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Today's listening: Warning to the Rich - Thomas Jennefelt
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Warning To The Rich
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September 16, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Today's listening: Warning to the Rich - Thomas Jennefelt
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Today's listening: Helios Overture Op. 17 by Carl Nielsen
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Nielsen - Helios Overture Op. 17 (Score)
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April 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Today's listening: Helios Overture Op. 17 by Carl Nielsen
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🌟 Applications are OPEN for the 2025 Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition! 🌟
A great opportunity for emerging conductors to launch their careers with the LSO. 🏆 £15,000 + a year as Assistant Conductor!
👉 Apply now: bit.ly/49z2n5s
Deadline: 3 April 2025
A great opportunity for emerging conductors to launch their careers with the LSO. 🏆 £15,000 + a year as Assistant Conductor!
👉 Apply now: bit.ly/49z2n5s
Deadline: 3 April 2025
December 11, 2024 at 1:01 PM
🌟 Applications are OPEN for the 2025 Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition! 🌟
A great opportunity for emerging conductors to launch their careers with the LSO. 🏆 £15,000 + a year as Assistant Conductor!
👉 Apply now: bit.ly/49z2n5s
Deadline: 3 April 2025
A great opportunity for emerging conductors to launch their careers with the LSO. 🏆 £15,000 + a year as Assistant Conductor!
👉 Apply now: bit.ly/49z2n5s
Deadline: 3 April 2025
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🎉 Today marks 159 years since the birth of Jean Sibelius!
Celebrate the iconic Finnish composer with 7 facts about his life and music. 🎻 While you’re reading, immerse yourself in his symphonies, remastered in Spatial Audio and conducted by Sir Colin Davis.
What’s your favourite Sibelius piece?👇
Celebrate the iconic Finnish composer with 7 facts about his life and music. 🎻 While you’re reading, immerse yourself in his symphonies, remastered in Spatial Audio and conducted by Sir Colin Davis.
What’s your favourite Sibelius piece?👇
Seven Things You Didn't Know About Sibelius | London Symphony Orchestra
Finnish composer Jean Sibelius is a musical figurehead in Finland and the world over - learn more about him.
www.lso.co.uk
December 8, 2024 at 11:05 AM
🎉 Today marks 159 years since the birth of Jean Sibelius!
Celebrate the iconic Finnish composer with 7 facts about his life and music. 🎻 While you’re reading, immerse yourself in his symphonies, remastered in Spatial Audio and conducted by Sir Colin Davis.
What’s your favourite Sibelius piece?👇
Celebrate the iconic Finnish composer with 7 facts about his life and music. 🎻 While you’re reading, immerse yourself in his symphonies, remastered in Spatial Audio and conducted by Sir Colin Davis.
What’s your favourite Sibelius piece?👇
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New research from the RPO suggests that adults in the UK engage with classical and orchestral music this month more than any other time of the year.
Additionally, 51% of adults with no prior relationship to classical music say they will give it a try over the Christmas period.
Additionally, 51% of adults with no prior relationship to classical music say they will give it a try over the Christmas period.
December 6, 2024 at 2:40 PM
New research from the RPO suggests that adults in the UK engage with classical and orchestral music this month more than any other time of the year.
Additionally, 51% of adults with no prior relationship to classical music say they will give it a try over the Christmas period.
Additionally, 51% of adults with no prior relationship to classical music say they will give it a try over the Christmas period.
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‼️ Songwriters and media composers face losing nearly a quarter of their income by 2028 due to AI.
At the same time, AI companies stand to gain €4bn from the unlicensed reproduction of creators’ works.
@robertoneri.bsky.social responds to CISAC's study 👉 bit.ly/4f2yStC
#GenerativeAI #MusicAI
At the same time, AI companies stand to gain €4bn from the unlicensed reproduction of creators’ works.
@robertoneri.bsky.social responds to CISAC's study 👉 bit.ly/4f2yStC
#GenerativeAI #MusicAI
December 4, 2024 at 4:13 PM
‼️ Songwriters and media composers face losing nearly a quarter of their income by 2028 due to AI.
At the same time, AI companies stand to gain €4bn from the unlicensed reproduction of creators’ works.
@robertoneri.bsky.social responds to CISAC's study 👉 bit.ly/4f2yStC
#GenerativeAI #MusicAI
At the same time, AI companies stand to gain €4bn from the unlicensed reproduction of creators’ works.
@robertoneri.bsky.social responds to CISAC's study 👉 bit.ly/4f2yStC
#GenerativeAI #MusicAI
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Our expertly curated 'Useful Links' page provides an invaluable list of research tools and teaching resources to help you explore Ralph Vaughan Williams' life and music in more detail.
Find it here:
Find it here:
Useful Links - Vaughan Williams Foundation
Research tools, teaching resources and fascinating insights into the music and life of Ralph Vaughan Williams.
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December 4, 2024 at 4:53 PM
Our expertly curated 'Useful Links' page provides an invaluable list of research tools and teaching resources to help you explore Ralph Vaughan Williams' life and music in more detail.
Find it here:
Find it here:
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❄️LAST CHANCE TO JOIN OUR MIDWINTER COMPOSERS COURSE!❄️
Today is the last day for signing up to our MidWinter Composers Course – and we have just one space left!
❄️Student discounts available❄️
❄️Sign up and take your music to the next level in 2025: buff.ly/4e63OZq
Today is the last day for signing up to our MidWinter Composers Course – and we have just one space left!
❄️Student discounts available❄️
❄️Sign up and take your music to the next level in 2025: buff.ly/4e63OZq
December 4, 2024 at 11:27 AM
❄️LAST CHANCE TO JOIN OUR MIDWINTER COMPOSERS COURSE!❄️
Today is the last day for signing up to our MidWinter Composers Course – and we have just one space left!
❄️Student discounts available❄️
❄️Sign up and take your music to the next level in 2025: buff.ly/4e63OZq
Today is the last day for signing up to our MidWinter Composers Course – and we have just one space left!
❄️Student discounts available❄️
❄️Sign up and take your music to the next level in 2025: buff.ly/4e63OZq
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Is Mozart the G.O.A.T when it comes to composers? 🐐 What do you think?
Episode 1 of our new podcast Pitch me Classical is out now: lnk.to/pitch-me-classical
Episode 1 of our new podcast Pitch me Classical is out now: lnk.to/pitch-me-classical
November 28, 2024 at 11:31 AM
Is Mozart the G.O.A.T when it comes to composers? 🐐 What do you think?
Episode 1 of our new podcast Pitch me Classical is out now: lnk.to/pitch-me-classical
Episode 1 of our new podcast Pitch me Classical is out now: lnk.to/pitch-me-classical
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❄️MIDWINTER COMPOSERS COURSE NEWS❄️
Two more places have opened up on our MidWinter Composers Course in January – don’t miss your chance to join and take your music to new levels in 2025!
❄️Apply by Weds 4 Dec❄️
❄️Discount for full-time students❄️🧵1/3
Two more places have opened up on our MidWinter Composers Course in January – don’t miss your chance to join and take your music to new levels in 2025!
❄️Apply by Weds 4 Dec❄️
❄️Discount for full-time students❄️🧵1/3
November 27, 2024 at 2:36 PM
❄️MIDWINTER COMPOSERS COURSE NEWS❄️
Two more places have opened up on our MidWinter Composers Course in January – don’t miss your chance to join and take your music to new levels in 2025!
❄️Apply by Weds 4 Dec❄️
❄️Discount for full-time students❄️🧵1/3
Two more places have opened up on our MidWinter Composers Course in January – don’t miss your chance to join and take your music to new levels in 2025!
❄️Apply by Weds 4 Dec❄️
❄️Discount for full-time students❄️🧵1/3
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Hullo Bluesky community!
Our website has a wealth of resources related to the life and works of composer Ralph Vaughan Williams - including a treasure trove of beautiful downloadable photographs.
📷 Find them here: vaughanwilliamsfoundation.org/discover/rvw...
Our website has a wealth of resources related to the life and works of composer Ralph Vaughan Williams - including a treasure trove of beautiful downloadable photographs.
📷 Find them here: vaughanwilliamsfoundation.org/discover/rvw...
November 26, 2024 at 11:27 AM
Hullo Bluesky community!
Our website has a wealth of resources related to the life and works of composer Ralph Vaughan Williams - including a treasure trove of beautiful downloadable photographs.
📷 Find them here: vaughanwilliamsfoundation.org/discover/rvw...
Our website has a wealth of resources related to the life and works of composer Ralph Vaughan Williams - including a treasure trove of beautiful downloadable photographs.
📷 Find them here: vaughanwilliamsfoundation.org/discover/rvw...
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ICYMI I also made a playlist of women composers from 1910–present. It is still growing:
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November 26, 2024 at 11:47 AM
ICYMI I also made a playlist of women composers from 1910–present. It is still growing:
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Feeling super excited and grateful for the fact that after only a few days on Bluesky, I have reached 100 followers! I appreciate it a lot, and I'm excited to create a community together on here🦋🎶
November 26, 2024 at 3:30 AM
Feeling super excited and grateful for the fact that after only a few days on Bluesky, I have reached 100 followers! I appreciate it a lot, and I'm excited to create a community together on here🦋🎶
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We're creating a Bluesky 'starter pack' for choirs, leaders and singers involved in online choirs / virtual choirs. Let's connect our harmonious digital community! If you would like to be added, just reply and let us know! 🙂🎶 go.bsky.app/S1LTut8
November 20, 2024 at 2:23 PM
We're creating a Bluesky 'starter pack' for choirs, leaders and singers involved in online choirs / virtual choirs. Let's connect our harmonious digital community! If you would like to be added, just reply and let us know! 🙂🎶 go.bsky.app/S1LTut8
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Taking a moment to listen through this recording I recorded of Hadelich playing Tchaikovsky VC in Aarhus with Aarhus Symphony Orchestra. This performance single-handedly changed my perspective on the VC, and is the reason I will cite it as inspiration for my own VC for my MA project this spring.
November 25, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Taking a moment to listen through this recording I recorded of Hadelich playing Tchaikovsky VC in Aarhus with Aarhus Symphony Orchestra. This performance single-handedly changed my perspective on the VC, and is the reason I will cite it as inspiration for my own VC for my MA project this spring.
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My wonderful @guildhallschool.bsky.social colleague Hollie Harding is leading this short course for composers over 21. Come write for brilliant pianist Ben Smith and the queen of clarinet multiphonics, Heather Roche. Oh, and you get to talk to me too. Priority Booking opens today!
Composition Summer Course for Ages 21+
This new five-day composition course is a unique opportunity for composers to develop their composition skills and write a contemporary solo piece for specific instrumentalists.
www.gsmd.ac.uk
November 25, 2024 at 10:29 AM
My wonderful @guildhallschool.bsky.social colleague Hollie Harding is leading this short course for composers over 21. Come write for brilliant pianist Ben Smith and the queen of clarinet multiphonics, Heather Roche. Oh, and you get to talk to me too. Priority Booking opens today!
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The National Youth Choir is looking for 2 new conductors for residential courses for singers aged 9-15.
Apply by midday on Monday 9 December:
bit.ly/3B2oBjb
Apply by midday on Monday 9 December:
bit.ly/3B2oBjb
November 24, 2024 at 6:12 PM
The National Youth Choir is looking for 2 new conductors for residential courses for singers aged 9-15.
Apply by midday on Monday 9 December:
bit.ly/3B2oBjb
Apply by midday on Monday 9 December:
bit.ly/3B2oBjb
Today's listening includes contemporary Danish composer Niels Rønsholdt's "Hvor de ikke kan se noget" / "Where they cannot see anything" from his opera "Den siste olie" /"The last oil".
Find it here:
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Find it here:
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Den sidste olie, Scene 1: Hvor de ikke kan se noget
Niels Rønsholdt, Nana Bugge Rasmussen, Richard Låås, Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen, James Sherlock · Niels Rønsholdt: Den sidste olie · Song · 2024
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November 24, 2024 at 11:24 AM
Today's listening includes contemporary Danish composer Niels Rønsholdt's "Hvor de ikke kan se noget" / "Where they cannot see anything" from his opera "Den siste olie" /"The last oil".
Find it here:
open.spotify.com/track/7A0jZX...
Find it here:
open.spotify.com/track/7A0jZX...
Find some great contemporary classical music accounts in this starter pack!🎶
Our guide to the little corner of Bluesky which is contemporary classical music! Here you'll find composers, record labels, orchestras, performers and more. DM us or comment below if you'd like to be added go.bsky.app/4cWBBnW
November 23, 2024 at 6:07 PM
Find some great contemporary classical music accounts in this starter pack!🎶
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Next weekend we welcome acclaimed violinist James Ehnes to the Jack Singer Concert Hall stage. Learn more about the piece he's performing, Brahms' Violin Concerto, in this new article from Calgary Herald.
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Manitoba's James Ehnes says Brahms' concerto 'one of the reasons I play violin'
"I didn't have a super complicated early life in terms of my relationship with music. It was very natural for me."
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November 22, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Next weekend we welcome acclaimed violinist James Ehnes to the Jack Singer Concert Hall stage. Learn more about the piece he's performing, Brahms' Violin Concerto, in this new article from Calgary Herald.
calgaryherald.com/entertainmen...
calgaryherald.com/entertainmen...
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La Boîte à Pépites invite à redécouvrir des compositrices méconnues de façon ludique : dans un calendrier de l’avent musical et pictural (à partir de ce 1er décembre sur les réseaux sociaux), puis en concert à la Philharmonie de Paris ( @philharmonie.bsky.social ). Détails de l'initiative. 👇
Redécouverte de compositrices : la Boîte à Pépites en concert à la Cité de la Musique (Actualité)
La Boîte à Pépites invite à redécouvrir des compositrices méconnues au travers de leurs œuvres,...
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November 22, 2024 at 4:03 PM
La Boîte à Pépites invite à redécouvrir des compositrices méconnues de façon ludique : dans un calendrier de l’avent musical et pictural (à partir de ce 1er décembre sur les réseaux sociaux), puis en concert à la Philharmonie de Paris ( @philharmonie.bsky.social ). Détails de l'initiative. 👇
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✨Job Opportunity. ✨
We are seeking an experienced professional musician to join the Ulster Orchestra in the position of Section Leader Viola.
Closing date: 9 Dec 2024.
Find out more on our website.
👉 www.ulsterorchestra.org.uk/careers/curr...
We are seeking an experienced professional musician to join the Ulster Orchestra in the position of Section Leader Viola.
Closing date: 9 Dec 2024.
Find out more on our website.
👉 www.ulsterorchestra.org.uk/careers/curr...
November 21, 2024 at 3:58 PM
✨Job Opportunity. ✨
We are seeking an experienced professional musician to join the Ulster Orchestra in the position of Section Leader Viola.
Closing date: 9 Dec 2024.
Find out more on our website.
👉 www.ulsterorchestra.org.uk/careers/curr...
We are seeking an experienced professional musician to join the Ulster Orchestra in the position of Section Leader Viola.
Closing date: 9 Dec 2024.
Find out more on our website.
👉 www.ulsterorchestra.org.uk/careers/curr...