Rowann Gilman

@rowenamezzo @NationalGallery Heaven!!

Spring on a plate… Pappardelle with fava beans, pecorino, rucola… #locatelli @NationalGallery

@StevenIsserlis If you have a fine idea you can absolutely take credit for it. If you can't make it great, there are plenty of folks out there to help you.

Antonín Dvořák, d otd 1904: “To have a wonderful idea is nothing special. The idea comes of its own accord and, if it’s fine and great, man cannot take the credit for it. But to take a fine idea and make something great of it, that is the hardest thing; that is what real art is!”

@StevenIsserlis Yes, but where those areas meet forms a line. Je suis desole, Ed.

Manet (d otd 1883) on nature: "There's no symmetry in nature. One eye is never exactly the same as the other. There's always a difference. We all have a more or less crooked nose and an irregular mouth.” "There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another.”

@StevenIsserlis Funny!

Thomas Beecham b otd 1879: what a wit (even though I hate the cello quip); but also: what a musician! "The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes." "At a rehearsal I let the orchestra play as they like. At the concert I make them play as I like."

@arealmofwonder Oh, Richard. Makes my heartbeat fly.

Richard Burton reciting this piece from Hamlet ("I have of late but wherefore I know not...") is definitely worth your attention.

@StevenIsserlis Gorgeous.

Sergei Prokofiev b (in Ukraine!) otd 1891. Complicated character; but what a composer! Such extreme variety in his output, from the manic energy of his youth to the wonderful lyricism of his late style. And always such wit, verve, boundless imagination - and glorious melodies.

@SirPatStew @KeithOlbermann Thank you Sir.

To celebrate the birthday of William Shakespeare, I’m sharing a few lines from my most favorite sonnet, Sonnet 116. I’ve converted a few of my friends to its cause, and I’m hoping you’re next. Cheers! You can hear the entire collection in “Patrick Stewart Performs the Complete Sonnets of William Shakespeare” available now: bit.ly/PatrickStewart… @SimonAudio #NationalShakespeareDay

@Liberalscribble @StevenIsserlis That's hilarious!

@StevenIsserlis Did you advise him that hairdressers are in the employment of the government and that hair are your aerials picking up signals from the cosmos? This is the reason bald headed men are uptight.

Today at LaGuardia, a (really lovely) check-in agent: ‘May I ask - do musicians not like to get haircuts because their mind are on higher things?’ Haha. He then told me that he’s planning to get a haircut tomorrow, because he has a date soon. I advised him against it…

@jeremydenk ience.

@jeremydenk Like many kids who took piano lessons in the 50s, I was given the first few pages of Fur Elise to practice and through the years heard many recordings of it. Fifty+ years later I heard Alfred Brendel play it (courtesy of a car radio at that), and was transfixed. A whole new exper

listening to brendel's incredible schubert 845 on headphones with smooth jazz playing in the "real world"

@Old_But_Gold50s Absolutely exquisite.

I’ve returned to this rendition countless times. Her voice is so beautiful it feels as though one could simply float away into the music.🌸🎶 𝐆. 𝐅. 𝐇𝐚̈𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐥 — 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐚 𝐜𝐡’𝐢𝐨 𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐋𝐞𝐳𝐡𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐚, 𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐨

@StevenIsserlis 🎯

Shakespeare b otd 1564! Glory be... "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." "The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool." "It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves." "Lord, what fools these mortals be!"

@jeremydenk Are you going to share it with us?

every morning, i read a beethoven letter, with one hilarious thing, and one tragic thing, and sometimes they are the same

@StevenIsserlis And yet we keep loving.

Queen Elizabeth b otd 100 years ago! Examples of her succinct wisdom: "It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained." "Grief is the price we pay for love." "Throughout all my life and with all my heart I shall strive to be worthy of your trust."

@shouq_al90149 Estelle

Vintage old Lady name for this dog please 🥺

@StevenIsserlis Ms Dessay is one of my most favorite singers, and she's a terrific actress as well. I've wondered what happened to her and miss her performances.

French voice day! Natalie Dessay (b otd 1965): "I have to pretend that it's easy... And in order to be able to pretend that, I have to work like a dog." Véronique Gens (1966): "The music is here to move you, not there for you to say ‘oh it’s beautiful’ without feeling the pain."

@StevenIsserlis ✔️

@polyvinylfilm Sorry - playing tonight, leaving tomorrow. But back soon…

New York City in the sunshine - unusual things can happen! At a restaurant, the waiter took my card, and then handed me a receipt. 'And the tip?' I asked. 'Don't worry about it!' he replied. !!! And in a cab, the driver looked at my cello, and smiled: 'Music - happiness!' he said

@StevenIsserlis We should all try to laugh a lot today in their honor, difficult as that may be these days.

Comedy day! 3 of the funniest (in different ways) men ever b otd: Charlie Chaplin (1889): "A day without laughter is a day wasted." Spike Milligan (1918): "Blessed are the cracked, for they let in the light." Peter Ustinov (1921): "Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious."

@StevenIsserlis Took the words right out of my mouth! 😜

Samuel Beckett b otd 120 years ago! “Dance first. Think later. It's the natural order.” “The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new.” “The end is in the beginning and yet you go on.” “There’s man all over for you, blaming on his boots the faults of his feet.”