Toby Deller
@tobydeller.bsky.social
Freelance viola player and writer in London; also PhD in French literature.
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Halloween reminder that Beethoven's Ghost Trio doesn't have a WoO no., but Schumann's Ghost Variations does.
October 31, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Halloween reminder that Beethoven's Ghost Trio doesn't have a WoO no., but Schumann's Ghost Variations does.
There was a king named Ozymandias
Whose visage was once Marlon Brandious
Now his statuesque legs
Were but truncated pegs
With nothing beyond his sad sandy ass
Whose visage was once Marlon Brandious
Now his statuesque legs
Were but truncated pegs
With nothing beyond his sad sandy ass
October 30, 2025 at 11:34 PM
There was a king named Ozymandias
Whose visage was once Marlon Brandious
Now his statuesque legs
Were but truncated pegs
With nothing beyond his sad sandy ass
Whose visage was once Marlon Brandious
Now his statuesque legs
Were but truncated pegs
With nothing beyond his sad sandy ass
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My brother @andrewwyld.bsky.social's song on the subject (I played the synthy bits, it was always so fun to perform this at gigs too)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttfZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttfZ...
Post Office Tower
YouTube video by faketeak
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October 9, 2025 at 6:49 AM
My brother @andrewwyld.bsky.social's song on the subject (I played the synthy bits, it was always so fun to perform this at gigs too)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttfZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttfZ...
Slightly diminish a book:
Mr Dalloway
Mr Dalloway
Slightly diminish a book
Wuthering Hillocks
Wuthering Hillocks
Slightly diminish a book
Tristram 0% ABV
Tristram 0% ABV
September 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Slightly diminish a book:
Mr Dalloway
Mr Dalloway
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Good news - we've just created a new arts funding hub, which provides links to funding pots in the UK that are currently open for applications 🎉 Hope it's useful!
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/classical-mu...
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/classical-mu...
August 15, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Good news - we've just created a new arts funding hub, which provides links to funding pots in the UK that are currently open for applications 🎉 Hope it's useful!
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/classical-mu...
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/classical-mu...
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Northern Ballet, having recently ditched their live orchestra, now crowing about offering a "rare opportunity" to conduct a ballet. Must have own Spotify Premium account.
August 12, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Northern Ballet, having recently ditched their live orchestra, now crowing about offering a "rare opportunity" to conduct a ballet. Must have own Spotify Premium account.
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Perfect timing by the EFL to arrange the Coventry vs Hull match on Larkin’s birthday. The classic Larkin derby, nature vs nurture.
August 9, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Perfect timing by the EFL to arrange the Coventry vs Hull match on Larkin’s birthday. The classic Larkin derby, nature vs nurture.
I don't believe in ghosts, but then again, what if the things I don't believe in aren't ghosts?
August 2, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I don't believe in ghosts, but then again, what if the things I don't believe in aren't ghosts?
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There should be a hire bike style scheme for music stands. Or Airbnb style: anyone not using theirs can rent it out to anyone in the area who needs one.
July 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
There should be a hire bike style scheme for music stands. Or Airbnb style: anyone not using theirs can rent it out to anyone in the area who needs one.
My favourite tempo marking in music is 'tempo giusto', ie basically 'the right speed'. I wish there were also a similar marking for dynamics: g, say, instead of mf or pp, etc
June 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
My favourite tempo marking in music is 'tempo giusto', ie basically 'the right speed'. I wish there were also a similar marking for dynamics: g, say, instead of mf or pp, etc
Quite an itinerant, varied month with my viola, that. Yesterday in Kent, a one-of-a-kind programme at Stour Music. Previously: Saint-Saens with New Sussex Opera in Worthing and Winchester; recording with Southern Sinfonia in Christchurch; UK premiere of Dan Forrest’s Creation for Vox Anima in Ely...
June 30, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Quite an itinerant, varied month with my viola, that. Yesterday in Kent, a one-of-a-kind programme at Stour Music. Previously: Saint-Saens with New Sussex Opera in Worthing and Winchester; recording with Southern Sinfonia in Christchurch; UK premiere of Dan Forrest’s Creation for Vox Anima in Ely...
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People in classical music: I’m interested in documenting AI, LLM, ChatGPT etc. use in the workplace - looking at images and texts in particular. If you have any examples, do send them my way x
June 3, 2025 at 10:22 AM
People in classical music: I’m interested in documenting AI, LLM, ChatGPT etc. use in the workplace - looking at images and texts in particular. If you have any examples, do send them my way x
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I'm still looking for a tenor for the MA in Solo-Voice Ensemble Singing at the U of York this September. A year's course, coaching every week from me and top quality singing lessons (not from me...) Please be in touch if you're interested - and do pass on. Current lot (2 groups) pictured.
April 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I'm still looking for a tenor for the MA in Solo-Voice Ensemble Singing at the U of York this September. A year's course, coaching every week from me and top quality singing lessons (not from me...) Please be in touch if you're interested - and do pass on. Current lot (2 groups) pictured.
Not in my name, Toby Carvery, not in my name!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Felling of ancient London oak tree by Toby Carvery owner reported to police
Whitewebbs Park oak cut down by contractors working for firm that runs nearby restaurant
www.theguardian.com
April 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Not in my name, Toby Carvery, not in my name!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Since Fanny was older than Felix, is there any reason why, to avoid confusion between the two, we shouldn't refer to her as Mendelssohn major and her brother as Mendelssohn minor? Does anyone in fact do this?
April 9, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Since Fanny was older than Felix, is there any reason why, to avoid confusion between the two, we shouldn't refer to her as Mendelssohn major and her brother as Mendelssohn minor? Does anyone in fact do this?
Just off to the bank to pay in a cheque. Gasp, right? It has been quite some time since I was paid that way, and I'm wondering if I should phone in advance so they can get together a ceremonial welcoming party.
April 7, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Just off to the bank to pay in a cheque. Gasp, right? It has been quite some time since I was paid that way, and I'm wondering if I should phone in advance so they can get together a ceremonial welcoming party.
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I wrote about why I hate AI "art"
www.theneweuropean.co.uk/emily-herrin...
www.theneweuropean.co.uk/emily-herrin...
AI art lacks real creativity
Using artificial intelligence to generate images that mimic artworks robs humanity of one of the most meaningful experiences of all
www.theneweuropean.co.uk
April 7, 2025 at 8:10 AM
I wrote about why I hate AI "art"
www.theneweuropean.co.uk/emily-herrin...
www.theneweuropean.co.uk/emily-herrin...
Does the existence of the Toblerone imply also the existence of the Toblerino, indeed also of the Tobleroncello?
March 18, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Does the existence of the Toblerone imply also the existence of the Toblerino, indeed also of the Tobleroncello?
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A report on an orchestra that vanished for @londonermag.bsky.social
www.the-londoner.co.uk/london-chamb...
www.the-londoner.co.uk/london-chamb...
A London orchestra played music for 100 years. Then it vanished
A tale of angry musicians, unpaid bills and a mystery about what really went wrong
www.the-londoner.co.uk
February 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
A report on an orchestra that vanished for @londonermag.bsky.social
www.the-londoner.co.uk/london-chamb...
www.the-londoner.co.uk/london-chamb...
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Hey! HEY!! Don't tell anyone but we just released more £30 tickets for our opening show #DasRheingold this Sunday at #Yorkhalla (Bethnal Green, London) there will also be a small number of £25 rush tickets on the day, but we're very nearly full don't miss it! Www.ticketsource.co.uk/regents-opera
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February 7, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Hey! HEY!! Don't tell anyone but we just released more £30 tickets for our opening show #DasRheingold this Sunday at #Yorkhalla (Bethnal Green, London) there will also be a small number of £25 rush tickets on the day, but we're very nearly full don't miss it! Www.ticketsource.co.uk/regents-opera
Life's not a rehearsal, and when you put it like that, neither are rehearsals. Especially when it's a Ring cycle and you're about to do the fourth dress rehearsal in as many days. To Bethnal Green today for Götterdämmerung with @regentsopera.bsky.social. Opening Sunday!
February 7, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Life's not a rehearsal, and when you put it like that, neither are rehearsals. Especially when it's a Ring cycle and you're about to do the fourth dress rehearsal in as many days. To Bethnal Green today for Götterdämmerung with @regentsopera.bsky.social. Opening Sunday!
Back home from rehearsing at York Hall in Bethnal Green for @regentsopera.bsky.social's Ring Cycle, the orchestra's first outing in the venue. It's looking incredibly dramatic: the audience really do have ringside seats regentsopera.com/ring-cycle-2...
Ring Cycle 2022-2025 — Regents Opera
regentsopera.com
January 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Back home from rehearsing at York Hall in Bethnal Green for @regentsopera.bsky.social's Ring Cycle, the orchestra's first outing in the venue. It's looking incredibly dramatic: the audience really do have ringside seats regentsopera.com/ring-cycle-2...
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We're grateful to This Is London's New Year 2025 edition for this preview - TAKE THEIR ADVICE!
January 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
We're grateful to This Is London's New Year 2025 edition for this preview - TAKE THEIR ADVICE!