Lotti

Wow.

Please do help, if you can. New and rare music is vital to our cultural evolution and most recording companies seem to be more interested in another Verdi Requiem and more Alma Mahler (fine as they both are).

If you can afford a few quid in this direction, it would mean a lot. x

Ireland’s basic income for the arts scheme becomes permanent When piloted, initiative that provided €325 a week to eligible artists recouped more than its net cost, study shows

Interesting!!

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

Good morning Bristol!

Yay 😃

Barbara Strozzi and John Dowland 🥰

Wishing you a happy and fulfilling year Stefaan

Good morning and happy new year from Bristol

Another big thumbs up for Invisible Women.

Excellent! Spread the love 🥰

Thank you! 😃😂

YouTube video by Lotti Lotti Wishing Liz was somehow here again

I had a party last night for my students and I sang this bit of silliness at the end, to finish with a giggle. You probably need to be British to understand.

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Hope you’re ok

"Away in" is just the English translation of "Pret."

I’m not sure I could ever choose another arrangement any more. It’s just “how it goes” and one of the choral highlights of Christmas for me 😂

Do you sing the Willcocks arrangement too? There’s a bit of a cult-following here for the final verse harmonisation.

YouTube video by Philip Jones Brass Ensemble - Topic Willcocks: Fanfare - O Come, All Ye Faithful

Getting properly Christmas-excited now. I cannot contain myself any longer, so here, just over a week ahead of time, is the WORD. 3’40”

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Good call.

YouTube video by Georgios Magklaras Shostakovich Piano Concerto No 2: 2nd Movement Andante (Mariinsky Theater Orchestra)

One more full week before Christmas. Starting with something gentle and restorative, catching my breath so to speak.

Shostakovich’s 2nd Piano concerto, 2nd movement. He wrote it as a gift for his son to play.

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Concert day of baroque loveliness, somewhere near Southampton. Thank God for satnav!

Awww 🥰

Exactly my thinking! ☀️

YouTube video by Jeremy Ovenden - Topic The Creation, Hob.XXI:2: Pt. 1, In Splendor Bright is Rising Now

My offering to those of you who, like me, at this time of year, are longing for more sunshine.

The glorious sunrise that forms the introduction to this aria from Haydn Creation will have to suffice for now.

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YouTube video by Tanglewood Music Center AMY BEACH Piano Quintet Op. 67, mvt. II / TMC Fellows

I haven’t shared any music by Amy Beach for a while. Here’s a gorgeous, peaceful excerpt from her Piano Quintet.

She was a musical pioneer, born in 1867 and the first woman in America to compose and publish a symphony.

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Beautiful 🤩

Babi Yar is an incredible symphony.

YouTube video by Netherlands Bach Society Bach - Violin Concerto in A minor BWV 1041 - Sato | Netherlands Bach Society

Today’s musical wonder - JS Bach’s A mi violin concerto (and Monday’s Music Appreciation)

Hopefully on a Saturday you have time for it all (13 mins) but if not, try:

0’00 1st mvmt for drive & energy
4’04 2nd mvmt for beauty & stillness
9’23 3rd mvmt for irresistible dance
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Perfect. I think the streaming thing is a scam. I know it’s convenient in the short term, but artists are being ripped off and customers will have nothing if their service goes off line. I like my CDs.

If you haven’t yet succumbed to Spotify, but still prefer CDs, does that make your listening age 106? Asking for a friend.

Thanks - I will