Wonderful to see this rural Dutch footage from 94 years ago.

Hadn't realised Stravinsky was left handed - or was he?

Not strictly a #HillfortsWednesday, but a wonderfully reconstructed (?semi-detached) #IronAge roundhouse, as well as a decorated bronze plaque, at the Welsh National History museum at St Fagans, near Cardiff. #Archaeology #Wales

Wishing you well in the post Dan. PRSforMusic is central to the living culture of the UK. PRSFoundation benefits from the collective earnings of UK composers via PRSforMusic, and without it we would all be so much the poorer. Good luck to you, and PRS, and its composer members.

Mercury Prize - now #HyundaiMercuryPrize awards - such a lot of varied and interesting artists this year.

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Ellington - I really ought to know more of this wonderful sound world. Thrilling.

Back then, they really knew how to film high quality performances in a simple studio setting didn't they? Such powerful, confident, universal visual and sonic messaging. It looks like multi-camera, but surely that was not possible?

It's such a thrill to hear The Midsummer Marriage by Tippett live from the Festival Hall on Radio 3. It's been decades since I listened all the way through the vinyl LPs. Performance is thrilling, LPO, Edward Gardner, so vivid with deep authentic emotions and huge musical ideas.

BTW I'm really enjoying the Manchester Collective Mixtape playlist on the Southbank Centre site. Delightful variety, as you'd expect, emotionally powerful and high quality. They are playing Purcell Room soon - book early, it's bound to sell out quickly. southbankcentre.co.uk

Chilling evidence about how social media companies suppress the good, the gentle, the normal, but pump up & reward the angry, the untrue, the provocative. FB employees who don't hit traffic targets risk losing their jobs. Surely this must change... #calmtheworlddown

The concert sounded great on Radio 3 this evening. I heard Ryan Bancroft saying that Composition Wales is on again next year, & that the deadline for scores is 19th November. Or was that 29th Nov? I can't find any reference to the new project on the internet. Time is short, Help!

Amser Jazz Time is in full swing. Literally! These student musicians are fabulous - big energy this evening. #RWCMDCreative #CaruCymru youtu.be/bnWMxHtfEro

Welsh composers and Archduke Trio responding to ancient Welsh manuscripts with poise, beauty & energy. Wales Internat Pno fstvl featuring soprano Alys Mererid Roberts - amam.cymru/gwyl-biano-ryn… - @tycerdd - @galericaernarfon

Fascinating and wonderfully graceful project.

I'm listening to this mesmerizing video to stretch our concepts of cellists!: Renegade - Kevin Olusola #cello #voice youtu.be/gouiY85kD2o via YouTube

So exciting. 30+ performances of work by [mainly] graduating composition students over three days. 6-8 May, all at RWCMD - next weekend. rwcmd.ac.uk/whats-on/event… #RWCMDComposition #RWCMDcreative #CaruCymru

Symphony For Candlemas-eve was performed at exactly this date & time 45 years ago, conducted by Duncan Fraser, thanks to all the wonderful musicians and to Stella for designing the poster/leaflets. Epic day, dark windy night. Here's to light in the darkness. #hardycomposer

Managed to get out into the chill clear air of the late afternoon. A few songbirds still chirruping. 2 bright planets, the lower to the right, green & twinkly, the upper to the left, rusty gold. Together they almost pointed at the silver-white half-moon. Thanks for such wonders.