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Clive Whitburn

@clivewhitburn.bsky.social

#Composer, #conductor, #choral #baritone, cross genre #musician, #oboe, #sax, #guitar, #sitar, #mandocello, #piano Here for Music Musicians Politics/news Art & creativity Be human Be kind Keep left I rarely answer DMs Eastbourne UK www.clivewhitburn.com

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It will go higher.

Sign up at yourparty.uk

25.07.2025 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 960    πŸ” 313    πŸ’¬ 85    πŸ“Œ 47
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It's time for a new kind of political party - one that belongs to you.

Sign up at yourparty.uk.

24.07.2025 11:02 β€” πŸ‘ 978    πŸ” 351    πŸ’¬ 110    πŸ“Œ 70

And you Holly

28.06.2025 12:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Out TODAY @ #MeyerMedia: #HOMMAGES from brilliant composer #AnthonyJosephLanman feat. fab pianist @hroadfeldt.bsky.social! Dedications to: #HildegardofBingen #Zappa #KehindeWiley #GaryGygax #Boulanger #Kurasowa #EddieVanHalen #MichioKaku #NeilPeart
anthonyjosephlanman.bandcamp.com/album/hommages

10.06.2025 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The album #Hommages is out! Music by Anthony Joseph Lanman and performed by yours truly! It is available on Bandcamp and all streaming platforms! 15 Hommages!!

27.06.2025 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hi Holly,
Of course I remember. How could I not. Be great to hear some more of your playing on here.

28.06.2025 09:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Unheard works by Erik Satie to premiere 100 years after his death Pianist Alexandre Tharaud performs previously lost material by experimental French composer on a new album

Unheard works by Erik Satie to premiere 100 years after his death

Pianist Alexandre Tharaud performs previously lost material by experimental French composer on a new album

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...

26.06.2025 10:54 β€” πŸ‘ 84    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3

Eleanor Grant on vocals and double bass. Gus McQuaid on guitar.

25.06.2025 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Seasons in Time Eleanor and Gus Β· Album Β· 2025 Β· 12 songs

Absolutely stunning first album by Eleanor and Gus.
Highly recommend.

open.spotify.com/album/25sQkL...

25.06.2025 07:37 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!πŸ€“

21.06.2025 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you @sibelian62.bsky.social and @oboistaalli.bsky.social for RTs

21.06.2025 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Solstice (Orchestra) A hypnotic dance with a driving rhythm which builds and builds to a climax. This piece for orchestra keeps a C major triad, a basic building block with simplistic almost primitive connotations, drivin

Good morning
It’s the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, and Winter Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere. Where ever you are, here is Solstice for Orchestra. Best played loud:

on.soundcloud.com/525a629VoN3a...

21.06.2025 07:15 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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We are so delighted to be performing the UK premiere of Libby Croad Composer's 'The BrontΓ© Suite' as part of our concert at Cadogan Hall on Sunday 22nd June at 4pm.
Here, Robert Hugill catches up with Libby to hear all about her new work.
www.planethugill.com/2025/05/some...

24.05.2025 11:41 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Poem response to Starmer's Farage/Powell cosplay - full text in the link

Poem response to Starmer's Farage/Powell cosplay - full text in the link

Island of Strangers - by @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social m.facebook.com/story.php?st...

14.05.2025 09:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1048    πŸ” 532    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 42
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RPS Young Classical Writers Prize

UK-based writers aged 16-25 can win up to Β£500 and the chance to write for a significant classical music organisation through the RPS Young Classical Writers Prize. Find out more and apply by 29 August via this link: royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/awards/rps-y...

14.05.2025 10:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œDon’t send these men to prison, make them plant trees instead”

11.05.2025 13:50 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Folk Duo β€œ5th Quarter” album cover β€œSculptures on the Beach” showing guitarist and fiddler in front of a derelict wooden fisherman’s hut on Dungeness Beach

Folk Duo β€œ5th Quarter” album cover β€œSculptures on the Beach” showing guitarist and fiddler in front of a derelict wooden fisherman’s hut on Dungeness Beach

My album about 20 years ago

10.05.2025 10:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Brighton Festival Chorus: Vespers of the Blessed Earth

On Thursday 22 May at Brighton Dome, our friends and RPS Corporate Members @bfchorus.bsky.social will be joined by the @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social for a nature and climate-themed programme. To find out more and book tickets visit: royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/whats_on/bfc...

06.05.2025 11:47 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Still buzzing by how electrifying and wonderful this performance was.

10.05.2025 08:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Passages by Philip Glass and Ravi Shankar - brilliantly performed tonight by Anoushka Shankar and Britten Sinfonia in Brighton. Sublime, transcendent inspirational. Loved it.

09.05.2025 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I get black smoke, but I get up again

08.05.2025 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Walking Hadrian’s Wall in 2012 we stopped briefly at Sycamore Gap. Today justice has been done.

09.05.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 108    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Sir David, 99 on Thurs, says: "After almost 100 years on the planet, I now understand the most important place on Earth is not on land, but at sea."
The ocean is the planet's support system+humanity's greatest ally against climate catastrophe. Film shows how the world's oceans are at a crossroads.

06.05.2025 07:33 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Attenborough Ocean film 'greatest message he's ever told' Sir David says his new film Ocean is one of the most important of his career.

Sir David Attenborough is launching what he says is one of the most important films of his career as he enters his hundredth year.
He believes his new, cinema-length film Ocean could play a decisive role in saving biodiversity and protecting the planet from climate change. 1/

06.05.2025 07:32 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The power of music

03.05.2025 07:26 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Solidarity with trans people who are facing really hard times at the moment.

18.04.2025 08:38 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Excellent album

16.04.2025 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Big fan of Keith Tippett group, ever since the days of Centipede and Septober Energy

16.04.2025 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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