Such a huge shame, she would’ve been wonderful. But there we are, it’s like this.

Very touching, and hope-giving!

Opening my mail after a fortnight away and delighted to find this present to myself on the pile. I only buy a handful of CDs in a year but this was a must. The Beatles White Album? No, it's Paul McCreesh Gabrieli Signum Classics #Gerontius

Taking my younger son to Gresham’s School to learn and perform Verdi’s Requiem in five days flat with Gabrieli, with the indefatigable Paul McCreesh Another exceptional opportunity for these young ppl - can’t wait to hear it in Ely Cathedral on Weds.

Christine Counsell What Paul McCreesh & Gabrieli are doing with "Roar" for state school pupils is nothing short of brilliant. I hope that Bridget Phillipson Lisa Nandy MP Keir Starmer are taking careful note. It's this kind of provision, which goes well beyond "access", that needs govt support.

Being part of the vocal team for this course has been revelatory on a personal level. If you can get to Ely tomorrow, then you need to be there. 200 state school pupils absolutely *nailing* the Verdi Req! #verdiroarquiem

Nearly at Ely. Today's the big day and so looking forward. Touched to receive 'toi toi tois' from parents who've had their kids go through Roar previously!

A magnificent Verdi, Requiem from Paul McCreesh and Gabrieli #ROAR in Ely Cathedral! Paul and his enthusiastic team are giving so many youngsters a musical experience they will never forget and hopefully building a new generation of classical music lovers

Profoundly moving Verdi Requiem from Gabrieli and coruscating choral textures from 200+ young ROAR singers at Ely Cathedral. They’ll remember this decades later. Thank you Paul McCreesh Emily Dickens Charles Béquignon-MacDougall and the whole team for a transformational perf

Those poor Parisian pianos. Both flooded, one set alight. I had bad dreams about them. Water everywhere. Glad to be awake again, it was so intense.

I cannot stay on this platform any longer. Music Twitter was great but now anything off ‘For You’ is pushing vile, fascist, racist and misogynist hatred. I’m done. End of September I’ll close this account for good and will Insta-ntly available as bw_aj.

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Huge congratulations to Gabrieli & Paul McCreesh (ft. 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞) who have just won best Choral Album 2024 🏆 at the #GramoAwards (Gramophone / Presto Music) for their magnificent recording of #Elgar: THE DREAM OF GERONTIUS! 🍾

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A few smiling faces at the Gramophone Classical Music Awards ceremony last night, held at the De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms in London.😁 In case you missed the memo, Gabrieli's recording of Elgar's 'The Dream of Gerontius' won Best Choral Album of 2024! 🍾 #GramoAwards

Video: Paul McCreesh reflects on winning Gramophone's 2024 Choral Award with Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius gramophone.co.uk/features/artic…

Julian Prégardien and András Schiff: recitalist as revenant in Schubert's Die schöne Müllerin Wigmore Hall ✍️ Roy Westbrook bachtrack.com/review-pregard…

X no longer marks the spot. What the caterpillar calls an ending, the blue butterfly calls a beginning. Find me at andrewb-w at bsky.social. 🦋