We're back at @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social on Monday 16 March for a lovely concert of Berlioz, DvoΕΓ‘k & Brahms with guest conductor Matt Scott Rogers. Hope you can join us!
kso.org.uk/event/brahms...
π§ββοΈ We're also performing James MacMillan's The Confession of Isobel Gowdie, about a woman burnt as a witch in Scotland in 1662
βοΈ Get a programme to find out what inspired him to compose this beautiful, brutal piece β the "requiem that Isobel Gowdie never had"
π Doreen Carwithen's Bishop Rock, depicting the westernmost lighthouse in the British Isles, is full of the dramatic writing also heard in her film scores
ποΈ Meanwhile, our programme notes look at how Ruth Gipps's string writing echoes the pace of the zippy sports car she loved to drive
Tickets are available here www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/kensin...
Itβs a 3pm start on Sunday afternoon!
π§ββοΈπ§ββοΈπ§ββοΈWeβre back at @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social on Sunday afternoon for a performance full of girl power
π Grab a programme to learn more about the unfairly overlooked 20th-century British composers Doreen Carwithen and Ruth Gipps
Our 2025-26 season in full. We bring you music by John Adams & James MacMillan; Brahms, Copland, DvoΕΓ‘k, Grieg, Nielsen & Stravinsky as well as lesser know pieces by Elfrida AndrΓ©e, Doreen Carwithen & Ruth Gipps
Lunch in the beautiful Italianate town of #Zamosc, #maΕopolska, #Poland
With @guyraybould.bsky.social
Next concert on Monday 30 June at
@cadoganhall.bsky.social
Lyadov, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov's Paganini Variations with recent #BBC #YoungMusician finalist Firoze Madon
π« cadoganhall.com/whats-on/ken...
7οΈβ£ We're back at @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social on Monday 19 May to perform Bruckner's monumental Symphony No.7 β the work that finally won him acclaim
β°οΈ Get a programme to find out how Richard Wagner's death influenced the piece, including a true symphonic innovationβ¦
Congrats to the Festen team on winning Best New Opera Production at the Olivier Awards π Natalya Romaniw accepted with composer Mark-Anthony Turnage & librettist Lee Hall, wearing Jenny Packham π
Catch her this May at the Royal Opera as Sieglinde in Die WalkΓΌre! π
β¨πΈ: Joanne Davidson (img 4)
πͺ With Nasa's stranded astronauts back on Earth, it's KSO's turn to launch into space, as we perform Holst's masterpiece at Fairfield Halls on Saturday
Iβm clearly pleased with my bass.
The bass oboe is in the house ready for The Planets next week
πͺ Come and see it in the wild!
ποΈ www.fairfield.co.uk/events/kensi...
Oh David!
#Florence #Firenze
With @guyraybould.bsky.social
βI have a view, I have a view.
βThis is my son,β said the old man; βhis nameβs George. He has a view too.β
βAh,β said Miss Bartlett
#Florence #Firenze.
With @guyraybould.bsky.social
Next concert: Saturday 29 March at 6PM at Fairfield Halls - Music by Foulds, Tippett, Patrick Hawes, Vaughan Williams and culminating in Holst's perennially popular piece for large orchestra - The Planets
π« www.fairfield.co.uk/events/kensi...
Getting ready to play possibly the most beautiful tune in all Shostakovich tomorrow
31 January over the past decade with @castles73.bsky.social:
1. Bocas del Toro, Panama π΅π¦ 2015
2. Eating fat-bottomed ants in Barichara, Colombia π¨π΄ 2017
3. At Rihannaβs house, Barbados π§π§ 2019
4. Being in Paris as the UK left the EU πͺπΊ π’ 2020
Concert tomorrow night at @southbankcentre.bsky.social!
Some tickets still available including just 4 left at Β£16 - grab yours now before it's too late!
Well Painter Hall at Greenwich, that is one well-placed mirror.
Yes well I think we already have enough clefs to deal with without this bit in tenor clef thanks
Julian Bliss will be our soloist in Magnus Lindberg's clarinet concerto next Saturday 25 January at Queen Elizabeth Hall @southbankcentre.bsky.social
List of the instruments in my house:
- piano
- viola
- oboe
- cor anglais
- flute
- piccolo
- violin (don't know why, nobody plays it)
- cello (display item)
- bass recorder
- tenor recorder
- treble recorder
- descant recorder
- sopranino recorder
- garklein recorder
- 3 ocarinas
- 2 kazoos
The Pitons #SaintLucia π±π¨
43% of countries in the world (85 countries)
Hello from Saint Lucia π±π¨, the 85th country Iβve visited (and 86th for @castles73.bsky.social)
Hereβs my travel review of 2024. The furthest points Iβve been to in each direction this year #Latvia π±π» #Argentina π¦π· #Paraguay π΅πΎ
Mail front page: PM'S 'REWARD FOR FAILURE' AS SADIQ KHAN IS KNIGHTED
sports quiz of the year - Howto de-age your brain w The Daily Eelegraphy INSIDE Swing into action Ten biopics that monkeyed around ArtH The Secret Prisoner Life inside is turning me into a criminal Features Save your skin How to fix 'wine face', 'sugar face' and 'cheese face' Features PM knights Southgate wins a title Khan in 'reward for failure'
this kind of obviously biased headline is so frustrating when MSM is fighting for credibility
1) New Yearβs Honours list is nominated by public not by political leaders
2) Khan has won three elections so the average Londoner clearly doesnβt think heβs a failure
2024 travel highlights no 3. The road trips from #Riga to the castles and palaces of #Rundale #Cesis, #Turaida and #Sigulda With guyraybould.bsky.social
A walk up to the #Derbyshire Levels in #Glossop - the mist cleared. With @guyraybould.bsky.social
