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Musicologist | Director, Ertegun Graduate Scholarship Programme in the Humanities @uniofoxford

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Film Club: Sisters With Transistors - Wiltshire Music Centre The story of electronic music's female pioneers; composers who transformed how we produce and listen to music today.

For fans in the West Country of Radigue and others, this fabulous film is being shown on 29 April
www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk/event/film-c...

25.02.2026 08:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Éliane Radigue, French composer and musique concrète legend, dies aged 94 The Paris-born artist reinvented the synthesizer through meditative and feedback-drenched sonic explorations

Farewell to a great figure www.theguardian.com/music/2026/f...

25.02.2026 07:31 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Happy birthday!

19.02.2026 11:57 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

'... all Vegas-promises and Blackpool reality'. Brilliant!

17.02.2026 16:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The great Zandra Rhodes @holburnemuseumbath.bsky.social tonight. Also opening: powerful curation of old and new Don McCullin photographs

29.01.2026 22:15 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of Andrew Clements from Opera magazine Instagram post

Photo of Andrew Clements from Opera magazine Instagram post

Very sad news. A great and intelligent advocate for new music at the Guardian and elsewhere

11.01.2026 22:31 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ertegun Futures returns this term on Jan 22 with Professor Rana Mitter on modern Chinese history and how it helps us understand China's present and future

This event is free and open to all but please note that we reserve the right to limit entry once maximum capacity has been reached

09.01.2026 20:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, launches its 500th anniversary celebrations this evening in a programme that showcases its rich musical legacy 🌟

πŸ•°οΈ 7:30pm
🎢 Errollyn Wallen, Giles Swayne, Preston and more
🎟️ https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202601051930

05.01.2026 13:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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BBC Radio 3 - Record Review, Tchaikovsky's Symphony No.1 'Winter Daydreams' in Building a Library with Jonathan Cross and Andrew McGregor Navigating the best new classical albums of music for Christmas and the festive period.

A spot of mid-winter good cheer tomorrow afternoon, if you fancy tuning in
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

19.12.2025 20:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Young cyclist races up cobbled, crowd-lined street in Frome, Somerset

Young cyclist races up cobbled, crowd-lined street in Frome, Somerset

Paris-Roubaix has nothing on the annual Frome Cobble Wobble

23.11.2025 16:55 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Graphic with concluding words from the RMA statement: "We urge the University of Nottingham in the strongest terms to reverse its decision to suspend recruitment to all undergraduate programmes in music, and to continue to provide whole- hearted support to a department that has already achieved so much in so many different areas of music, and which, with its highly talented and deeply committed staff body, is excellently positioned to thrive in the future."

Graphic with concluding words from the RMA statement: "We urge the University of Nottingham in the strongest terms to reverse its decision to suspend recruitment to all undergraduate programmes in music, and to continue to provide whole- hearted support to a department that has already achieved so much in so many different areas of music, and which, with its highly talented and deeply committed staff body, is excellently positioned to thrive in the future."

RMA statement on the proposed suspension of recruitment to all UG music programmes at the University of Nottingham: www.rma.ac.uk/2025/11/17/s...

17.11.2025 16:34 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I did the same re the plans to close music. Please do likewise, bluesky friends

15.11.2025 15:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Here we go again. More vandalism. This is one of the top UK departments for teaching and research. Let's join together to fight for our colleagues at Nottingham

06.11.2025 22:05 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is shocking news. I'm devastated to hear it. Full solidarity with all colleagues at Nottingham

06.11.2025 22:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations Scott!

08.10.2025 08:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

To Cardiff for Tosca. (Me? I know! & I wasn't even reviewing.) Fabulous, especially Romaniw. But what made the tears flow? Just seeing the words "Welsh National Opera" at the final credits. They mean so much to so many. Why is this glorious musical beacon being destroyed? @welshnatopera.bsky.social

27.09.2025 20:57 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hits from the bong: music obsessives rescue the sound of Spain’s ancient bells For centuries bells were the fastest means of communication, calling people to meetings, warning about wildfires, and were even believed to offer protection from storms – now they are being given a ne...

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...

23.09.2025 06:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Exterior of Ustinov Studio

Exterior of Ustinov Studio

Poster for Endgame showing two dustbins

Poster for Endgame showing two dustbins

Dark, desolate, terrifying, humorous. Outstanding production and performance of Beckett's Endgame this evening at Ustinov Studio @theatreroyalbath.bsky.social

16.09.2025 21:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Professor Jonathan Cross - Analysing the spectrum of sound Jonathan Cross, Professor of Musicology, talks about his career and his research into spectral music.

Check out this profile of Professor @jonathancross.bsky.social!
Learn more about spectral music and find out what Professor Cross gets up to as a musicologist, combining research, public engagements, and interdisciplinary teaching. @ertegunhouse.bsky.social

09.09.2025 14:37 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I love your giggling confession 🀣

08.09.2025 17:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Niki

26.08.2025 20:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Joyful Nikki de Saint-Phalle sculptures dancing in the sunshine at Hauser & Wirth

25.08.2025 20:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Giuliana Terran, Bird with a Diamond Earing (Bristol Museum & Art Gallery)

Giuliana Terran, Bird with a Diamond Earing (Bristol Museum & Art Gallery)

Peak Bristol

25.08.2025 08:48 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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21.08.2025 13:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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What are the chances of that? 🀣

21.08.2025 12:55 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Stefan Zweig, 1937, Austrian-Jewish refugee who found sanctuary in London

17.08.2025 12:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Will Stone, intro to Zweig Journeys

Will Stone, intro to Zweig Journeys

Plaque outside Zweig's house, Bath

Plaque outside Zweig's house, Bath

Stefan Zweig occupied a relatively modest house in Lyncombe during his brief exile in Bath. But I love the idea that the city was for him a Salzburg substitute

17.08.2025 08:45 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Top retort. This made me laugh!

29.07.2025 16:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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18.07.2025 20:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Excellent article Richard, albeit highly disturbing

13.07.2025 17:46 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0