Passionate symphony lover. Other music is good too. Find me at https://xitter.cf/t.co/DUxioZRp7R. This account kept for reference only.
Manchester, England
Joined March 2018
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I would rather have been wrong.
Am I the only one who now sort of wishes not having read The Handmaid's Tale? I love your work, @MargaretAtwood, but I seriously worry that you might be a visionary.
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As with Brexit, it’s already clear that the only thing Trump supporters in the UK have to celebrate is the discomfort of people who know what’s coming. Give it a year or two & they’ll be demanding that we stop talking about him altogether. It’s like Groundtwat Day.
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Arnold Bax was born on 8 November 1883. He created haunting tapestries of lush harmonies and purveyed evocative, magical landscapes, capturing the soul of nature and the spirit of myth in a deeply poetic voice. What are your favourite Bax works and recordings?
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The @WelshNatOpera orchestra needs your help! Keep the WNO as a full-time company, protect jobs and secure the company’s future.
Write to your MP or MS and ask them to help protect one of the jewels in the Welsh culture crown.
themu.org/WNOBalch
Diogelu Opera Cenedlaethol Cymru! Anfonwch neges e-bost at eich cynrychiolwyr gwleidyddol i ofyn am eu cefnogaeth ✊
Protect Welsh National Opera! Email your political representatives for support ✊
🔗 bit.ly/4fiLYUE
#WNOProud #WNOBalch
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#NowSpinning sure one of the #GreatRecordings of Scheherazade. I fell in love with this performance when my brother bought me the disc for Christmas. What a hero! Mackerras always wonderful; here particularly so!
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Last Monday I had a heart attack. It is only thanks to the incredible care I received from the @NHS that I survived. The ongoing, preventable, easily fixable arts funding crisis in the UK is having massive effects on the physical and mental health of thousands of artists. Enough.
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#Holst150 #125: Chrissemas Day in the Morning H. 165 Op. 46/1 (1926)
I'm listening to every Holst piece I can find in the order he composed them. These three little piano pieces are sorely-needed solace on a dark and gloomy morning. /1
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It barely featured in the campaign, but it looks like the world’s most powerful economy is about to elect a climate denying authoritarian who hates clean technology. The chances of global temperatures spiralling out of control just increased substantially.
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I’m looking for a manager who’s interested in schools and artist development to join my team @BrittenSinfonia 💜 I promise you couldn’t work for a more lovely and welcoming group - You’ll have creative input in projects and you’ll make a difference!
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My book on Sibelius’s symphonies & tone poems — Sun Forest Lake — is out today! Feeling a strange mix of pride, joy and nerves but hope many of you will enjoy my exploration of this extraordinary music!
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#Holst150 #122: 7 Part-Songs, H. 162 Op. 44 (1925/6)
1. Say Who Is This?
I'm listening to every Holst piece I can find in the order he composed them. In 1925, after a year's rest on doctor's orders, Holst resumed teaching at St Paul's Girls' School.
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Happy to be proved wrong, but I don’t think he ever wrote an opera – but that’s about the only genre that the peerless Quincy Jones didn’t touch - and master. He produced 84 (!) jazz, orchestral, soul and funk albums and who couldn’t love him for this?
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the £3 billion annual cost of extending the 5p fuel duty cut is roughly equivalent to the annual fare take of every bus in England — £3.1 billion in 2023. so you could nearly make every bus free for the same cost gov.uk/government/statistica…
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Happy #NewReleaseFriday! This week we trot the musical globe as @the_halle and their new Singapore-born music director bring us Britten's brilliant Bali-inspired ballet, and @MaestroTrevino follows up his must-hear album "Americascapes". Try them here ▶️ spoti.fi/400asdn
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Help to give @theartsdesk a future! 15 years after our debut, we urgently need financial assistance to continue our vital role as a small but sturdy hub of British cultural life. Find out how you can help here on GoFundMe gofund.me/c3f6033d - thank you!
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I'm spending more time on @bluesky and less on the muskrat's poisonous platform for the foreseeable future. As part of that transition (and to save myself time) I'll only post #NewReleases2024 on Bluesky from now on @deeplyclassical.bsky.social. Why not follow me there?
#NewReleases2024: a 🧵 of every new classical release I listen to in 2024.
Want to listen too? Then follow my playlist. Maybe you'll discover your new favourite record.
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I'll never forget how book sales surged during the pandemic when businesses closed and everyone was stuck indoors, and I'm convinced that many people who would love to read more are unable because our culture of constant busyness makes it insanely hard to.
