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LK_Sass

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LitWit • Baroque music & early keyboards • Hockey • Books • Enterprise tech marketing

"Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time." ~Howard Nemerov

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LK_Sass, to classicalmusic
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Boston music fam, did any of you go?!
$100 million orchestra: A Far Cry performs on 18 of the finest instruments in the world

https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/03/29/stradivari-serenade-a-far-cry-chamber-orchestra-boston

@classicalmusic

LK_Sass, (edited ) to random
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Pre-dawn, giving in and getting up. Had one of those “seeing my place as others do” moments. It was terrifying, so looks like it’s office-cleaning day.
Morning tracks: Del Cinque, Sonatas for 2- and 3 cellos. An incredibly prolific composer for cello not nearly as well-known as deserved.
The trio: Ludovico Minasi, Theodoro Baù, Christina Vidoni

https://songwhip.com/ludovicominasi/sonata-no-17-for-three-cellos-in-g-minor-ii-vivace-e-vibrato

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Staving off Monday with Locatelli, Robyn Schiff’s collection, “Information Desk: An Epic” and a decent glass of Gigondas.
https://songwhip.com/london-baroque/trio-sonata-in-d-major-op-8-no-8-iii-cantabile

It’s been a grueling couple of weeks with obscenely early mornings at The Day Job. As one of my bosses says, it’s “stupid o’clock.”

LK_Sass, to random
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I feel morally obligated to attend any program featuring Marais’s ‘Alcyone’, what with it bearing the traditional family name and all. (Tafelmusik Baroque is in town).

LK_Sass, to random
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Early day is starting with a triple-shot and good read from Quanta on fractals, visionaries and tech: https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-quest-to-decode-the-mandelbrot-set-maths-famed-fractal-20240126/

Mandelbrot’s memoir “The Fractalist” is still among my favorite books.
And, if ever there’s a ‘Mandelbrot, The Musical!’, the former PopSci troubadour has the first song ready. Earworm of the day is Mandelbrot Set: https://songwhip.com/jonathan-coulton/mandelbrotset

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LK_Sass, to random
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Insomnia track. And, I suppose thinking, “Could have coffee and read in an hour…” is not helping. https://songwhip.com/london-baroque/ballettoa3ingmajorop3no3ipreludiolargo

LK_Sass,
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@EllieK Thanks, Ellie! It’s been a crazy couple months — nice to be back & catching up. Hmmm, I’ll see if there’s a YouTube of at least the first one!

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I'm Too Tired To Get Up and Go To Bed: A Memoir.

LK_Sass,
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@Bronwyn Are we living parallel lives?! I told someone earlier today that recent weeks have actually been 168 hour workdays, punctuated by short naps…

EllieK, (edited ) to music
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Good day all! I'm pretty busy just at the moment, but I thought audiophiles (as well as regular people) would find this an interesting read or listen. Steven told me about it.
"He spent his life building a $1 million stereo. The real cost was unfathomable.
Ken Fritz turned his home into an audiophile’s dream — the world’s greatest hi-fi. What would it mean in the end?"

Gift link:

https://wapo.st/4b4QTGX

LK_Sass,
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@EllieK That was such a tragic story in so many ways, not the least of which was how the children felt. Probably also an object lesson (literally?) in doing things like that when there’s no expectation of getting anything from it but joy and, of course, if doesn’t fry the bank account or relationships.
My books and music obsession pale in comparison!

BlackAzizAnansi, to random
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How many times have you been infected with Covid?

LK_Sass,
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@BlackAzizAnansi 1x. After dodging it for 3-1/2 years, had it at the end of Oct.

LK_Sass, to random
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I always prefer small quiet groups over large garrulous ones—and never more so than this time of year—which is why trio sonatas are winning today.
Listening: Trio Sonatas in 18c Italy (Albinoni and Bonporti on repeat).
Sipping: Duke of Africa tea from newly-discovered gem, Teatopia
Reading: Still on “Once Upon a Prime…” by Sarah Hart. Two of my favorite things bound up in delightful way (literally and figuratively, to go for the double-pun potential here).
https://songwhip.com/london-baroque/the-trio-sonata-in-18th-century-italy

LK_Sass, to classicalmusic
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Listening: Locatelli. Sinfonia funebre composta per l'esequie della sua donna
https://songwhip.com/concerto-italiano/sinfonia-funebre-composta-per-le-essequie-della-sua-donna-che-si-celebrarono-in-roma-in-f-minor-dunl-22-lamento-i-lamento-lar

Reading: Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature
by Sarah Hart.

Sipping: Halcyon tea. Love having a brew carrying the name that women in my fam pass down across generations.

LK_Sass, to random
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Well.
My childhood home is being torn down & its woods leveled, to be replaced by a muni utility plant. First piano I played was on the 2nd floor of its unfinished carriage house —an 1860s Chickering square grand that toughed it out from 1912 onwards in the unheated ‘man cave’ of the builder.
Scared the sh*t out of me climbing up there as a free-range 5 yr old, but I was in luuurve with that out-of-tune behemoth.
Sigh.

Fauré. Élégie for cello & piano, Op24
https://songwhip.com/steven-isserlis/elegie-for-cello-and-piano-op-24

EllieK, (edited ) to Marriage
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Happy 42nd Anniversary to Us!

t's hard to believe that this young couple is us, 42 years ago today. There's been a lot of water under all kinds of bridges since then, but we have sailed, paddled, rowed, poled and occasionally motored along them together all the way. Yes, we've had to use buckets to bail at times, but we always managed to stay afloat because we had each other. Thanks for all these wonderful years, @stevenkennard
Post:
https://www.elliekennard.ca/happy-anniversary-to-us/

LK_Sass,
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@EllieK Comgratulations on a big milestone, and many more happy ones together. ❤️

LK_Sass, to random
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9500 minutes with Corelli this year, so says Spotify.
You there—with the other 2 people in the .005% of obsessive listeners—who’s up for a meet up? 😁
The peril of comparative listening is a very skewed annual Wrapped.
Let’s not even get into Bach-related podcasts.
Tonight’s insomnia track: ‘1723’ with Nadja Zwiener on violin and Johannes Lang on organ. One of my fav recent releases. https://songwhip.com/nadja-zwiener/violin-sonata-in-a-major-op-5-no-6-v-allegro

EllieK, (edited ) to nature
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Sunday Sun Day
Our fields will soon be covered with snow, so this scene can serve to remind me of the lovely light of an early fall day. The morning sun highlighted those tufts of grasses left by the mower so beautifully that they look almost like old-fashioned hay ricks left to dry. Have a lovely day, friends, enjoy the sunshine in your lives whenever you find it. See the post here:
https://www.elliekennard.ca/sunday-sun-day/

LK_Sass,
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@EllieK What an absolutely breathtaking image!

LK_Sass, to random
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If I’m giving in to insomnia, may as well make it comfy for the dichotomy of a brain-busy contemplative mood.
The book: Mathematics for Human Flourishing, by Francis Su
The bev: Ethiopian tea with a wee bit of bourbon
The music: Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco
Concerti à più instrumenti
https://songwhip.com/davidemonti/dallabaco-concerti-a-piu-istrumenti

@classicalmusic

LK_Sass, to random
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Well, it’s all over but the coughing. Managed to stave off Covid for 3-1/2 years, and am bouncing back from first bout. On the mend, and it would be even better if I could only get rid of the wet hockey sock taste of Paxlovid.

LK_Sass, to classicalmusic
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Rameau performed by Maria Sohn, violin, Teodoro Baù, viola da gamba, Dubee Sohn, harpsichord.
https://youtu.be/N8l-ezMVuoA?si=jmx7NStI0Cwsfqfa

@classicalmusic @baroquemusic

LK_Sass,
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@EllieK Much better, thanks Ellie! I’m heading out to get a PCR test this morning to make sure I’m OK to interact with the rest of the planet. It’s glorious autumn weather and colors this week, perfect for a short walk to get strength back. Miss being outside!!

mloxton, to random
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Does optimism vs pessimism have any effect on outcomes and prognosis?

LK_Sass,
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@emmatonkin Yup, kicked off by Norman Cousins and his book, “Anatomy of an Illness.” (I much prefer to remember him as the superb editor of The Saturday Review.)

LK_Sass,
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@mloxton, I can speak only from personal experience. When I received an initial 12-18 month prognosis followed by recovering from CRS-HIPEC, grousing wasn’t going to help. The choice was pile misery on top of existing MDD and anxiety or cope by relying on my survival tactic of humor.
I’m still here—and NED—8 years later and think a positive outlook made a big difference in trusting my care team, open-mindedness and compliance, plus in the attitudes of a very small support network.

ciaccona, to composers

Les Voix Humaines

(viola da gamba)

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Abel, Carl Friedrich (1723-87)
, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Forqueray, Jean-Baptiste (1699–1782)
Hervelois, Louis de Caix d' (c.1670–1759)
Hume, Tobias (c.1579-1645)
Machy, sieur de (c.1685–c.1692)
Marais, Marin (1656-1728)
Playford, John (1623-86)
Sainte Colombe the younger, Monsieur de (c.1660–c.1720)
Schenck, Johannes (1660-1712)
, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)

h/t @LK_Sass

LK_Sass,
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@ciaccona Thank you so much — for some reason lately, I’ve been on a serious viola da gamba kick. Have loved the instruments for years, but it’s resonating more—no pun intended—these days.

LK_Sass,
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@ciaccona Thanks for my weekend playlist—this is great! 😁👍

LK_Sass, to poetry
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Insomnia
by RYNN WILLIAMS

I try floating out along the long O of lone,
to where it flattens to loss, and just stay there
disconnecting the dots of my night sky…
>>Read the rest https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50347/insomnia-56d22d5d85335

@poetry

LK_Sass,
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@EllieK Hi, Ellie—you’re sweet for checking in! I’m muddling through my first bout with Covid, which brought a 3-1/2 year plague-free streak to an end. Unexpected souvenir from a plane flight, I think. 👩‍⚕️ 🤒

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