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Nicholas Ong

@NicholasOngRT

PhD-ing on Women and Music in Nineteenth-century Russia @CamUniMusic @ClareCollege | Co-presenter @CraftingMLives

 Cambridge, UK / Singapore
Joined August 2020
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Published(!) is my article in @CamJLPA on music and Singapore! Read here: bit.ly/3XlEYhg.
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'По возвращении в Москву Серов рассказал жене Ольге Федоровне о том, какую кровавую бойню ему довелось наблюдать: В чем же провинились беззащитные люди? Лишь в том, что несли петицию царю, хотели встречи с ним. Значит, теперь в России за это можно и убивать?' – at Cambridge, England
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'Впрочем, чаще говорили о начавшейся войне, по деревням шел призыв в армию, и как-то, выйдя прогуляться в село, Серов и сам стал свидетелем раздирающей душу сцены прощания матери с уходящим на войну сыном.' – at Cambridge, England
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Darnley. – at Hillingdon, London
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NEW RELEASE! Palestrina Revealed out today on @harmoniamundi world premiere recordings Byrd | White | Mundy @ClareChoir @mrgrahamross @IkonArtsMgmt 🎥 youtu.be/scMrBMt1dZI #Palestrina #newalbum #newrelease #choral #renaissance #choir
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youtu.be/ao9rJY7bhhY?si=mHR-… – at Cambridge, England
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It’s December the twenty-fourth… and there was no dreaming necessary this year! Recorded in the early hours yesterday morning in a snowy Black Forest in Germany. Wishing all our friends and supporters around the world a very happy Christmas! @ClareChoir @mrgrahamross
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It has been an absolute delight and privilege to spend the past few weeks as a Clare-Yale fellow at @Yale! Thankful to those who made this such a memorable experience! – at New Haven, CT
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Into the Woods we went! – at New Haven, CT
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Overheard at Yale: 'Didn't Henry VIII kill all his wives?' – at New Haven, CT
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Some views from my first two days at @Yale. Just the scale of it all... – at New Haven, CT
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We are very pleased to announce the election of 248 new Fellows, Associate Fellows, Members & PGR Members to @RoyalHistSoc bit.ly/4eOANTa Our 65 new Fellows practice #History in the UK and worldwide; our 73 new PGR Members study in 50 universities #twitterstorians
Royal Historical Society: Society elects 248 new Fellows, Associate Fellows, Members and Postgraduate Members.

ALT Royal Historical Society: Society elects 248 new Fellows, Associate Fellows, Members and Postgraduate Members.

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🎥 #NewFilm #Monteverdi #Vespers Our new filmed concert performance of Claudio Monteverdi’s VESPERS of 1610, given at @SinfoniaSmithSq in April 2024, is out now on our @YouTube channel: youtube.com/watch?v=2O6LUs7x… @ClareChoir @ecse1610 @AJRStaples @nickmulroy @mrgrahamross
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Yay!
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In Cambridge: a man on the street getting his face painted with the England flag mocking Chinese people who were speaking as they walked by him. Leaving the house just gets more stressful. – at Cambridge, England
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I once thought I was being extra for purchasing a dash cam for cycling, but now it feels even more like a potential device of justice. – at Cambridge, England
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Time to wend our way home after a great week at @MusicInSummer, finished off in style with a great John Passion last night! Thanks to all the wonderful participants for their singing and playing. We had time for one more croquet match before heading to bed…!
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Graduation Day! 🧑‍🎓 👩‍🎓 Love and congratulations to all our wonderful Choir leavers: Cameron, Daniel and Flora in absentia, and Alex, Julian, Thea, Luca, Zoe, Lilly, Lisa, Jess, Ananya, Isaac, Maggie, Harry, Emily, Emma, Nick, Meg, and Julius. Thank you for the music! ❤️
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Today marks a centenary since the death of critic-composer Valentina Serova (1846-1924). Serova was a remarkable woman committed to both musical developments and music education in late nineteenth-century Russia. Here's a little more about her: musicatcambridge.wordpress.c…
Nicholas Ong on Russian critic-composer Valentina Serova and her opera ‘Uriel Acosta’ (1885)

Nicholas Ong on Russian critic-composer Valentina Serova and her opera ‘Uriel Acosta’ (1885)

On 15 April 1885, the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow staged the premiere of Valentina Serova’s first opera Uriel Acosta. Whilst her magnum opus was initially well received in Russia’s old…

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I was not expecting to pop my Shchedrin cherry with speakers in lieu of a live orchestra. Alas, t'was Carmen this evening @NPSarajevo. – at Bosnia and Herzegovina
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