Jonathan Cross
@jonathancross.bsky.social
Musicologist | Director, Ertegun Graduate Scholarship Programme in the Humanities @uniofoxford
Very sad news. A great and intelligent advocate for new music at the Guardian and elsewhere
January 11, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Very sad news. A great and intelligent advocate for new music at the Guardian and elsewhere
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Ertegun Futures returns this term on Jan 22 with Professor Rana Mitter on modern Chinese history and how it helps us understand China's present and future
This event is free and open to all but please note that we reserve the right to limit entry once maximum capacity has been reached
This event is free and open to all but please note that we reserve the right to limit entry once maximum capacity has been reached
January 9, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Ertegun Futures returns this term on Jan 22 with Professor Rana Mitter on modern Chinese history and how it helps us understand China's present and future
This event is free and open to all but please note that we reserve the right to limit entry once maximum capacity has been reached
This event is free and open to all but please note that we reserve the right to limit entry once maximum capacity has been reached
Reposted by Jonathan Cross
The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, launches its 500th anniversary celebrations this evening in a programme that showcases its rich musical legacy 🌟
🕰️ 7:30pm
🎶 Errollyn Wallen, Giles Swayne, Preston and more
🎟️ https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202601051930
🕰️ 7:30pm
🎶 Errollyn Wallen, Giles Swayne, Preston and more
🎟️ https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202601051930
January 5, 2026 at 1:30 PM
The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, launches its 500th anniversary celebrations this evening in a programme that showcases its rich musical legacy 🌟
🕰️ 7:30pm
🎶 Errollyn Wallen, Giles Swayne, Preston and more
🎟️ https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202601051930
🕰️ 7:30pm
🎶 Errollyn Wallen, Giles Swayne, Preston and more
🎟️ https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202601051930
A spot of mid-winter good cheer tomorrow afternoon, if you fancy tuning in
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Radio 3 - Record Review, Tchaikovsky's Symphony No.1 'Winter Daydreams' in Building a Library with Jonathan Cross and Andrew McGregor
Navigating the best new classical albums of music for Christmas and the festive period.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
A spot of mid-winter good cheer tomorrow afternoon, if you fancy tuning in
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Paris-Roubaix has nothing on the annual Frome Cobble Wobble
November 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Paris-Roubaix has nothing on the annual Frome Cobble Wobble
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RMA statement on the proposed suspension of recruitment to all UG music programmes at the University of Nottingham: www.rma.ac.uk/2025/11/17/s...
November 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
RMA statement on the proposed suspension of recruitment to all UG music programmes at the University of Nottingham: www.rma.ac.uk/2025/11/17/s...
Here we go again. More vandalism. This is one of the top UK departments for teaching and research. Let's join together to fight for our colleagues at Nottingham
Heartbroken to share the news that recruitment to Undergraduate Music courses at the University of Nottingham has been suspended.
Please do contact us on protectuonmusic@gmail.com if you would like to support us.
Please do contact us on protectuonmusic@gmail.com if you would like to support us.
November 6, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Here we go again. More vandalism. This is one of the top UK departments for teaching and research. Let's join together to fight for our colleagues at Nottingham
To Cardiff for Tosca. (Me? I know! & I wasn't even reviewing.) Fabulous, especially Romaniw. But what made the tears flow? Just seeing the words "Welsh National Opera" at the final credits. They mean so much to so many. Why is this glorious musical beacon being destroyed? @welshnatopera.bsky.social
September 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
To Cardiff for Tosca. (Me? I know! & I wasn't even reviewing.) Fabulous, especially Romaniw. But what made the tears flow? Just seeing the words "Welsh National Opera" at the final credits. They mean so much to so many. Why is this glorious musical beacon being destroyed? @welshnatopera.bsky.social
Dark, desolate, terrifying, humorous. Outstanding production and performance of Beckett's Endgame this evening at Ustinov Studio @theatreroyalbath.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Dark, desolate, terrifying, humorous. Outstanding production and performance of Beckett's Endgame this evening at Ustinov Studio @theatreroyalbath.bsky.social
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Check out this profile of Professor @jonathancross.bsky.social!
Learn more about spectral music and find out what Professor Cross gets up to as a musicologist, combining research, public engagements, and interdisciplinary teaching. @ertegunhouse.bsky.social
Learn more about spectral music and find out what Professor Cross gets up to as a musicologist, combining research, public engagements, and interdisciplinary teaching. @ertegunhouse.bsky.social
Professor Jonathan Cross - Analysing the spectrum of sound
Jonathan Cross, Professor of Musicology, talks about his career and his research into spectral music.
www.ox.ac.uk
September 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Check out this profile of Professor @jonathancross.bsky.social!
Learn more about spectral music and find out what Professor Cross gets up to as a musicologist, combining research, public engagements, and interdisciplinary teaching. @ertegunhouse.bsky.social
Learn more about spectral music and find out what Professor Cross gets up to as a musicologist, combining research, public engagements, and interdisciplinary teaching. @ertegunhouse.bsky.social
Joyful Nikki de Saint-Phalle sculptures dancing in the sunshine at Hauser & Wirth
August 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Joyful Nikki de Saint-Phalle sculptures dancing in the sunshine at Hauser & Wirth
What are the chances of that? 🤣
August 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
What are the chances of that? 🤣
Stefan Zweig, 1937, Austrian-Jewish refugee who found sanctuary in London
August 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Stefan Zweig, 1937, Austrian-Jewish refugee who found sanctuary in London
Stefan Zweig occupied a relatively modest house in Lyncombe during his brief exile in Bath. But I love the idea that the city was for him a Salzburg substitute
August 17, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Stefan Zweig occupied a relatively modest house in Lyncombe during his brief exile in Bath. But I love the idea that the city was for him a Salzburg substitute
One of the greats
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Stuart Burrows, internationally renowned opera singer, dies at 92
The internationally renowned opera singer Stuart Burrows has died following a short illness.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 30, 2025 at 6:44 AM
One of the greats
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
RIP the great Alfred Brendel. Your late Schubert is still unsurpassed. I had the great pleasure of being in conversation with you in 2013. I read out one of your poems about a sheep; you contributed the final words: "Baaaah, I said"
June 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
RIP the great Alfred Brendel. Your late Schubert is still unsurpassed. I had the great pleasure of being in conversation with you in 2013. I read out one of your poems about a sheep; you contributed the final words: "Baaaah, I said"
You really do start to feel your age when the Bodleian Library describes CDs and DVDs as 'heritage formats'
June 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
You really do start to feel your age when the Bodleian Library describes CDs and DVDs as 'heritage formats'
Fantastic news. What a relief. I'm sure there will still be difficult times for the department, but Music continues at Cardiff. Quite right
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cardiff University backtracks on plans to cut music and languages
Music and modern languages will still be offered at Cardiff University, the vice chancellor says.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Fantastic news. What a relief. I'm sure there will still be difficult times for the department, but Music continues at Cardiff. Quite right
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sketches by Natalia Goncharova for Bronislava Nijinska choreography of Stravinsky Les Noces (1923). All up for discussion this Sat at 15.00 on BBC Radio 3 Building a Library
May 22, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Sketches by Natalia Goncharova for Bronislava Nijinska choreography of Stravinsky Les Noces (1923). All up for discussion this Sat at 15.00 on BBC Radio 3 Building a Library
A great pleasure to be invited to share my work today with students in Geneva: séminaire "actualité de la recherche sur la musique". Also blue sky over mountains and lake!
April 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
A great pleasure to be invited to share my work today with students in Geneva: séminaire "actualité de la recherche sur la musique". Also blue sky over mountains and lake!
Thank you Richard Morrison @thetimes.com for bringing this wonderful audio resource to our attention, and to Stuart Fowkes for curating it. Evocative immersive soundscapes
citiesandmemory.com/heritage/
citiesandmemory.com/heritage/
Sonic Heritage - the sounds of the world's most famous sights
Sonic Heritage is a global tour to examine the role sound plays in the UNESCO-listed spaces deemed the world’s most culturally significant.
citiesandmemory.com
April 18, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Thank you Richard Morrison @thetimes.com for bringing this wonderful audio resource to our attention, and to Stuart Fowkes for curating it. Evocative immersive soundscapes
citiesandmemory.com/heritage/
citiesandmemory.com/heritage/
Hockney in Paris. The Normandy room is breathtaking - the joy tinged with melancholy of lockdown spring
April 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Hockney in Paris. The Normandy room is breathtaking - the joy tinged with melancholy of lockdown spring