Rebecca Franks
@rebeccafranks.bsky.social
Writer | Journalist | Classical music critic @thetimes.com
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March 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
It’s a Mahler with bells sort of evening
January 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
It’s a Mahler with bells sort of evening
Who knew there was a Mickey Mouse Steinway!
January 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Who knew there was a Mickey Mouse Steinway!
I took my goddaughter to see The Little Mermaid at Bristol Old Vic as my junior critic, and am delighted to see the ‘cranky turtle’ (her description) gets a mention on today’s @thetimes.com theatre newsletter. 🐢
January 8, 2025 at 10:34 AM
I took my goddaughter to see The Little Mermaid at Bristol Old Vic as my junior critic, and am delighted to see the ‘cranky turtle’ (her description) gets a mention on today’s @thetimes.com theatre newsletter. 🐢
Today it’s Saint Cecilia’s day, the patron saint of music and musicians. 🎵
Here she is in two different portraits by one of my favourite artists, Artemesia Gentileschi.
Wearing red, holding a crown of flowers, from 1630-38; in yellow with lute, from c1620.
Here she is in two different portraits by one of my favourite artists, Artemesia Gentileschi.
Wearing red, holding a crown of flowers, from 1630-38; in yellow with lute, from c1620.
November 22, 2024 at 9:36 AM
Today it’s Saint Cecilia’s day, the patron saint of music and musicians. 🎵
Here she is in two different portraits by one of my favourite artists, Artemesia Gentileschi.
Wearing red, holding a crown of flowers, from 1630-38; in yellow with lute, from c1620.
Here she is in two different portraits by one of my favourite artists, Artemesia Gentileschi.
Wearing red, holding a crown of flowers, from 1630-38; in yellow with lute, from c1620.
My favourite thing from my flit to Huddersfield was Study of Slope by Lina Lapelyte, featuring a choir of untrained, self-confessedly ‘non-musical’ singers:
www.thetimes.com/article/9f23...
www.thetimes.com/article/9f23...
November 19, 2024 at 8:15 AM
My favourite thing from my flit to Huddersfield was Study of Slope by Lina Lapelyte, featuring a choir of untrained, self-confessedly ‘non-musical’ singers:
www.thetimes.com/article/9f23...
www.thetimes.com/article/9f23...
Ready for the shock of the new in Huddersfield as this year’s contemporary music festival gets underway
November 15, 2024 at 6:56 PM
Ready for the shock of the new in Huddersfield as this year’s contemporary music festival gets underway
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #289,146!
September 28, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #289,146!
On the art of wintering: wordsonmusic.substack.com/p/the-art-of...
January 12, 2024 at 3:26 PM
On the art of wintering: wordsonmusic.substack.com/p/the-art-of...