrigerator door and tan wood flooring. The human is mostly blocked by the cats, but you can see their red plaid flannel shirt and a bit of their head sticking up, with unkempt hair

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John Fenster @mountmccabe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I really loved The Surge at the Joyce!

View from a balcony with red chairs. Stage is hidden by a large red curtain

Marquee. Says Joyce in a colorful, unique font.
Below that in red: The Surge an ode to Sinead O'Connor Sep 16 thru 27

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John Fenster @mountmccabe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Mungojerrie is in Queeney Todd is a thing that makes complete sense

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John Fenster @mountmccabe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I wasn't thrilled by Macbeth at the Met last night, but there was a lot to enjoy

Lincoln Center Plaza, the facade of the Met in the background with a hanging banner that says Macbeth. People sitting on the metal ring around the central fountain, cloudy skies

Stage with the cast, chorus, and dancers assembled on the a set that evokes ruins

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John Fenster @mountmccabe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I love open window season, and so do the cats

Two cats sit in front of an open window. They are on a clear plastic table, the long-haired gray and white cat on the left is laying front paws in the windowsill. The medium hair brown tabby on the right is in a crouch. Outside is green with some bushes and a bird feeder. There is a small sparrow on top of one of the bushes

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Chef Kennedy🐸🏳️‍🌈 @kennedy.northsky.social · 17/09/2026

Tired: asking if someone is your "real friend" or an "internet friend" Wired: asking if your friendship is real-time or turn-based

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Kyle Thomas @kylehemingway.com · 16/09/2026

Went here and everybody knew you.

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John Fenster @mountmccabe.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I realized my preferences for ice cream are that I miss Cold Stone Creamery

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John Fenster @mountmccabe.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Heard the crows outside and there was so much commotion. Turns out they were chasing a fox off

A red fox trots at the edge of a street in front of a house with brick and shingles. There is a patch of grass below and branches of green trees above

Fox is in front of the same house, but a little further, close to a yellow and silver fire hydrant.

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John Fenster @mountmccabe.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Storm clouds are making their presence known! Just got some lightning

The sky is full of clouds, some giving dark shades of blue. Large white baffles that look like fun sculptures and the high overhang of the roof

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John Fenster @mountmccabe.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Do I know anyone in Santa Fe that wants tickets to the next two nights? Family arrived this afternoon and unfortunately have to head right back due to an emergency.

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John Fenster @mountmccabe.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

My first time at Santa Fe Opera! Tonight is Lili Elbe

Poster for the opera Lili Elbe is rather unclear with the reflection on the plastic. Behind this display there is a sign that says The Crosby T(heater) on a large adobe building.

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John Fenster @mountmccabe.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Santa Fe has corvids, too! Woodhouse Scrub Jay on the fence right outside my door

Small blue and white bird perches on a rustic fence made of cut tree juniper (?) trunks (thin). There is also part of a red sun umbrella in the foreground. It is day

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Me. @zarq.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

A friend living in a red, oppressive state needs help accessing gender therapy / resources for their trans teen. I know there used to be a google sheet with links / info. If anyone has that link, can you pls send it to me? Any advice would be helpful. If you can boost this post i'd appreciate it.

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John Fenster @mountmccabe.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Death in Classical is running a preview of Lincoln in the Bardo at Green-Wood Cemetery in September. Grass seats are already sold out.

deathofclassical.com

Lincoln in the Bardo Immersive Cemetery Preview (The Green-Wood Cemetery) | The Green-Wood Cemetery

September 25, 2026 | Various Artists

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John Fenster @mountmccabe.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Bigfoot Ripped My Dog in Half I Saw It is one of my highlights of Fringe

Two clowns in patched costumes on a mostly bare stage. An upside down Stop sign between them has parts of what might be a Sasquatch covering it, with additional pieces at the base.

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John Fenster @mountmccabe.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Beethoven & Ortiz at Usher Hall! My last EIF concert

Dimly lit Hall looks blue. There are several rows of seats then a stage with a lot of chairs and some people warming up their instruments. Beyond that is more seating.

Program page in front of seats. Text reads

BEETHOVEN 7 & ORTIZ

Fri 14 Aug
USHER HALL

This performance 1 hour 45 minutes

Beethoven Symphony No.7 in A, Op.92 (1812)
1. Poco sostenuto - Vivace
II. Allegretto
III. Presto
IV. Allegro con brio
(Approx. 41 minutes)

Interval (20 minutes)

Gabriela Ortiz Revolución diamantina* (2023) (Approx. 42 minutes)
*Sung in Spanish with English surtitles

SCOTTISH PREMIERE

Los Angeles Philharmonic Gustavo Dudamel Conductor

Women of the Los Angeles Master Chorale

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

If you were King Solomon And I was a lady Would you marry me anyway Would you halve my baby

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John Fenster @mountmccabe.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

This is a seductively brutal opera. Thrilling and affecting

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John Fenster @mountmccabe.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I am enjoying The Galloping Cure even more a second time

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John Fenster @mountmccabe.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Beth Taylor in recital with Hamish Brown

Hildegard von Bingen 0 Ignee Spiritus (Antiphon) (circa mid-12th century)

(Approx. 3 minutes)

Holmès 20 Mélodies No.15 (circa 1880s)

XV. Pareil à la mer profonde

(Approx. 3 minutes)

Holmès Les Sept Ivresses No.2 (circa 1880s)

II. Le Vin

(Approx. 3 minutes)

L Boulanger Reflets (1911)

(Approx. 3 minutes)

Cameron Biles-Liddell The Breakers (2024)

1. The Storm

II. Twilight

(Approx. 12 minutes)

Traditional Orkney folksong, arr. Cameron Biles-Liddell The Grey Selkie o' Sule Sker

(1934)

(Approx. 5 minutes)

Smyth Three Moods of the Sea (1913)

I.

Requies

II. Before the Squall

III. After Sunset

(Approx. 12 minutes)

Interval (20 minutes)

Hensel Schwanenlied No.1, Op.1 (1837)

(Approx. 4 minutes)

Converse Cassandra Cycle (circa 1950s)

I. Cassandra's Entrance

II. Under a Lullaby

III. Vanity of Vanities

(Approx. 9 minutes)

C Schumann Lorelei (1843)

(Approx. 3 minutes)

Tailleferre Pancarte pour une Porte d'entrée (1959)

II. Désinvolture

IV. Cours

VI. Sainte Nitouche

X. Le Serpent

(Approx. 6 minutes)

Stuart MacRae Medusa (2026)

1. Children

II. Statuette

III. As I am

IV. Dichotomy

V. Serpents

(Approx. 16 minutes)

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John Fenster @mountmccabe.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

The Galloping Cure by Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek premieres tonight

Tall yellow poster with blue/purple bars in a window. Says Edinburgh International Festival at top and The Galloping Cure at bottom.

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John Fenster @mountmccabe.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

First pic I took in Scotland: Eurasian Magpies

Three Eurasian Magpies together and another one across the green. These black and white birds are on a grass lawn in front of an old brick building

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John Fenster @mountmccabe.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Lol, stuck on a Metro North train home; we should have gotten to the end of the line an hour ago.

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🌅 Patricia Wallinga 🌇 @pwallinga.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Opera people, we CANNOT do this. It's like a worse version of the youth pastor meme

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John Fenster @mountmccabe.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Bad news about the live action Lohengrin film

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👁️saac 👁️o @eyesack.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

They're called sliders because they come from an alternate reality where everything is 50% smaller

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John Fenster @mountmccabe.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The 'doors are closing' chime on this SLC train is the start of Think Long by Mates of State?!

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evil rabbit fripp 🪦 @rabbitfripp.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

This is as of today. Would love to buy cat litter, pay 2 bills totaling approximately $236, and maybe get coffee or some thc for my #LongCovid #mutualaid #bills #communityfunding #discover #cats #pets #help #covid

Screenshot of online bank account balance. Top of image is dark blue with the words Account Details in white. Below is a white background with black words Member Advantage Checking and a negative balance in red of -$105.06

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Lilith @nicepersonality.social · 10/07/2026

My signature deodorant is Old Spice Kierkegaard (with the great scents of fear and trembling)!

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Adrian Daub @adriandaub.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Robyn in Call your Girlfriend: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!! Robyn in Dancing on my Own: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.

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John Fenster @mountmccabe.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Oops, just scared a squirrel on the peach tree by throwing the quinoa rinse water out the window. I apologized but how sincere was it? Will I change how I dump grain rinse water out windows?

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John Fenster @mountmccabe.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I was so close to hitting grind

Coffee grinder on a marble counter next to a digital scale. The grinder is missing the cup the ground beans would be collected in. There is a window with a shade in the background. It almost appears to be in black and white.

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Kenny Logins @kennylogins.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

sir i see you’re interested in the noel gallagher’s jacket from the music video for ‘don’t look back in anger’ package

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John Fenster @mountmccabe.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Black Swan! New dance musical by Dave Molloy, book by Jen Silverman, direction and choreography by Sonya Tayeh

Banner on the corner of a building that says Black Swan in all caps with a black feather

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John Fenster @mountmccabe.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Werner Herzog rankings, updated 1. Aguirre, the Wrath of God 2. My Best Fiend 3. The Mandalorian, season 1 (selections) 4. Encounters at the End of the World 5. The Killers: Unstaged, live in the Bronx, 2012 6. Tannhäuser, Teatro di San Carlo, 1998

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John Fenster @mountmccabe.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Of course it makes sense to have two orchestras playing Bruckner 8 in NYC within a week; Bychov used the Nowak 1890, Nézet-Séguin had used the Haas previously and the program note on the Carnegie page suggests this time will not be different

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John Fenster @mountmccabe.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Anton Bruckner under Semyon Bychov

Program page. Text reads

New York Philharmonic
Semyon Bychkov, Conductor

BRUCKNER (1824-96)
Symphony No. 8 in C minor (1887, rev. 1889-90; ed. Nowak, 1955)

Allegro moderato
Scherzo: Allegro moderato -
Trio. Langsam (Slow). Scherzo da capo
Adagio. Feierlich langsam, doch nicht schleppend (Solemnly slow, but not dragging)
Finale: Feierlich, nicht schnell (Solemn, not fast)

THIS CONCERT WILL BE PERFORMED WITHOUT AN INTERMISSION.

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John Fenster @mountmccabe.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

I picked the right restaurant for brunch before today's matinee of Frida y Diego

Dark blue wallpaper with flowers and repeated portraits of Frida Kahlo blowing a pink bubble with gum

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John Fenster @mountmccabe.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Elim Chan conducts the NYPhil. Great to have a chance to hear Carter Brey as the soloist in the Saint-Saëns concerto before he retires at the end of the season.

Program page held with an elevated view of the blurry stage in the background.

New York Philharmonic
May 27-30, 2026
Elim Chan, Conductor
Carter Brey, Cello

Noriko KOIDE (b. 1982)
Swaddling Silk and Gossamer Rain (2022; New York Premiere)

SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921)
Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 (1872)
Allegro non troppo
Allegretto con moto
Tempo primo
(played without pause)

CARTER BREY

Intermission

PROKOFIEV (1891-1953)
Selections from Zolushka (Cinderella), Opp. 87 and 107 (1940-44)

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John Fenster @mountmccabe.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Last year I was getting a murder of up to 5 crows. Recently it's been just one bird that is not intimidated by me at all

Black corvid standing on a brick wall of a raised garden bed. Some sort of evergreen spills around and in the background is green trimmed grass and a brick walkway. The bird is focused on a Ziploc bag of peanuts which sets next to a soup takeout container holding diced meat.

Black corvid perched on the shepherd's hook holding up a 2/3 full bird feeder. In the background there are bushes. This view is out a window; inside a large grey and white cat is beside himself worked up about the large bird

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John Fenster @mountmccabe.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

There are currently 15 tickets available for tomorrow's El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego at the Met (plus ~20 limited view, two wheelchair spaces, and a few companion seats), almost all in Parterre. For this show and the three remaining performances there are no seats in Family Circle or Balcony

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