Exhausted but happy horn section after last night’s concert ⁦Sinfonia of Leeds⁩

‘One of those rare films that leaves you speechless after the closing credits’ ★★★★★ ARMY OF SHADOWS - #JeanPierreMelville's #FrenchResistance epic still shocks and thrills, says Graham Rickson 🇮🇪🇪🇺 - now on StudiocanalUK Blu-ray theartsdesk.com/film/blu-ray-a…

It was a great afternoon. Thank you for hosting Cross Gates Primary School 🐓 and thanks to ArtForms Graham Rickson 🇮🇪🇪🇺 for setting up this event

Seacroft Grange Primary School John Charles Centre Graham Rickson 🇮🇪🇪🇺 We ❤️ this! Seacroft Grange Primary School and Graham Rickson 🇮🇪🇪🇺, what an amazing way to start sports day!

Lots of good stuff here: theartsdesk.com/classical-musi… Sony Classical Lucas Debargue Philharmonia Orchestra Nicola Benedetti Sheku Kanneh-Mason Benjamin Grosvenor Decca Classics Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal Yannick Nézet-Séguin Resonus Classics Echo Vocal Ensemble Sarah Latto TYXart Bernard Hughes Sebastian Scotney

✊ Solidarity from musicians in the Berlin Philharmonic! They're supporting Northern Ballet Sinfonia's campaign to keep Northern Ballet music live Take action now! Sign the petition and email your new MP 🔗 megaphone.org.uk/p/KeepNorthern… #KeepNorthernBalletLive

Year 5 are having in a blast during their music lesson using the bamboo tamboo 🎶 Cross Gates Primary School 🐓 Graham Rickson 🇮🇪🇪🇺 ArtForms

This week's reviews. All good: theartsdesk.com/classical-musi… Bernard Hughes Orchid Classics GeorgeLepauw (.tez/.eth) Kansas City Symphony Reference Recordings Bruce Brubaker Les Siècles Aparté 📀🎶 VOCES8 Jack Liebeck

⁦The Letter Box Study Group⁩ this still has the vending machine attached. 5p for a book of stamps!

Two great, underrated 20th century composers, both nattily dressed. Read more: theartsdesk.com/classical-cds-… Black Dyke Band BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Chandos Records Christine Moore Vassallo Meridian Records Bill Laurance Signum Classics Bernard Hughes

★★★★ THE MUSIC LOVERS - Audacious, OTT #Tchaikovsky #biopic from music-loving director #KenRussell - now on BFI Blu-ray - review Graham Rickson 🇮🇪🇪🇺 theartsdesk.com/film/blu-ray-m…

This week's eclectic assortment, boldly exploring interesting new repertoire: theartsdesk.com/classical-musi… Bernard Hughes Hervé Niquet Alpha Classics Oslo Philharmonic Klaus Mäkelä PENTATONE Sean Shibe Nicholas Phan Karim Sulayman TYXart William Shatner National Symphony Orchestra

#ClassicalCDs Graham Rickson 🇮🇪🇪🇺 Bernard Hughes - Dinosaurs, harmonicas & final frontiers, two works with narrators, tenor recitals, a young conductor in Russian symphonies Le Concert Spirituel Oslo Philharmonic Tom Wood Music Nicholas Phan William Shatner Sean Shibe theartsdesk.com/classical-musi…

Lots of GREAT stuff in this jumbo selection: theartsdesk.com/classical-musi… Sebastian Scotney Bernard Hughes Warner Classics & Erato Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Kristoffer Hyldig Benoit d'Hau Paloma Kouider LatvianRadioChoir SKANi label Dalia Stasevska 🇫🇮 🇺🇦 BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

Beans, carrots and bassoons: Danish pianism, a great conductor's Italian recordings and a bold contemporary compilation feature in Graham Rickson 🇮🇪🇪🇺's latest #classical #cd round up w Bernard Hughes Sebastian Scotney theartsdesk.com/classical-musi…

Pies, dogs, prison cells and dinosaurs. Lots of fun here theartsdesk.com/comedy-film/bl… Eureka Entertainment

This week's haul: theartsdesk.com/classical-musi… Bernard Hughes Sebastian Scotney Alpha Classics Arthur Ancelle Stewart Goodyear Andrew Litton BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Orchid Classics Bright Shiny Things Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

Merci merci pour cette magnifique chronique