Film composer, conductor, bandleader and trumpeter John Barry was born in York on this day in 1933. He was also a classical fan, choosing Mahler 9 in both of his appearances on Desert Island Discs in 1967 and 1999. You can see his choices and hear the interview here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

Oooof - that was hard work, but exactly the kind of game you have to be able to grind out if you want to win the title.

Maybe a bit of a hangover from midweek, but Eze had the moment of quality to earn three points.

With Man City and Liverpool both losing, this was a really big win.

Arsenal Duels - Arsenal vs Atletico Madrid

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What a bloody brilliant performance that was....
Absolutely delighted for Gyokeres, I literally don't care how he got the goals, he deserves them and needed them.
Martinelli looking like he's getting back to his best, his first time finish was class
Gabriel... Simply the best ❤️

Ruined it now by scoring from open play

Set piece FC

This was the first time since November 2003 that Arsenal didn't face a shot on target in successive Premier League games, with the second game on that occasion also against Fulham.

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It was such a "clear and obvious" error that it took 5 whole minutes and about 27 replays from multiple angles in ultra slow motion (as well as a team of people re-refereeing the ref) to realise the supposed "mistake"!

I wonder how many goals Arsenal would have to win by away at a mid table opponent setting up in a low/mid block before we’d stop spending the two hours after the match arguing over whether the attack was set up right/did well enough

Great to see the 'old' Ødegaard back!

Ok ok maybe an eff off win then. X

Ed Davey, "I'm afraid Nigel Farage should be apologising for helping cause this problem in the first place"

"Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people"

-Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats

Please repost if you agree that British TV News is betraying our democracy by giving Farage what looks like more coverage than all the other opposition parties combined.

Nigel Farage faces fresh tax questions as he changes his story over luxury home The Mirror can reveal that Reform Leader Nigel Farage changed his story twice over the purchase of his luxury Clacton pad, which saved him and his partner £44k in stamp duty

Odd how quiet it’s gone with MSM over Farage’s dodgy house dealings in #Clacton clouded by a blanket of his lies..

Have MSM lost interest whether he avoided stamp duty❓🤔

So it only matter if it’s Angela Rayner in which case the media furore is deafening.. but as it’s Farage it’s hush so schhh 🤫🤫

How do they keep doing it?

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Read these words posted online by Palestinians in Gaza. Let them horrify you. Because this reality is intolerable and it cannot continue.

As trucks of aid – food, water, medicine, and hygiene supplies – wait at the border, millions of people are hungry. Stop this catastrophe.

Record cover. Joseph Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 50. Quatuor Zaïde. NoMadMusic NMM027D. https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8506615--joseph-haydn-string-quartets-op-50

I only discovered Quatuor Zaïde's Op. 50 set last week, and within seconds I knew it was going to be special. The music dances on air, every phrase animated from within. These are players with a hotline to Haydn's quicksilver wit, imagination, and sense of fun. Highly recommended!

YouTube video by DR Koncerthuset Symphony No 4 - Carl Nielsen // Danish National Symphony Orchestra with Fabio Luisi (Live)

Who's your favourite symphony composer who's NOT Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven or Mahler?

Mine: Carl Nielsen.

Outstanding thread.

Every day is a school day!

Record cover. Charles Koechlin: Symphony No. 1. Patricia Petibon (soprano), Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen, Ariane Matiakh. Capriccio C5533.

Record cover. Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor. The Hallé, Kahchun Wong. Hallé CDHLD7566.

Record cover. Brahms: Complete Symphonies. Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner. DG 4864667.

Record cover. Franz Lachner: Symphony No. 4; Andante for Brass Ensemble. Evergreen Symphony Orchestra, Gernot Schmalfuss. CPO 555238-2.

Happy #NewReleaseFriday! There are more exciting symphony & orchestral #NewReleases than I can wave a baton at this week: rediscovered repertoire, another "complete" Bruckner 9, a punchy podium master's second Brahms cycle and much, much more.

It's all here: ▶️ spoti.fi/400asdn

As far as I know, nobody has attempted to finish Schubert's 8th and I hope nobody does. Can't imagine it any other way.

Ah I didn't know that. Interesting!

Interesting question although as you know there were a fair few conductors that either performed the Adagio alone from Mahler 10, or Solti that didn't even do that.

In 16 yrs I don’t think I’ve ever got double digit returns from my entire defence before , even in a dgw. #fpl

Some incredible statistics here from the Financial Times showing the drop in European travel to the United States as a result of Trump's presidency.

I would be tempted to go for Asensio and Bradley in too and still BB32, but so tough to say.