Surrounded by Millwall fans on the way to Sunderland. Sharpened screw drivers, the lot. But also a lot of Chaka Khan and Luther Vandross. A very tender, vulnerable and angry Tom of Finland vibe, and I’ve become very fond of them. Will miss them when they get off at Newcastle.

according to wikipedia the average human head weighs about 5kg, meaning you could not send it through royal mail as a small parcel. but we send even quite big books as small parcel all the time

What sweet relief. kate molleson on Brahms in BBC Radio 3’s Composer of the Week.
As I sit and pore over his violin sonatas in preparation for my first concert at Britten Pears Arts this year it feels like a combination of re-affirmations, provocations, and vignettes. LOVE.

Listening to that new Saturday show on BBC Radio 3 feels like watching the slow decline of the Roman Empire in real time. Which for an hour long show is quite impressive!

Thursday, 28 March at 7.30pm

Wigmore Hall, London

I invited The Marian Consort to join me in an exploration of voices and violin, sacred and secular music.
Please join us for a programme that I’ve been dreaming of for years.

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This tweet is such utter bollocks it might get Arts Council funding.

❤️ In January, we performed some exquisite Vivaldi with our Artistic Partner Daniel Pioro, our Leader Caroline Pether & Principal Cellist Hannah Roberts at our home The Monastery Manchester.
🌱 Keep your eyes peeled for more Vivaldi season related work from Daniel and us.

Powerful words by 102 years old philosopher Edgar Morin, one of France's most revered intellectual figures, as well as a Jewish WW2 resistant who fought as a lieutenant in De Gaulle's France combattante.

Here are his words on Gaza: 'I am both astonished…

Buy a ticket, watch the play with respect for the actors and your fellow audience members, do a bit of research in advance if you are concerned the subject matter might be problematic for you personally.

Like so many of you,I love William Basinski's 'Disintegration Loops,' but the elephant in the room is that the sound quality is awful—especially in the back half; it's virtually unlistenable. Using AI, I was able to restore and recover what Basinski meant the album to sound like.

In 2023 we released these albums on Another Timbre. 2024 there will be a lot more. Thank you to all of you who buy our albums and come to our gigs. We appreciate it immensely.

To the Aldeburgh Festival 2024 audience:
I cannot wait to play for you, talk to you, walk with you, sit in silence with you.

Thank you to Britten Pears Arts The Marian Consort BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

I’m extremely grateful this morning to Elizabeth Alker who champions my music, both the intellectual and the anti-intellectual.
This piece of mine came out on 1 December and is my minimalist homage to winter and the darkness that surrounds us.

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❄️ Don't miss our next concert at The Monastery Manchester.
🕯️ An evening of Baroque greats: Vivaldi, Bach and Rameau - all set to candlelight.
🎻 Performed in the round with our incredible Artistic Partner Daniel Pioro.
📅 Sun 28 Jan, 3PM.
🎟️ Tickets: manchestercamerata.co.uk/performances/w…

Never has being “pleased to announce” sounded quite like “fucked over our loyal musicians and their families via our own incompetence and the stupidity of our culturephobic government” but maybe that would have taken them over their word count.

Tyshawn Sorey & Pat Thomas in our kitchen last week after their show together. 📸 by Dawid Laskowski

Come for the Miller, stay for literally everything else.

An utter joy to hear Linda Catlin Smith in interview with Sara Mohr-Pietsch on Music Matters

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A tiny snapshot of the joy that was #DeepTime Fruitmarket Warehouse. Immense admiration & thanks to our curator Katherine Tinker who brought together these incredible performances. And thank you to all the performers & composers, to our team who made it happen, our partners & all.