Lover of classical music and opera (Handel, Schubert, Schumann, Verdi, Elgar). Enjoy cities, their buildings, art and culture, good food, most drink and chat
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Richard Strauss 🎶😍 my pilgrimage to his house in Garmisch .. 😊
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Jun 12
Pomegranates left for Katharine of Aragon ❤️
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Reminder! History Group meeting on Liberals and Trade Unions: The General Strike of 1926, with Anne Perkins Dr Alastair Reid and Dr David Yates. Chair: Sarah Olney MP. 6.00pm Monday 29 June. mailchi.mp/53030885f580/ldhg…
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Calling all women doctors! And allies.
Book: ME speaking 8.30-9.45am Fri 12 June at WAM (Women in Academic Medicine). @TheBMA London or on-line.
Email info.masc@bma.org.uk to register "breakfast".
FREE. [Or £20 for all-day non-BMA-members:
bma.org.uk/events/medical-ac… 3pm: @DacreJane]
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Tribute to Michael Meadowcroft on our website.
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Jun 5
Sarah Michelle Gellar has paid a beautiful tribute to Anthony Stewart Head via instagram 🕊️
““Tell Giles I figured it out and I’m ok” Well I don’t have it figured out and I’m not ok. But I know I’m the lucky one because I knew you. Thank you to Daisy and Emily who not only shared their dad with me, but with the world”
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David Cloke retweeted
Jun 5
Today marks the 200th anniversary of Carl Maria von Weber’s death
For “Der Freischütz” performances @operadeparis Berlioz composed French recitatives under the title “Le Freyschütz” which replace the spoken passages
Read more about this edition here takte-online.de/en/search-re…
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Jun 4
Coffee art in Sambra Brew on Lewisham Way echoing Tenniel’s illustrations for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Obviously a classy establishment! alice-in-wonderland.net/wp-c…
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Lovely new website created by Poppy at Showcase Creative. thomaselwin.com
Up to date calendar too!
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Composed for the 90th German Catholics Days in Berlin in May 1990 – the first held following the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Come hear Arvo Pärt's Berliner Messe as part of London Concord Singers 60th anniversary concert with Gerard Lim & Hilary Punnett :
ticketsource.com/london-conc…
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We are very sorry to hear the news of the death of Michael Meadowcroft on 1 June - author, activist, Liberal MP 1983-87, member of the Journal of Liberal History Editorial Board, a thoughtful and generous Liberal. We'll carry a full obituary in the summer issue of the Journal.
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1/2 - It is with sadness that we have recently heard that Michael Meadowcroft, a friend and contributor of the Lloyd George Society over the years, died on Monday, aged 84.
Michael was the former Liberal MP for Leeds West and a formidable Liberal thinker and figure.
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Edward Elgar b itd 1857! What a composer - such moving, deeply emotional music; but (to my mind) widely misunderstood. Yes, his musical language is English; but his vulnerability, his aching sensitivity, his warmth of heart and gift for soaring melody - these are universal.
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Jun 3
One of Sir Arthur Bliss’s seminal works is featured in this afternoon’s Composer of the Week on R3 at 4pm: Morning Heroes, his great choral symphony in memory of his brother killed in WW1 and all his dead comrades. Wonderful music - and a great exploration of Bliss all week.
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An all-Schubert song recital by Lise Davidsen and James Baillieu at Wigmore Hall.
Gerald Finley is here .. so I’m hoping he’ll jump on stage and join her for a bit of Flying Dutchman 🤪
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Jun 1
Some lessons here for the UK’s struggling opera companies? Though, do we have Costanzos to head them up?!
Good news in the opera world -
Anthony Roth Costanzo has rescued Opera Philadelphia in two seasons and brought a surplus
nytimes.com/2026/05/26/arts/…
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David Cloke retweeted
May 31
Just adding to my post about the new Bliss and Dance book (ran out of characters) that of course it should be of real interest to lovers of dance and all interested in Bliss’s music. Don’t forget he is Composer of the Week from tomorrow on R3 at 4pm daily!
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David Cloke retweeted
May 28
Do tune into Radio 3 every afternoon at 4pm from next Monday if you can. Sir Arthur Bliss is Composer of the Week and I am in conversation with Donald Macleod every day. It was fun making the programmes and I hope will turn people on to Bliss’s great music.
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