Pluen (feather): III. Sempre molto espressivo e con anima YouTube video by Philharmonia Orchestra - Topic

Pluen (pronounced plee-un) is the Welsh word for feather. Played here very beautifully by the Philharmonia Orchestra and Martyn Brabbins. youtube.com/watch?v=VGER...

Tristan - still: II. Poco meno messo. Tenero e fragile YouTube video by Philharmonia Orchestra - Topic

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A teaser extract from Tristan - still …

Vale - a pastoral symphony: III. Fluido, bucolico e espressivo (cont.) YouTube video by Philharmonia Orchestra - Topic

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A teaser - part of my ‘Vale - a pastoral symphony’ from the forthcoming orchestral release from Signum Classics, the #philharmonia orchestra and Martyn Brabbins

Take your seat!

1: Complete silence the entire flight
2: Tells you his sordid love story
3: You leave feeling weirdly German
4: Swapping grooming product info
5: The most fun
6: Fretting that the plane might crash
7: French only need apply
8: Somehow better airplane food!

Was there last night - discovered a masterpiece! I don’t want to say ‘stunning’ - but that’s what it was! LSO, Rattle and company at their peak.

Music and Ideas: Remembering Anthony Milner – Composer, Teacher and Scholar | Royal College of Music <p>RCM professors and alumni William Mival and Andrew McCrea mark Anthony Milner's recent centenary.</p>

Composer, scholar (and my teacher) Anthony Milner would have been 100 in 2025. Andrew McCrea and I will be celebrating his life and work - Royal College of Music, 21 January 2026. 5.15 pm.

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My new favourite video of all time.

Celebrate any time of the year with #AlbanBerg's #Wozzeck...on ICE! 'Weh! Weh! ich wasche mich mit Blut! Das Wasser ist Blut...'

Oh miracle!

As one of those who was lucky enough to have had so many amazing experiences through the Erasmus programme it’s wonderful to see its return.

To celebrate today’s news, a portrait of Erasmus (1466-1536); translator, scholar, humanist and fierce defender of reasoned debate. He insisted on arguing in Latin because the act of stopping and translating one’s thoughts was an impediment to publishing anything intemperate or ill-considered.

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News from Signum Records. Out in April 2026.

Franz Liszt having a miserable time with his students.

Great culture can save lives. Literally.

Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

happy bday German writer/philosopher Friedrich Schiller, b.1759.

“Keep true to the dreams of thy youth.”

“Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men's opinions of us, forms our true honor.”

“Truth exists for the wise, beauty for the feeling heart.”

An octopus doesn't have ears but it can detect low-frequency sounds using organs called statocysts. The brain is also decentralized; in addition to the one in the mantle, each arm has brain-like abilities.

Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham In a statement the institution also says it is

Well this is awful news: tinyurl.com/yr65mjkx
'All modern language and music courses are being suspended for new students at the University of Nottingham.'

Nottingham friends: please be assured that we will join you in protesting against this decision in the strongest possible terms. Solidarity.

Love is the greatest gift you can give and receive 😊

Buddha

#Love #Gift #Rose #Buddha

Boosey & Hawkes announces leadership transition: Janis Susskind passes baton to Steven Lankenau Managing Director Janis Susskind OBE concludes her distinguished 46-year career at Boosey & Hawkes. Steven Lankenau becomes President, continuing the company’s legacy of championing the world’s leadin...

Boosey & Hawkes today announces a leadership transition in 2026. After an extraordinary 46-year career, Janis Susskind OBE concludes her tenure as Managing Director in June 2026, handing the baton to Steven Lankenau, B&H Senior Vice President.

Consultation opens on the proposed Glyndŵr National Park A consultation has progressed on proposals for a new national park stretching across north-east Wales and Powys. People are being encouraged to share their views on the proposed Glyndŵr National Park,...

A consultation has progressed on proposals for a new national park stretching across north-east Wales and Powys

'Friday Night', Hammersmith (1958) by Ruskin Spear

(De Beers Art Collection)

A headline from The Times, with Nick Clegg saying that requiring permission from copyright holders to train AI on their word would 'kill' the AI industry. Boo fecking hoo.

My plans for a major retail emporium are being threatend by wholesalers who won't let me steal the stock.

Which to abolish first - DCMS or ACE? - Slippedisc Rumours are rife that the UK Department of...

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Thank you! So glad you enjoyed the programme!

‘I sense Brussels is ready to be bold and ambitious’: hope mixes with anger on Brexit’s fifth anniversary The union jack was lowered in Brussels this week in 2020. Today, despite the problems caused by leaving, a yearning for ‘Breturn’ flowers Andrew Moss despairs, even now, when he thinks back to the end of January 2020. It was a painful, traumatic time for…

‘I sense Brussels is ready to be bold and ambitious’: hope mixes with anger on Brexit’s fifth anniversary

Job of the week: London Philharmonic seeks artistic director - Slippedisc This will be a replacement for Elena Dubinets,...

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