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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Cello! Recently, I was reminded of the award-winning Canadian cellist Shauna Rolston Shaw. I heard her often on CBC Radio when I lived in Detroit. She has been recording since 16, and these discs are my favorites. Today, she is Professor of Cello at the University of Toronto.

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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's today, and I almost missed it. Don't be a drip, go get yourself a latte-americano-espresso-frenchpress-mocha. There is still time.

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Cape Ann Museum @capeannmuseum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Summer’s over and it’s time to say goodbye. 💔 But the fun’s not over! “Avery, Gottlieb & Rothko: By the Sea” is about to become “By D.C”! 🌊 The exhibition is traveling to The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C. and will be on view from Oct. 24, 2026–Jan. 24, 2027.

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Erin Hanson @erinhansonartist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Crystalline light filters through the boughs of a fiery maple tree in Kyoto, Japan. Crystal Maple by Erin Hanson, 2019 Oil on canvas 36 x 48 in www.erinhanson.com/portfolio/cr... #autumn #kyoto #oilpainting #impressionism #treeclub #landscape @bsky.art #art

Crystalline light filters through the boughs of a fiery maple tree in Kyoto, Japan. The slowly moving waters of the Arashiayama river reflect the light from above. The brush strokes fit together like a mosaic of stained glass, breathing color and motion into the scene.

Crystal Maple
by Erin Hanson, 2019
Oil on canvas
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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

On Rudolf Barshai's birthday - "This set (recorded in Cologne, 1992-2000) is a monument to the most important friendship of Barshai’s life. The WDR SO, clearly searchingly rehearsed, plays up to – and beyond – its reputation. Urgently recommended." - Tully Potter, Gramophone Magazine 2025

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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Happy birthday to musical Renaissance man Rudolf Barshai (1924-2010). Born in Russia, he was a virtuoso violist who played with Gilels, Richter, Oistrakh, Kogan, and more. A founder of the Borodin Quartet (1945), he formed the Moscow Chamber Orch. (1955) and led it for 20 years.

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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Happy Positivity Monday! Focus on what is good.

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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

During the early 1990s, England’s Purcell Quartet recorded a successful series of sonatas for strings by Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) on Chandos Records. The architectural nature of the music and stately, refined playing of the Purcells make this ideal Sunday morning listening.

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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Of Thee I Sing - Let’s celebrate the birthday of the American composer George Gershwin (1898-1937). I’ll be listening to two favorite Gershwin albums from my collection with Ella and MTT. George scored 22 Broadway musicals and revues, many with his brother, lyricist Ira Gershwin.

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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Happy birthday to the man from Toronto. Glenn Gould (1932-1982) would have been 94 today. He introduced thousands of us to Bach’s music on the piano. Some say you gave us Bach's keyboard AND vocal works simultaneously. Go ahead, hum on, Glenn, from your low-ride chair. We’re still here listening.

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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Happy 120th birthday, Dimitri Shostakovich (1906-1975). The world-renowned composer of the Soviet Union was 11 at the time of the Russian revolution and spent much of his life composing music under Stalin’s rule. His music could be intense, rhythmic, witty, and tender by turns.

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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Happy Friday. Take a sip and a bite of your day. Wherever you are, find something in your surroundings to appreciate.

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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Happy 81st birthday to beloved choral-music composer and chorus master Sir John Rutter (b. 1945), whose compositions and work with choirs have done much to sustain the English choral tradition. His musical language is lyricism, and his choral works reflect his gift for melody.

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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Blue - You can’t ask for a more evocative blue painting by Marc Chagall than this one. It combines some of his favorite elements, particularly the two lovers’ floating heads against a moon(fish)lit night sky. It is “Le Paysage Bleu” of 1949, a gouache painting at the Von der Heydt Museum, Germany.

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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Davis - the other one. Love what this man could do with a hundred or so musicians at his disposal. Both of these sets are winners. If you have to pick one, go for Boston (minus Tom Scholz and Brad Delp). It's got the killer Sibelius symphony cycle that all music lovers should own.

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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Going to Paris - Georg Philipp Telemann wrote much music, but little more sublime than his two sets of six Paris Quartets of 1730 and 1738. They are scored for flute, violin, viola da gamba (or cello), and continuo.

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NPR @npr.org · 22/09/2026

As the classical concert season ramps up, two of America's finest orchestras will soon be led by new conductors when Daniel Harding takes over in Los Angeles and Elim Chan leads in San Francisco. n.pr/3TMdswi

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Meet the future of the LA Philharmonic and San Francisco Symphony

As the classical concert season ramps up, two of America's finest orchestras will soon be led by new conductors when Daniel Harding takes over in Los Angeles and Elim Chan leads in San Francisco.

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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Pianists - Happy belated 71st birthday (yesterday) to the 1974 International Tchaikovsky Competition winner, Andrei Gavrilov. And, to catch up, belated birthday greetings to pianists Jonathan Biss and Simon Trpčeski (9/18) and William Kapell (9/20).

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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

After a day involving Earth, Wind & Fire, appropriate that today is the Autumn Equinox in North America. It is the point at which we receive equal parts daylight and darkness, and the start of Fall. Now safe to enjoy Pumpkin Spice everything. Art: MaryAnn Cleary, Cabin View, 2024, oil on linen

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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Cosmic - The Planets, Op.32, by England's Gustav Holst (1874-1934) – whose birthday is today – has captivated listeners for over a century. Its appeal is its ability to evoke the personality of each planet in music, such as the darting playfulness of Mercury and the serene beauty of Venus.

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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Happy Positivity Monday. Stay positive. Live in gratitude.

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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I think of pianists Janina Fialkowska, Maria João Pires, and Dame Imogen Cooper similarly. They were not focused on self-advancement. Instead, they have been here for the music. Always. One is now retired, one making farewell appearances, the third bidding adieu to the concert stage. Such integrity.

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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Late Haitink – Being a completist, I’m happy to have this newly released set of conductor Bernard Haitink’s recordings with the Berlin Philharmonic, Boston Symphony and the Vienna Philharmonic (plus one-offs). Fiery? No. But it’s Haitink, after all, self-effacing and direct.

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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Have a seat, open your Le Monde, and take a sip of this Friday. In the words of a friend, may your joy fall like rain.

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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Martha The Second On Sept. 5th at the BBC Proms in London, beloved pianist Martha Argerich performed Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.2, Op.19 with the Munich Phil and Lahav Shani. It was classic Martha. Her comfort zone, she plays and records the work often. It fits her exuberance and spontaneity.

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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Forever Bill - Yesterday was the 46th anniversary of the passing of the great jazz pianist Bill Evans (1929-1980). He died on September 15, 1980. It was a shock. I followed his career closely and have played his music all through college and over the next 40-plus years. A giant.

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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Bruno Walter - On his birthday, I will always celebrate the life and legacy of Bruno Walter (1876–1962), one of the great conductors of the 20th century. He had a long, remarkable life and was considered by his fellow musicians to be genuinely kind, humble, and humanistic .

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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Cherkassky – Collectors of recordings by Golden Age pianists are indebted to Nimbus Records for mining its vaults during the COVID pandemic. That has allowed them to issue four volumes of previously unreleased recordings Shura Cherkassky (1909-1995) made for #Nimbus in 1981-1987.

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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Happy Positivity Monday. Let gratitude lead you to a happier life.

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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Happy International Chocolate Day, Sept. 13th. That is the post.

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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Deutsche Kammermusik vor Bach – Sunday listening to music I missed on first release. In 1981, musicologist and violinist Reinhard Goebel assembled examples of 17th-century German chamber music with Musica Antiqua Köln. It includes sonatas from Reincken and Pachelbel to Rosenmüller and J.S. Bach.

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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Celebrating the birthday of artist Jan Brueghel the Younger (1601-1678) of Antwerp, the third generation in a family of artists. He painted detailed landscape paintings, allegorical and religious scenes, and mythological subjects. Art: Satyrs Nymphs and Leopards in a Landscape, 1625, Leiden Coll.

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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The harpsichord suites of French baroque composer Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) lend themselves well to the modern grand piano. In addition to Marcelle Meyer, here are two of my favorite interpreters of his music on piano, Alexandre Tharaud and Angela Hewitt. Rameau died on September 12, 1764.

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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

This morning, the hills and fields of Provence are in mind. Harvests ended, the lavender distilling to its essence. Vineyards cool and misted. The skies pure blue with a crisp edge of the new season approaching. These “Postcard from Provence” works by Julian Merrow-Smith evoke place and feeling.

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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Happy 91st birthday to Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, whose music has given us much peace and solace. "I have discovered that it is enough when a single note is beautifully played."

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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Happy Friday, friends. Take a sip of coffee and transport yourself. The weekend is here.

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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Remembering English conductor, harpsichordist and musicologist Christopher Hogwood CBE (1941-2014) on what would have been his 85th birthday. As a scholar and leading light in historically informed practices in classical music, he took great joy in bringing great music to life. So missed.

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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Rare – After yesterday’s Dvořák birthday, I played these two discs of neglected repertoire. Leif Ove Andsnes has a real sense of adventure in the studio of late. Here is rarely performed piano music from Dvorak (2022) and Sibelius (2017), both better known for orchestral music.

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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Let's Dance - Celebrating the birthday of Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) with his two sets of Slavonic Dances from 1878 and 1886. One of my favorite recordings of his music is led by Czech conductor Rafael Kubelik (1914-1996). He and the BRSO bring out the joy in Dvořák’s folk dance compositions.

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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Transfigured – Pianist Petronel Malan did the world a service in 2001 by recording these Bach transcriptions of Bartok, Lipatti, and Friedman. Virtuoso performances on a Blüthner at Skywalker Sound. Her auspicious @HaensslerMusic debut earned critical praise and is still available.

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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Happy belated birthday (Saturday) to America’s first female composer, Amy Beach (1867-1944). She broke the gender barrier in 19th century American music by becoming the first woman in the U.S. to compose and publish a symphony, her “Gaelic” Symphony, Op.32 of 1894.

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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Happy Positivity Monday - Labor Day edition. Keep a good heart.

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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Windy – To say Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) was a prolific composer is an understatement. Among his vast output were these inventive concerti for wind instruments, all displayed to advantage. Luckily, Michael Schneider and La Stagione / Camerata Köln recorded them all for CPO during 2005-2012.

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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Happy 65th birthday to the incomparable pianist-composer Marc-Andre Hamelin. In addition to performing the most challenging areas of piano literature, he composes fiendishly difficult works himself and performs them with aplomb.

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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Happy Friday. After a week that saw the passing of friends and inspirations, it's time for a cup or two to begin the weekend. May it bring you peace, too.

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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I know many pianists will be interested in this newly released recording by the great Shura Cherkassky. “...Shura was unique, his imagination, humility, and daring allied to matchless command of colour put him in a class of one.” - Adrian Farmer, Nimbus Records

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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Rest in peace, Gloria Steinem - The cause of equality for women has lost one of its most powerful voices. I woke up this morning to learn that Ms. Steinem has died at 92. Journalist, activist and feminist, she advocated tirelessly for women’s rights. Long may her voice be heard. Photo: Gia McKenna

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Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Cassandra’s Gone - The great American jazz singer and songwriter Cassandra Wilson (1956-2026) died today in Jackson, Miss. Just 70. Still at the peak of her incredible powers. She could wrap her distinctive smoke-and-molasses contralto around any musical material and make it her own. Rest in peace.

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