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
13.09.2025 11:03 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Next concert on Monday 30 June at
@cadoganhall.bsky.social
Lyadov, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov's Paganini Variations with recent #BBC #YoungMusician finalist Firoze Madon
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02.06.2025 11:42 β π 2 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
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¦
14.05.2025 08:42 β π 1 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0
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
26.03.2025 17:42 β π 2 π 5 π¬ 1 π 0
Iβm clearly pleased with my bass.
21.03.2025 19:25 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0
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...
21.03.2025 19:15 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 1 π 1
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
01.03.2025 15:38 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
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
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25.02.2025 16:01 β π 6 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0
Getting ready to play possibly the most beautiful tune in all Shostakovich tomorrow
15.02.2025 11:46 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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!
24.01.2025 16:42 β π 4 π 4 π¬ 0 π 1
Well Painter Hall at Greenwich, that is one well-placed mirror.
18.01.2025 16:15 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Yes well I think we already have enough clefs to deal with without this bit in tenor clef thanks
18.01.2025 11:42 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Julian Bliss will be our soloist in Magnus Lindberg's clarinet concerto next Saturday 25 January at Queen Elizabeth Hall @southbankcentre.bsky.social
17.01.2025 10:33 β π 6 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0
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
16.01.2025 15:47 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The Pitons #SaintLucia π±π¨
06.01.2025 21:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
43% of countries in the world (85 countries)
04.01.2025 02:13 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Hello from Saint Lucia π±π¨, the 85th country Iβve visited (and 86th for @castles73.bsky.social)
03.01.2025 11:30 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
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
31.12.2024 20:19 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Mail front page:
PM'S 'REWARD FOR FAILURE' AS SADIQ KHAN IS KNIGHTED
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Ten biopics that monkeyed around
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Life inside is turning me into a criminal
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'wine face',
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Southgate wins a title
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'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
31.12.2024 08:19 β π 3666 π 844 π¬ 296 π 105
A walk up to the #Derbyshire Levels in #Glossop - the mist cleared. With @guyraybould.bsky.social
27.12.2024 13:40 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Iβm in this concert with @kensingtonso.bsky.social at @southbankcentre.bsky.social on Saturday 25 January #Ravel #Prokofiev #MagnusLindberg
Come along!
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14.12.2024 10:21 β π 0 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
And for our next trick we will be performing these 4 fantastic pieces at @southbankcentre.bsky.social on Saturday 25 January with clarinettist Michael Collins #Ravel #Prokofiev #MagnusLindberg
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11.12.2024 14:57 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
#NewReleases2024 #311
Magnus Lindberg: Viola Concerto, Absence & Serenades
Lawrence Power (viola), Finnish RSO, Nicholas Collon
Lindberg (b. 1958) has long been one of my favourite composers. Listen to this to hear why (btw Beethoven says hi) πππ
05.11.2024 06:34 β π 19 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Concert last night. Hope everyone in our large and enthusiastic audience enjoyed it as much as we did!
26.11.2024 17:45 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1
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