Guy Raybould
@guyraybould.bsky.social
Shropshire Lad, Londoner, viola player, 🌍 traveller
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🧙♀️ We're also performing James MacMillan's The Confession of Isobel Gowdie, about a woman burnt as a witch in Scotland in 1662
✝️ Get a programme to find out what inspired him to compose this beautiful, brutal piece – the "requiem that Isobel Gowdie never had"
✝️ Get a programme to find out what inspired him to compose this beautiful, brutal piece – the "requiem that Isobel Gowdie never had"
November 14, 2025 at 9:52 AM
🧙♀️ We're also performing James MacMillan's The Confession of Isobel Gowdie, about a woman burnt as a witch in Scotland in 1662
✝️ Get a programme to find out what inspired him to compose this beautiful, brutal piece – the "requiem that Isobel Gowdie never had"
✝️ Get a programme to find out what inspired him to compose this beautiful, brutal piece – the "requiem that Isobel Gowdie never had"
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🌊 Doreen Carwithen's Bishop Rock, depicting the westernmost lighthouse in the British Isles, is full of the dramatic writing also heard in her film scores
🏎️ Meanwhile, our programme notes look at how Ruth Gipps's string writing echoes the pace of the zippy sports car she loved to drive
🏎️ Meanwhile, our programme notes look at how Ruth Gipps's string writing echoes the pace of the zippy sports car she loved to drive
November 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
🌊 Doreen Carwithen's Bishop Rock, depicting the westernmost lighthouse in the British Isles, is full of the dramatic writing also heard in her film scores
🏎️ Meanwhile, our programme notes look at how Ruth Gipps's string writing echoes the pace of the zippy sports car she loved to drive
🏎️ Meanwhile, our programme notes look at how Ruth Gipps's string writing echoes the pace of the zippy sports car she loved to drive
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Tickets are available here www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/kensin...
It’s a 3pm start on Sunday afternoon!
It’s a 3pm start on Sunday afternoon!
Gipps: Symphony No. 4 - Sinfonia Smith Square
www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Tickets are available here www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/kensin...
It’s a 3pm start on Sunday afternoon!
It’s a 3pm start on Sunday afternoon!
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🧍♀️🧍♀️🧍♀️We’re back at @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social on Sunday afternoon for a performance full of girl power
📘 Grab a programme to learn more about the unfairly overlooked 20th-century British composers Doreen Carwithen and Ruth Gipps
📘 Grab a programme to learn more about the unfairly overlooked 20th-century British composers Doreen Carwithen and Ruth Gipps
November 11, 2025 at 9:05 AM
🧍♀️🧍♀️🧍♀️We’re back at @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social on Sunday afternoon for a performance full of girl power
📘 Grab a programme to learn more about the unfairly overlooked 20th-century British composers Doreen Carwithen and Ruth Gipps
📘 Grab a programme to learn more about the unfairly overlooked 20th-century British composers Doreen Carwithen and Ruth Gipps
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Our 2025-26 season in full. We bring you music by John Adams & James MacMillan; Brahms, Copland, Dvořák, Grieg, Nielsen & Stravinsky as well as lesser know pieces by Elfrida Andrée, Doreen Carwithen & Ruth Gipps
September 13, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Our 2025-26 season in full. We bring you music by John Adams & James MacMillan; Brahms, Copland, Dvořák, Grieg, Nielsen & Stravinsky as well as lesser know pieces by Elfrida Andrée, Doreen Carwithen & Ruth Gipps
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Lunch in the beautiful Italianate town of #Zamosc, #małopolska, #Poland
With @guyraybould.bsky.social
With @guyraybould.bsky.social
June 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Lunch in the beautiful Italianate town of #Zamosc, #małopolska, #Poland
With @guyraybould.bsky.social
With @guyraybould.bsky.social
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Next concert on Monday 30 June at
@cadoganhall.bsky.social
Lyadov, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov's Paganini Variations with recent #BBC #YoungMusician finalist Firoze Madon
🎫 cadoganhall.com/whats-on/ken...
@cadoganhall.bsky.social
Lyadov, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov's Paganini Variations with recent #BBC #YoungMusician finalist Firoze Madon
🎫 cadoganhall.com/whats-on/ken...
June 2, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Next concert on Monday 30 June at
@cadoganhall.bsky.social
Lyadov, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov's Paganini Variations with recent #BBC #YoungMusician finalist Firoze Madon
🎫 cadoganhall.com/whats-on/ken...
@cadoganhall.bsky.social
Lyadov, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov's Paganini Variations with recent #BBC #YoungMusician finalist Firoze Madon
🎫 cadoganhall.com/whats-on/ken...
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7️⃣ We're back at @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social on Monday 19 May to perform Bruckner's monumental Symphony No.7 – the work that finally won him acclaim
⚰️ Get a programme to find out how Richard Wagner's death influenced the piece, including a true symphonic innovation…
⚰️ Get a programme to find out how Richard Wagner's death influenced the piece, including a true symphonic innovation…
May 14, 2025 at 8:42 AM
7️⃣ We're back at @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social on Monday 19 May to perform Bruckner's monumental Symphony No.7 – the work that finally won him acclaim
⚰️ Get a programme to find out how Richard Wagner's death influenced the piece, including a true symphonic innovation…
⚰️ Get a programme to find out how Richard Wagner's death influenced the piece, including a true symphonic innovation…
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Congrats to the Festen team on winning Best New Opera Production at the Olivier Awards 🎉 Natalya Romaniw accepted with composer Mark-Anthony Turnage & librettist Lee Hall, wearing Jenny Packham 💙
Catch her this May at the Royal Opera as Sieglinde in Die Walküre! 🎭
📸: Joanne Davidson (img 4)
Catch her this May at the Royal Opera as Sieglinde in Die Walküre! 🎭
📸: Joanne Davidson (img 4)
April 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Congrats to the Festen team on winning Best New Opera Production at the Olivier Awards 🎉 Natalya Romaniw accepted with composer Mark-Anthony Turnage & librettist Lee Hall, wearing Jenny Packham 💙
Catch her this May at the Royal Opera as Sieglinde in Die Walküre! 🎭
📸: Joanne Davidson (img 4)
Catch her this May at the Royal Opera as Sieglinde in Die Walküre! 🎭
📸: Joanne Davidson (img 4)
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🪐 With Nasa's stranded astronauts back on Earth, it's KSO's turn to launch into space, as we perform Holst's masterpiece at Fairfield Halls on Saturday
March 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
🪐 With Nasa's stranded astronauts back on Earth, it's KSO's turn to launch into space, as we perform Holst's masterpiece at Fairfield Halls on Saturday
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I’m clearly pleased with my bass.
The bass oboe is in the house ready for The Planets next week
🪐 Come and see it in the wild!
🎟️ www.fairfield.co.uk/events/kensi...
🪐 Come and see it in the wild!
🎟️ www.fairfield.co.uk/events/kensi...
March 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I’m clearly pleased with my bass.
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The bass oboe is in the house ready for The Planets next week
🪐 Come and see it in the wild!
🎟️ www.fairfield.co.uk/events/kensi...
🪐 Come and see it in the wild!
🎟️ www.fairfield.co.uk/events/kensi...
March 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The bass oboe is in the house ready for The Planets next week
🪐 Come and see it in the wild!
🎟️ www.fairfield.co.uk/events/kensi...
🪐 Come and see it in the wild!
🎟️ www.fairfield.co.uk/events/kensi...
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March 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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“I have a view, I have a view.
“This is my son,” said the old man; “his name’s George. He has a view too.”
“Ah,” said Miss Bartlett
#Florence #Firenze.
With @guyraybould.bsky.social
“This is my son,” said the old man; “his name’s George. He has a view too.”
“Ah,” said Miss Bartlett
#Florence #Firenze.
With @guyraybould.bsky.social
March 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
“I have a view, I have a view.
“This is my son,” said the old man; “his name’s George. He has a view too.”
“Ah,” said Miss Bartlett
#Florence #Firenze.
With @guyraybould.bsky.social
“This is my son,” said the old man; “his name’s George. He has a view too.”
“Ah,” said Miss Bartlett
#Florence #Firenze.
With @guyraybould.bsky.social
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Next concert: Saturday 29 March at 6PM at Fairfield Halls - Music by Foulds, Tippett, Patrick Hawes, Vaughan Williams and culminating in Holst's perennially popular piece for large orchestra - The Planets
🎫 www.fairfield.co.uk/events/kensi...
🎫 www.fairfield.co.uk/events/kensi...
February 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Next concert: Saturday 29 March at 6PM at Fairfield Halls - Music by Foulds, Tippett, Patrick Hawes, Vaughan Williams and culminating in Holst's perennially popular piece for large orchestra - The Planets
🎫 www.fairfield.co.uk/events/kensi...
🎫 www.fairfield.co.uk/events/kensi...
Getting ready to play possibly the most beautiful tune in all Shostakovich tomorrow
February 15, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Getting ready to play possibly the most beautiful tune in all Shostakovich tomorrow
31 January over the past decade with @castles73.bsky.social:
1. Bocas del Toro, Panama 🇵🇦 2015
2. Eating fat-bottomed ants in Barichara, Colombia 🇨🇴 2017
3. At Rihanna’s house, Barbados 🇧🇧 2019
4. Being in Paris as the UK left the EU 🇪🇺 😢 2020
1. Bocas del Toro, Panama 🇵🇦 2015
2. Eating fat-bottomed ants in Barichara, Colombia 🇨🇴 2017
3. At Rihanna’s house, Barbados 🇧🇧 2019
4. Being in Paris as the UK left the EU 🇪🇺 😢 2020
January 31, 2025 at 12:11 PM
31 January over the past decade with @castles73.bsky.social:
1. Bocas del Toro, Panama 🇵🇦 2015
2. Eating fat-bottomed ants in Barichara, Colombia 🇨🇴 2017
3. At Rihanna’s house, Barbados 🇧🇧 2019
4. Being in Paris as the UK left the EU 🇪🇺 😢 2020
1. Bocas del Toro, Panama 🇵🇦 2015
2. Eating fat-bottomed ants in Barichara, Colombia 🇨🇴 2017
3. At Rihanna’s house, Barbados 🇧🇧 2019
4. Being in Paris as the UK left the EU 🇪🇺 😢 2020
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Concert tomorrow night at @southbankcentre.bsky.social!
Some tickets still available including just 4 left at £16 - grab yours now before it's too late!
Some tickets still available including just 4 left at £16 - grab yours now before it's too late!
January 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Concert tomorrow night at @southbankcentre.bsky.social!
Some tickets still available including just 4 left at £16 - grab yours now before it's too late!
Some tickets still available including just 4 left at £16 - grab yours now before it's too late!
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Well Painter Hall at Greenwich, that is one well-placed mirror.
January 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Well Painter Hall at Greenwich, that is one well-placed mirror.
Yes well I think we already have enough clefs to deal with without this bit in tenor clef thanks
January 18, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Yes well I think we already have enough clefs to deal with without this bit in tenor clef thanks
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Julian Bliss will be our soloist in Magnus Lindberg's clarinet concerto next Saturday 25 January at Queen Elizabeth Hall @southbankcentre.bsky.social
January 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Julian Bliss will be our soloist in Magnus Lindberg's clarinet concerto next Saturday 25 January at Queen Elizabeth Hall @southbankcentre.bsky.social
List of the instruments in my house:
- piano
- viola
- oboe
- cor anglais
- flute
- piccolo
- violin (don't know why, nobody plays it)
- cello (display item)
- bass recorder
- tenor recorder
- treble recorder
- descant recorder
- sopranino recorder
- garklein recorder
- 3 ocarinas
- 2 kazoos
- piano
- viola
- oboe
- cor anglais
- flute
- piccolo
- violin (don't know why, nobody plays it)
- cello (display item)
- bass recorder
- tenor recorder
- treble recorder
- descant recorder
- sopranino recorder
- garklein recorder
- 3 ocarinas
- 2 kazoos
Due to the absurdity of it, I want to share with you a list of the musical instruments in my home:
- piano
- two ukuleles
- clarinet
- bass clarinet
- alto saxophone
- oboe
- koto
- assorted electronic bleeps and bloops (actually a whole room dedicated to these)
- piano
- two ukuleles
- clarinet
- bass clarinet
- alto saxophone
- oboe
- koto
- assorted electronic bleeps and bloops (actually a whole room dedicated to these)
January 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
List of the instruments in my house:
- piano
- viola
- oboe
- cor anglais
- flute
- piccolo
- violin (don't know why, nobody plays it)
- cello (display item)
- bass recorder
- tenor recorder
- treble recorder
- descant recorder
- sopranino recorder
- garklein recorder
- 3 ocarinas
- 2 kazoos
- piano
- viola
- oboe
- cor anglais
- flute
- piccolo
- violin (don't know why, nobody plays it)
- cello (display item)
- bass recorder
- tenor recorder
- treble recorder
- descant recorder
- sopranino recorder
- garklein recorder
- 3 ocarinas
- 2 kazoos
43% of countries in the world (85 countries)
January 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
43% of countries in the world (85 countries)
Hello from Saint Lucia 🇱🇨, the 85th country I’ve visited (and 86th for @castles73.bsky.social)
January 3, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Hello from Saint Lucia 🇱🇨, the 85th country I’ve visited (and 86th for @castles73.bsky.social)