Like music? Poetry? The outdoors? Then we have the event for you: Ivor Gurney: High Above Gloucester and the Severn Plain 14/15 September. All info and tickets: themusicalbrain.org

The walking tickets for our Ivor Gurney event are SOLD OUT! But we have tickets left for the talks, discussions and concerts — come and book yours while you can: themusicalbrain.org

Like music? Poetry? The outdoors? Then we have the event for you: Ivor Gurney: High Above Gloucester and the Severn Plain 14/15 September. All info and tickets: themusicalbrain.org #Gurney #Gloucester #Gloucestershire

"The thrill of pure science is just as pleasurable as the pleasure of pure art." — Vladimir Nabokov

Like music? Poetry? The outdoors? Then we have the event for you: Ivor Gurney: High Above Gloucester and the Severn Plain 14/15 September. All info and tickets: themusicalbrain.org #Gurney #Gloucester #Gloucestershire

Don't miss The Festival of English Music (The English Music Festival) this October — you can peruse their marvellous programme here: englishmusicfestival.org.uk/2018-autumn-fe…

Don't miss the wonderful Festival of English Music, The English Music Festival, 4-7 October 2018. Explore their programme here: bit.ly/2LBmUK5

Ivor Gurney was born on this day in 1890. We will explore the composer-poet's homeland, poetry, music and mind on 14-15 September with the help of some wonderful speakers and musicians. Join us! Info and tickets: themusicalbrain.org

Announcement: we are pleased to be able to release some concert-only tickets for our Ivor Gurney event in Gloucester on 14 & 15 September. Info and booking: themusicalbrain.org

We are delighted that Anna Tilbrook will be on @BBCInTune today, discussing our Ivor Gurney event this weekend as well as performing a piece or two! You can tune in here: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00… (Details of our Gurney event: themusicalbrain.org)

If you heard Anna Tilbrook playing Gurney on In Tune BBC Radio 3 and want to know more about The Musical Brain Gurney event, do take a look at themusicalbrain.org. Featuring @BehemothMusic Tim Kendall Ian Venables @bridgequartet @JamesTenorGilch Michael Craddock and more!

Huge thanks to everyone who contributed to our Ivor Gurney event last weekend: @BehemothMusic Nicola Harrison Performance @pglancaster77 Peter Parker Tim Kendall Ian Venables @JamesTenorGilch Anna Tilbrook @bridgequartet Michael Craddock Gloucester Cathedral and more! A very special two days.

"And with all these, dominating them all, flute-notes of the cruellest sweetness, deep and cooing, keeping shamelessly on until the listener felt his very entrails bewitched." — Thomas Mann (Death in Venice)

"I would teach children music, physics, and philosophy; but most importantly music, for the patterns in music and all the arts are the keys to learning." ― Plato

"Virtually every writer I know would rather be a musician." — Kurt Vonnegut

"Music…will help dissolve your perplexities and purify your character and sensibilities, and in time of care and sorrow, will keep a fountain of joy alive in you." — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Don't miss our next Monday Platform concert Wigmore Hall on 18 March, featuring guitarist Michael Matthews and flautist Sirius Chau - Flautist. Get your tickets here: bit.ly/2Rwcyy5 Please spread the word!

"Do not merely practise your art, but force your way into its secrets." — Beethoven

COMPETITION TIME! We have 3 pairs of tickets to give away for our Kings Place concert on 20 May, featuring saxophonist Manu Brazo and violinist Maria Gîlicel. Simply RT for a chance to win! Winners announced 1 May. Good luck! Concert details: buff.ly/2Uv0bYs

Don't miss Guildhall School of Music & Drama's upcoming Festival of Classical Improvisation, 1-3 May. Looks fascinating. Especially the Improvisational State of Mind event, which will share the results of a joint 9-year research project with Imperial College London. Info: gsmd.ac.uk/about_the_scho…