Philip Thomas

We we're intending on having omelette for dinner. But we forgot to buy eggs. Mmmm. Egglessn omelette anyone?

20th Century Radicals - Anthony Braxton: Agency and ancestry - BBC Sounds Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century.

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Lovely Anthony Braxton

New Music Show - Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival: Sarah Hennies' Borrowed Light - BBC Sounds Tom Service presents the UK premiere of Sarah Hennies' Borrowed Light for string quartet.

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Wonderful new quartet by bsky.app/profile/sara... on the radio, performed at hcmf

Many thanks to Mr Another Timbre for driving me and looking after me so well

New Music Show - Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival: Explore Ensemble and ONCEIM - BBC Sounds Explore Ensemble perform a brand new work from Bryn Harrison.

I went to a wonderful concert last Friday at hcmf. Excellent performances and wonderful piece by Bryn Harrison. You can listen here

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John Lely NB running low on CD copies 1  ‘Doubles’   (2012)   string quartet2  ‘Karnaugh Quartet’   (2020)   string quartet3  ‘Pale Signal’   (2020)   electronics, John Lely4  ‘Meander Section’   (2018)   versi...

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Am listening to my favourite CD of recent years

I go to Huddersfield tomorrow for the opening concert of the festival. Which is a bit weird as it’s the first time I’ve been back for a couple years. Promises to be a great programme with new works by Rytis Mazulis and Bryn Harrison played by the Explore Ensemble

Listening toCage’s orchestral music I realise I smile an awful lot

Preceded by a fantastic afternoon featuring a visit from Steve Chase, Heather Roche, and Laurence Crane

SOUNDS OF NOW: ÉLIANE RADIGUE FOR HARP, VIOLIN & DOUBLE BASS SOUNDS OF NOW: ÉLIANE RADIGUE FOR HARP, VIOLIN & DOUBLE BASS - Music in the Round %

I forgot to mentio this marvellous concert of Radigue I attended last weekend
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Poster of Houdini, who devised the upsidedown escape from a straightjacket in near Greystones with the city's own Great Randini

Graves Gallery/Library stairwell

Pictures from Penny McCarthy's 'How to look through time' exhibition at Graves Gallery

Upper Chapel with harp #thereturnofthesonofblurryphotos

A swift jaunt to Sheffield catching up with a bunch of excellent people (including, at last again, the inimitable indomitable @philipthomas.bsky.social ) and amazing sounds from #FredericBlondy #AngharadDavies #RhodriDavies & #DominicLash

New Music Show - Wild About Nature - BBC Sounds The New Music Show goes wild about nature.

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Really excellent and lovely piece by Lisa Streich on this week’s New Music Show

5 years ago an unpredictable and radical event led to me following an entirely different life

The first time in 5 years I have exited my house by foot

I found myself in South Woodford this weekend and fancied seeing a film at the cinema, an Odeon. So I went to see The Roses. Except I couldn’t because it was only being shown on an upper floor and there was no lift so I had to watch a different film on the lower floor. Outrgeous! Very poor show

Wonderful to see my daughter, Naomi, this weekend. She saw me climb the stairs for the first time and was moved to tears. Well I guess it IS quite emotional seeing your old man walk unaided for the first time in five years

I’m loving my new bath chair

My experience of Leamington Spa train station has been entirely positive. Great staff, great café

Thanks for your message. Yes all good here. Big changes all the time. Love to you both

So brilliant to be able to use my bathroom again after nearly 5 years of getting washed in other rooms

and my seeing my friend (who I went interrailing with in 1992) whose daughter was in the same class as Naomi and we didn't know
An added bonus to the weekend was seeing my good friend Martin Iddon for the first time since my injury

It couldn't have been wetter but it was a glorious day for my daughter’s graduation this weekend.
Two added bonuses were:
Margaret Atwood (appearing by zoom) receiving an honorary degree,

New toy

Just had 2 gorgeous weeks in the Loire, France. Cheese

Because they’re filling, they’re a complete, self-contained snack, they’re soft so I don’t choke on them when I eat, and I can hold and peel them myself no matter how wobbly I am. Brilliant

Bananas are brilliant

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First time I’ve listened to this Pisaro release for many years.What beautiful music

We said thank you to all the wonderful friends and and neighbours who've helped me the past 2 years today