Drought? What drought?

Thames Water will apparently "be back" to staunch the flow.

Utterly captivating final performance today of Ana Sokolovic's Svadba Waterperry Opera Festival by Lada Valesova & 6 fabulous singers directed by Rebecca Meltzer. This production MUST travel further!

"Oh we miss him" Sir Simon Rattle talks to Petroc Trelawny about paying tribute to Sir Harrison Birtwistle at tonight's #BBCProms concert on BBC Four & BBC iPlayer. Watch Sir Simon Rattle conduct the London Symphony Orchestra at 8pm: bbc.in/3QRIDzw

We never took our NPO status for granted, but like many of you we are mystified by the 100% cut to our Arts Council grant. We're proud of our excellence and our track record of deep engagement with East of England communities. With your support, we will continue to make our case.

"That thirty-year relationship has been one of the most important and rewarding of my life, and I will always remember that broad smile, impish sense of humor, and intellectual curiosity" - Janis Susskind (Janis Susskind) elliottcarter.com/tributes/janis…

Exclusive: the ACE based its "no growth in opera" charge on figures which national bodies and arts bosses have called "dangerous" and "distorting". //Thread

What a terrible chain of recent events in the UK Arts. Heart goes out to all groups who have suffered as result of Arts Council and BBC cuts. We at Britten Sinfonia have launched a campaign where you can put your money (however small) where your mouth is, should you wish to. ♥️

Hmm...I may get turned back at Heathrow for this, but it had to be said. Proud to join over 700 other composers in this infuriating protest.

Such a joy to see the 159th performance of this iconic production of The Rake's Progress Glyndebourne tonight in the presence of David Hockney and John Cox. Robin Ticciati & London Philharmonic Orchestra a pure delight plus splendid cast.

"We definitely feel we can be most ourselves when working without a conductor." Here’s some behind the scenes photos of our Proms rehearsals this week showing all our players sharing ideas, with a lot of laughter along the way! Listen live tomorrow at 7:30pm on BBC Radio 3

That was just a terrific Prom tonight ⁦Britten Sinfonia⁩ and what an audience reaction - much deserved. Baroque’n roll.

It was a pleasure celebrating Robin Holloway's 80th last night with friends, fellow composers & Boosey & Hawkes colleagues. And look at that cake!

I couldn't agree more!

Delighted to celebrate with Brett Dean tonight The Ivors Academy #TheIvorsClassicalAwards when his Cello Concerto for @albancello won the Orchestral Composition Award.

Goodbye Russia (Rachmaninoff in Exile) justly recognised for the terrific, moving read it is.

Proud to be announcing applications for the next cohort in Britten Sinfonia ‘s professional development programme for composers. With programme directors Dani Howard and Michael Zev Gordon

Whatever your political views, how wonderful to see a senior frontbencher precede their Q&A at #abo24 by playing some solo Bach for us all. Thank you, @ThangamMP 👏 👏