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Writer. Coach. Listener. Classical music bod. Digital marketer. London. Lovely, but sometimes arsey. Boring and naff. https://blog.thoroughlygood.me
@liverpoolphil.bsky.social CEO Vanessa Reed: “Liverpool feels like home, even when you’re from Devon.”

Four months into her role, Vanessa talks proudly of the arts organisation's roots, its reach, and its potential in the latest episode.
October 7, 2025 at 10:35 AM
To the best of my knowledge there aren’t ANY classical music podcasts that require a PhD to listen to them.
October 3, 2025 at 8:35 AM
From whispered strings to a bone-shaking organ, @liverpoolphil.bsky.social’s season opener last week turned sound into spectacle. A night with a symphonic anthem for courage, colourful surprises and old-school orchestral power.
September 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
There seems to be a good deal more blue flags in the arena than anything else. Which is nice. #bbcproms #lnop
September 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Skye Boat Song. Much safer waters. #bbcproms #lnop #BBCProms
September 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Bill Bailey is no typist. Pick a beat. Any beat. #bbcproms #lnop
September 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The Bernstein is fun but it feels flabby. #bbcproms #lnop
September 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Presenter: “We were just saying it was the greatest thing we’d ever seen.” 🙄

#bbcproms #lnop
September 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Bohemian Rhapsody. Lovely execution. Crossover territory. An odd gear shift. #bbcproms #lnop
September 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
“No can expect what’s coming in the second half.” We can. It was in a press release on Thursday night. #bbcproms #lnop
September 13, 2025 at 7:41 PM
An hour and a half is quite a long first half. I’d have been taking two large Merlots in with me. #bbcproms #lnop
September 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Louise Alder lights up the screen. #bbcproms #lnop
September 13, 2025 at 6:59 PM
“It’s very accessible.” What a way to kill a premiere before it’s got underway. #bbcproms #lnop
September 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
That’s not together. And that’s not good. And it’s also not difficult. #bbcproms
September 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
“Superstar conductor.” 🙄 #bbcproms
September 13, 2025 at 6:08 PM
NYO playing #StarWars at #bbcproms. Strings are sounding divine. The brass fierce. Brilliant stuff.
August 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I have decided this evening that I find Artuto Márquez’s Concierto de otoño way too similar to Danzon No. 2. And that maybe he’s just a bit of a one trick pony. That said, I’m yet to hear the second movement.
August 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Scenws from Ivybridge, listening to tonight’s #bbcproms concert. The Devonshire countryside has really delivered tonight.
August 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Holiday reading.
August 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
There appears to have been an unexpected weather event in the Royal Albert Hall.
July 26, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Taking a small break from the #BBCProms today. Catching up tomorrow. A week stuffed full of listening and scribbling has been a little more tiring than I thought.
July 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Brutal words from Michael Henderson about backstage at the First Night in the Spectator. Not entirely undeserved. Even so, makes me feel like a saint in comparison.
July 22, 2025 at 8:51 AM
There’s enthusiasm and there’s hyperbole. #bbcproms
July 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Ah, Roger Norrington has died. He was very kind to me when I was a very young and really quite bad timpanist. RIP.
July 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM