#spring #primavera #printemps #fruhling

RIP Andrew Davis, the versatile and much-loved conductor who died yesterday in Chicago at the age of 80 and who held important posts with ⁦Glyndebourne⁩, Lyric Opera of Chicago, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Toronto Symphony⁩ &⁩ ⁦Melbourne Symphony Orchestra⁩.
(Pic: Todd Rosenberg)

“Nothing composes the mind like composing composition.” —Robert Frost buff.ly/3snrQxc

The world is forgetting about the people of Sudan.

Half of the country’s population needs lifesaving assistance.

But they need more than humanitarian support.

They need an end to the bloodshed.

They need peace.

The only path out of this horror is a political solution.

My 📷 #SPRINGBREAK

'Tiptoe through the tulips....'

' Mentre proclami la pace con le tue labbra, assicurati che ne sia pieno anche il tuo cuore '

(San Francesco D'Assisi)

📷 mia. Cattedrale di San Lorenzo 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Genova

We weren't embarrassed by opera growing up in 1970s & with excellent music tuition in state schools had many opportunities to play/sing classical music.I didn't see/perform my first opera before University of Oxford & Royal College of Music 1980s but soon got hooked English National Opera
theguardian.com/music/2024/apr…

I don't read The Times and The Sunday Times
And I haven't read the article as it is under paywall but very happy to share Sir Anthony Pappano's headline words.I grew up with music in state school happily and good Government policy which enabled it. thetimes.co.uk/article/d2a31f…

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Palacio de San Telmo (Sevilla), una de la obras más destacadas de la arquitectura barroca en #Andalucía . En él destaca su magnífica fachada churrigueresca, ideada por el arquitecto Leonardo de Figueroa y terminada en el año 1734
#FelizMartes #BuenosDias

#Tonight #jazz musician #jazz brand new #music 🎹🎸🎶🎵🪘 Grow, Hackney
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A most important programme for all Londoners to watch #Defiance

🔴 Conservatives Nearly Double Party Spending Cap Just Weeks Before Mayoral Elections

Sunak’s party will be able to put mega-donations from the likes of race-row donor Frank Hester to use – including against Sadiq Khan in London, reports Josiah Mortimer
bylinetimes.com/2024/04/09/con…

🔴The Conservative Party’s Campaign Against Sadiq Khan is Based on a ‘Barefaced Lie’ Which is Designed to Harvest Voter Data

Susan Hall is plastering London with leaflets falsely claiming voters will be hit by a big new charge to drive their cars

bylinetimes.com/2024/04/09/con…

Terrific performance and production
Of #enemyofthepeople Duke of York's Theatre Try and catch Matt Smith starring.Great to see the famous classics filling West End theatres.

2024: Conservative candidate for Mayor of London Susan Hall says that Sadiq Khan plans to introduce a pay per mile scheme, and that she will scrap it

2023: Speaking to GB News, Sadiq Khan points out that Boris Johnson as mayor was looking at pay per mile, that Rishi Sunak as

you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop…