George Vass
@georgevass.bsky.social
Conductor, Festival Director, lover of great music, food and wine, passionate supporter of living classical composers. Spiritual home – Presteigne in the Welsh Marches.
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Don't miss BSO Memorial Concert for John Tatham
Sund 16 November at 3pm
Clarendon Muse Concert Hall, Rickmansworth Road,
Watford WD18 7JA
Bizet: Jeux d'enfants
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No 2 (soloist: Annie Yim)
Mendelssohn: Symphony No 3 'Scottish'
Tickets available online: busheysymphony.org.uk
Sund 16 November at 3pm
Clarendon Muse Concert Hall, Rickmansworth Road,
Watford WD18 7JA
Bizet: Jeux d'enfants
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No 2 (soloist: Annie Yim)
Mendelssohn: Symphony No 3 'Scottish'
Tickets available online: busheysymphony.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Don't miss BSO Memorial Concert for John Tatham
Sund 16 November at 3pm
Clarendon Muse Concert Hall, Rickmansworth Road,
Watford WD18 7JA
Bizet: Jeux d'enfants
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No 2 (soloist: Annie Yim)
Mendelssohn: Symphony No 3 'Scottish'
Tickets available online: busheysymphony.org.uk
Sund 16 November at 3pm
Clarendon Muse Concert Hall, Rickmansworth Road,
Watford WD18 7JA
Bizet: Jeux d'enfants
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No 2 (soloist: Annie Yim)
Mendelssohn: Symphony No 3 'Scottish'
Tickets available online: busheysymphony.org.uk
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Listen to the 'Vivace' from Tippett's Piano Concerto - an advance release from my album of British Piano Concertos with the BBC Symphony Orchestra & @georgevass.bsky.social. The full album goes live on the 10 Oct on BIS Records / Apple Music! 🎉 🎹 bisrecords.lnk.to/2604S03
September 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Listen to the 'Vivace' from Tippett's Piano Concerto - an advance release from my album of British Piano Concertos with the BBC Symphony Orchestra & @georgevass.bsky.social. The full album goes live on the 10 Oct on BIS Records / Apple Music! 🎉 🎹 bisrecords.lnk.to/2604S03
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🔉 Less than one week to go! My album of concertos by Walton, Britten and Tippett with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and @georgevass.bsky.social will be released on Fri 10 October, for BIS Records and Apple Music 🎉 Pre-order at bisrecords.lnk.to/2604
October 5, 2025 at 10:34 AM
🔉 Less than one week to go! My album of concertos by Walton, Britten and Tippett with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and @georgevass.bsky.social will be released on Fri 10 October, for BIS Records and Apple Music 🎉 Pre-order at bisrecords.lnk.to/2604
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OUT TODAY!! 🎉 My album of concertos by Walton, Britten and Tippett with the BBC Symphony Orchestra & @georgevass.bsky.social is now out on BIS. Praised @thetimes.com for its "crisp artistry" and Video of the Day in Gramophone, listen online bisrecords.lnk.to/2604
October 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
OUT TODAY!! 🎉 My album of concertos by Walton, Britten and Tippett with the BBC Symphony Orchestra & @georgevass.bsky.social is now out on BIS. Praised @thetimes.com for its "crisp artistry" and Video of the Day in Gramophone, listen online bisrecords.lnk.to/2604
Very pleased to announce that I was given the @royalphilsoc.bsky.social Leslie Boosey Award at the opening reception of the 2025 Presteigne Festival. I'm honoured and completely overjoyed to receive this amazing award!
George Vass receives the RPS Leslie Boosey Award
royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk
August 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Very pleased to announce that I was given the @royalphilsoc.bsky.social Leslie Boosey Award at the opening reception of the 2025 Presteigne Festival. I'm honoured and completely overjoyed to receive this amazing award!
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Very sad to say goodbye yesterday to John Tatham (5 Nov 1922 - 4 July 2025), a long-serving member of the BSO's 2nd violin section. At 102, he was still playing at the BSO's 50th Anniversary concert in May. RIP John, you'll be missed by so many
'Gentle, kind and caring' WW2 engineer dies aged 102
The family of a Second World War engineer from Croxley Green have paid tribute after he died at the age of 102.
www.watfordobserver.co.uk
July 24, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Very sad to say goodbye yesterday to John Tatham (5 Nov 1922 - 4 July 2025), a long-serving member of the BSO's 2nd violin section. At 102, he was still playing at the BSO's 50th Anniversary concert in May. RIP John, you'll be missed by so many
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Funerals are sad, but today was a celebration. John Tatham was 102. Was a founder member of @busheysymphony.bsky.social, which I lead. Played violin in their 50th anniversary concert A MONTH before his death. In his 90s he was still putting chairs out for rehearsals. May we all learn from his joy.
July 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Funerals are sad, but today was a celebration. John Tatham was 102. Was a founder member of @busheysymphony.bsky.social, which I lead. Played violin in their 50th anniversary concert A MONTH before his death. In his 90s he was still putting chairs out for rehearsals. May we all learn from his joy.
Honoured to be premiering Ninfea Crutwell-Reade's 'Scenes from Under Milk Wood' with Nova Music Opera at @spitsmusic.bsky.social on Wed 2 July.
Fab cast – Rebecca Afonwy Jones, Thomas Humphreys, Osian Clarke, Madeleine Morgan and narrator David Prince.
Info: spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk/events/scene...
Fab cast – Rebecca Afonwy Jones, Thomas Humphreys, Osian Clarke, Madeleine Morgan and narrator David Prince.
Info: spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk/events/scene...
June 19, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Honoured to be premiering Ninfea Crutwell-Reade's 'Scenes from Under Milk Wood' with Nova Music Opera at @spitsmusic.bsky.social on Wed 2 July.
Fab cast – Rebecca Afonwy Jones, Thomas Humphreys, Osian Clarke, Madeleine Morgan and narrator David Prince.
Info: spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk/events/scene...
Fab cast – Rebecca Afonwy Jones, Thomas Humphreys, Osian Clarke, Madeleine Morgan and narrator David Prince.
Info: spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk/events/scene...
The UK Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please sign the @campaignforthearts.org petition to remind the UK Govrenment that the arts make our lives happier and our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...
Petition: Make the arts part of UK National Renewal | Campaign for the Arts
The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. The arts make our lives happier and our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them.
www.campaignforthearts.org
May 8, 2025 at 8:10 AM
The UK Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please sign the @campaignforthearts.org petition to remind the UK Govrenment that the arts make our lives happier and our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...
This is the actual current position, please can the UK media stop glorifying the Right? It is extremely misleading.
May 5, 2025 at 9:06 AM
This is the actual current position, please can the UK media stop glorifying the Right? It is extremely misleading.
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The truth is finally dawning on Britain: toadying to Trump has got us nowhere | Emma Brockes
The truth is finally dawning on Britain: toadying to Trump has got us nowhere | Emma Brockes
Jolly humouring and kind words guarantee nothing from this White House. Right now Walmart has more clout than the UK, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes
www.theguardian.com
May 1, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The truth is finally dawning on Britain: toadying to Trump has got us nowhere | Emma Brockes
Really looking forward to this - just under a month to go!
Tickets on sale for Bushey SO's 50th Anniversary Concert
Sunday 18 May at 3pm
Clarendon Muse, Watford WD18 7JA
Dvořák, Grieg PIano Concerto (soloist, Xiaowen Shang), Schumann 'Rhenish' Symphony and the premiere of James Francis Brown's 'Flourish for orchestra'.
Book online now: shorturl.at/tF5xo
Sunday 18 May at 3pm
Clarendon Muse, Watford WD18 7JA
Dvořák, Grieg PIano Concerto (soloist, Xiaowen Shang), Schumann 'Rhenish' Symphony and the premiere of James Francis Brown's 'Flourish for orchestra'.
Book online now: shorturl.at/tF5xo
April 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Really looking forward to this - just under a month to go!
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If you want a better world, you must behave as if you live in one.
April 15, 2025 at 3:08 PM
If you want a better world, you must behave as if you live in one.
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NEW: Elon Musk’s X has suspended accounts of Turkish opposition groups, suppressing footage of anti-government protests.
So, best we share all the footage we can here!
This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu.
🇹🇷 #Turkey
So, best we share all the footage we can here!
This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu.
🇹🇷 #Turkey
March 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
NEW: Elon Musk’s X has suspended accounts of Turkish opposition groups, suppressing footage of anti-government protests.
So, best we share all the footage we can here!
This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu.
🇹🇷 #Turkey
So, best we share all the footage we can here!
This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu.
🇹🇷 #Turkey
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📣 Deadline approaching!
Vaughan Williams Scholarships, worth up to £8K, replace the Vaughan Williams Bursaries previously given only for MA studies. Registrations to apply close on March 31.
Get your application in now!
Details here:
Vaughan Williams Scholarships, worth up to £8K, replace the Vaughan Williams Bursaries previously given only for MA studies. Registrations to apply close on March 31.
Get your application in now!
Details here:
Postgraduate funding - Vaughan Williams Foundation
Find out about scholarships for postgraduate composers offered by the Vaughan Williams Foundation.
vaughanwilliamsfoundation.org
March 21, 2025 at 11:13 AM
📣 Deadline approaching!
Vaughan Williams Scholarships, worth up to £8K, replace the Vaughan Williams Bursaries previously given only for MA studies. Registrations to apply close on March 31.
Get your application in now!
Details here:
Vaughan Williams Scholarships, worth up to £8K, replace the Vaughan Williams Bursaries previously given only for MA studies. Registrations to apply close on March 31.
Get your application in now!
Details here:
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BREAKING: Pianist András Schiff cancels all his US engagements for 2025-26 in response to "the recent and unprecedented political changes in the United States."
"Some people might say, 'just shut up and play.' I cannot, in good conscience, do that."
www.kirshbaumassociates.com/agency.php?v...
"Some people might say, 'just shut up and play.' I cannot, in good conscience, do that."
www.kirshbaumassociates.com/agency.php?v...
Pianist Sir András Schiff Cancels U.S. Appearances for 2025-2026 Season
www.kirshbaumassociates.com
March 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
BREAKING: Pianist András Schiff cancels all his US engagements for 2025-26 in response to "the recent and unprecedented political changes in the United States."
"Some people might say, 'just shut up and play.' I cannot, in good conscience, do that."
www.kirshbaumassociates.com/agency.php?v...
"Some people might say, 'just shut up and play.' I cannot, in good conscience, do that."
www.kirshbaumassociates.com/agency.php?v...
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Peer who led government NHS review failed to declare shares in health firms
Peer who led government NHS review failed to declare shares in health firms
Lord Darzi’s undeclared interests in four companies included $500,000 of shares in US-based healthcare venture
The independent peer Lord Darzi, a senior adviser to the government on the NHS, failed to officially declare shareholdings in healthcare…
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Peer who led government NHS review failed to declare shares in health firms
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Fantastic rehearsal with Sarah Bennington last night on Christopher Gunning's Flute Concertino – can't wait for our concert on Sunday 16 March at 3pm
Clarendon Muse, Watford WD18 7JA
Please come and join us ...
Book online here shorturl.at/Ekoc6
Clarendon Muse, Watford WD18 7JA
Please come and join us ...
Book online here shorturl.at/Ekoc6
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March 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Fantastic rehearsal with Sarah Bennington last night on Christopher Gunning's Flute Concertino – can't wait for our concert on Sunday 16 March at 3pm
Clarendon Muse, Watford WD18 7JA
Please come and join us ...
Book online here shorturl.at/Ekoc6
Clarendon Muse, Watford WD18 7JA
Please come and join us ...
Book online here shorturl.at/Ekoc6
Young composers, its time to apply for the 2026
@royalphilsoc.bsky.social composer programme – you may be offered the chance to write a work for the Presteigne Festival, as Electra did two years ago. It really is a fabulous scheme.
@royalphilsoc.bsky.social composer programme – you may be offered the chance to write a work for the Presteigne Festival, as Electra did two years ago. It really is a fabulous scheme.
We are welcoming applications for the RPS Composer's programme until 11am on Tuesday 25 March. You can find out more about how the programme could support you and your career as a composer, and apply, on our website. royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/composers/rp...
March 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Young composers, its time to apply for the 2026
@royalphilsoc.bsky.social composer programme – you may be offered the chance to write a work for the Presteigne Festival, as Electra did two years ago. It really is a fabulous scheme.
@royalphilsoc.bsky.social composer programme – you may be offered the chance to write a work for the Presteigne Festival, as Electra did two years ago. It really is a fabulous scheme.
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Happy 150th Birthday Maurice Ravel!
March 7, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Happy 150th Birthday Maurice Ravel!
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We are welcoming applications for the RPS Isserlis Scholarship to study abroad until 11am on Tuesday 11 March. We offer support to enable musicians to take life-changing opportunities to study overseas. You can find out more and apply on our website. royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/performers/s...
RPS Isserlis Scholarship - to study abroad
royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk
March 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
We are welcoming applications for the RPS Isserlis Scholarship to study abroad until 11am on Tuesday 11 March. We offer support to enable musicians to take life-changing opportunities to study overseas. You can find out more and apply on our website. royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/performers/s...
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Leaders of the free world stand united in London
The United States is not among them
The United States is not among them
March 2, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Leaders of the free world stand united in London
The United States is not among them
The United States is not among them
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Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
February 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
Unbelievable – money first, planet second
BP has confirmed it will slash spending on net-zero transition businesses by more than five billion US dollars a year, and significantly ramp up its oil and gas operations
BP slashes net-zero spending by nearly £4bn in renewed oil and gas focus
BP has confirmed it will slash spending on net-zero transition businesses by more than five billion US dollars (£3.95 billion) a year, and significantly ramp up its oil and gas operations. The fossil ...
nation.cymru
February 26, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Unbelievable – money first, planet second