Early signs of greater tolerance of heretics under Pope Leo XIV.
May 12, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Early signs of greater tolerance of heretics under Pope Leo XIV.
Health and safety further reviewed at early music rehearsal as notoriously testy conductor’s efforts to inject energy into chorus yield mixed results. #surprisingbaroquedrama #nightagent
February 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Health and safety further reviewed at early music rehearsal as notoriously testy conductor’s efforts to inject energy into chorus yield mixed results. #surprisingbaroquedrama #nightagent
Oof. Fantastic Jenůfa at ROH. Orchestra on fire under Jakub Hrůša and loved the production.
January 30, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Oof. Fantastic Jenůfa at ROH. Orchestra on fire under Jakub Hrůša and loved the production.
Regretting asking about the latest from the extended family ahead of the big reunion this evening…
January 30, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Regretting asking about the latest from the extended family ahead of the big reunion this evening…
Have you ever seen the old Supraphon Má Vlast (still used by many top orchestras)? It actually has a sort of anti-critical commentary…
January 28, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Have you ever seen the old Supraphon Má Vlast (still used by many top orchestras)? It actually has a sort of anti-critical commentary…
Some great tunes to whistle on the way home. Thank you @londonsymphony.bsky.social for programming Helmut Lachenmann’s exuberantly inventive ‘My Melodies’ and for such a great performance, especially from the fine horn soloists, expertly led by Ilan Volkov.
November 28, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Some great tunes to whistle on the way home. Thank you @londonsymphony.bsky.social for programming Helmut Lachenmann’s exuberantly inventive ‘My Melodies’ and for such a great performance, especially from the fine horn soloists, expertly led by Ilan Volkov.
This is best use of Apple Music motion artwork feature.
November 17, 2024 at 5:06 PM
This is best use of Apple Music motion artwork feature.
Happy place with Fulham Symphony at Smith Square Hall today with a fantastic programme of Rautavaara, Lutosławski, Kaprálová and Martinű. A small handful of tickets left.
November 16, 2024 at 2:25 PM
Happy place with Fulham Symphony at Smith Square Hall today with a fantastic programme of Rautavaara, Lutosławski, Kaprálová and Martinű. A small handful of tickets left.
This score of Jeanne Demessieux’s ‘Poème’ arrived yesterday and I’m looking forward to literally blowing the dust off it next year with soloist Hannah Gill.
November 5, 2024 at 12:11 PM
This score of Jeanne Demessieux’s ‘Poème’ arrived yesterday and I’m looking forward to literally blowing the dust off it next year with soloist Hannah Gill.
Lucky to be conducting this gorgeous programme at Smith Square Hall next month. (Lucky too to have an artist, Caroline Whitehead, in the orchestra to make such beautiful posters.)
October 10, 2024 at 2:02 PM
Lucky to be conducting this gorgeous programme at Smith Square Hall next month. (Lucky too to have an artist, Caroline Whitehead, in the orchestra to make such beautiful posters.)
New garden friend.
September 19, 2024 at 5:10 PM
New garden friend.
Veni creator spiritus. The music that emerged from these two rooms… very grateful to the warm and generous experts who showed us these magical places, Mahler’s composing hut in Maiernigg and Janáček’s house in Brno.
August 15, 2024 at 9:10 AM
Veni creator spiritus. The music that emerged from these two rooms… very grateful to the warm and generous experts who showed us these magical places, Mahler’s composing hut in Maiernigg and Janáček’s house in Brno.
A small pilgrimage to look in on a couple of great composers this morning in the Prague Vyšehrad cemetery, but my favourite memorial was the grave of the exuberantly talented athlete/diplomat Josef Rössler-Ořovský, who looks like he attempted one acrobatic ski jump too many…
July 30, 2024 at 4:02 PM
A small pilgrimage to look in on a couple of great composers this morning in the Prague Vyšehrad cemetery, but my favourite memorial was the grave of the exuberantly talented athlete/diplomat Josef Rössler-Ořovský, who looks like he attempted one acrobatic ski jump too many…
A bouquet for Bach (d. 28.07.1750).
July 28, 2024 at 4:31 PM
A bouquet for Bach (d. 28.07.1750).
The pot of Golden Syrup at the end of the rainbow!
July 24, 2024 at 7:36 PM
The pot of Golden Syrup at the end of the rainbow!
Reflets dans l'eau.
June 26, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Reflets dans l'eau.
Was badly soaked by rain on visit to Jane Austen’s house today, so hope to avoid developing a dangerous chill. But what a lovely place, and a brilliant museum. janeaustens.house
May 6, 2024 at 10:28 PM
Was badly soaked by rain on visit to Jane Austen’s house today, so hope to avoid developing a dangerous chill. But what a lovely place, and a brilliant museum. janeaustens.house
Only because Nielsen never finished his seventh…
April 25, 2024 at 10:15 AM
Only because Nielsen never finished his seventh…
Interesting to hear Shostakovich 4 with authentic sense of existential dread. LSO performance tonight was virtuosic beyond belief.
February 29, 2024 at 11:15 PM
Interesting to hear Shostakovich 4 with authentic sense of existential dread. LSO performance tonight was virtuosic beyond belief.
A fantastic concert from the Riot Ensemble this afternoon at the Wigmore Hall. Committed, virtuosic performances of two very difficult to play pieces by Brian Ferneyhough and Hilda Paredes. Wonderful to hear the Paredes twice and would like to hear it again.
February 24, 2024 at 4:15 PM
A fantastic concert from the Riot Ensemble this afternoon at the Wigmore Hall. Committed, virtuosic performances of two very difficult to play pieces by Brian Ferneyhough and Hilda Paredes. Wonderful to hear the Paredes twice and would like to hear it again.
Strong on oaks, strong on the causes of oaks. Absolutely brilliant morning planting trees in Morden Park thanks to fantastic treesforcities.org. Our oak was seeded from the 500-year-old oaks in the park, imagine its acorns being used in 2524 by a little girl to plant for the next 500.
February 10, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Strong on oaks, strong on the causes of oaks. Absolutely brilliant morning planting trees in Morden Park thanks to fantastic treesforcities.org. Our oak was seeded from the 500-year-old oaks in the park, imagine its acorns being used in 2524 by a little girl to plant for the next 500.
Looking forward to ROH Tosca this week. Gustav Holst seems to have enjoyed this piece also.
February 6, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Looking forward to ROH Tosca this week. Gustav Holst seems to have enjoyed this piece also.
Looking forward to a very nice concert with WimbledonSO this evening including this love letter to Mozart by Richard Strauss, his ‘Happy Workshop’ Sonatine for 16 winds.
February 3, 2024 at 11:40 AM
Looking forward to a very nice concert with WimbledonSO this evening including this love letter to Mozart by Richard Strauss, his ‘Happy Workshop’ Sonatine for 16 winds.