Classical shenanigans from @timmy_fisher and @sam_pop91. Buy us a coffee: Ko-fi.com/classicalpod

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NEW: Sam chats to the magnificent @EricWhitacre about their experience recording The Sacred Veil together with @VOCES8. open.spotify.com/episode/0ga…
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Classical Twitter: are there any concertos that open with just the solo instrument, unaccompanied, before Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto? Asking for a friend.
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My EP lives! Follow, subscribe, share, even listen! open.spotify.com/album/4Cfmz…
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Wrote a feature for this on what classical musicians wear, talking to performers and designers about everything from sweat and penguin suits to Prada boots. Thanks @DavoneTines, @DaliaStasevska, Jenny Lai Conor Gricmanis (and @timmy_fisher for commissioning!)
Grab your @bbcproms Guides! Featuring some red-hot writing from @igortoronyi, @KitdeWaal, @LeahBroad, @bernardlhughes and Rosalind Jana, among others …
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Do we know of any prominent classical folk (artists, commentators) who HATE Bruckner?
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Feeling proud to have worked on such a brilliant Proms season. Here’s a wee round up of some of the best bits. bbc.co.uk/programmes/article…
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The only quavers we’re interested in are cheese flavoured and crunchy.
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First night of the what? @FFargion @FargionGiacomo
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First garden peony of the year and @bernardlhughes’s excellent new album on the CD player.
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They stole our only gag.
Have you ever heard Newsnight’s theme tune played by a recorder quartet? Well, now you have bbc.in/2Ps915G
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NEW POD: Tim talks international competition politics, while Sam forges a musical map of Middle Earth in a Lord of the Rings analytical pilgrimage. open.spotify.com/episode/38q…
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What a treat to see this beautiful short story from @madeleinethien in print! Get your 2023 @bbcproms Guides, people.
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The excellent @alexpaxtonyeah getting the coverage he deserves! (And a lovely write up from Josh Spero.)
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Just published: my interview with terrific composer @alexpaxtonyeah, in which he talks about noise, jazz and being inspired by the 4yos he used to teach enterprise-sharing.ft.com/re…
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