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dariusbat.bsky.social
Leeds City organist, organ/piano for Halle, BBC Phil & others, arranging, improvisation for silent film and teacher RAM, director Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus. www.dariusbattiwalla.com
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Any organ music enthusiasts in Central London this Saturday, it would be great to see you at Bloomsbury Baptist church at 4pm - I’ll be playing Demessieux, Bach, Saint-Saens, Mendelssohn, Franck, Coates and Lemare.

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The hidden-away bill charting a course back to Europe: No-one wants you to look at the product safety and metrology bill and there's a really good reason for that iandunt.substack.com/p/the-hidden...

submitted 20 days ago • 16 comments

Rehearsing Philip Glass with the Halle today with the Halle with the Halle the Halle the Halle with the Halle with the Halle with the Halle the Halle with the Halle the Halle with the with the Halle the Halle with the Halle etc (repeat 3x) (also trying to avoid RSI)

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

Just finished this, and can’t recommend it highly enough. So moving and beautifully written.

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A concert millions of years in the making! 🦕🦖 'Unearthed', a choral celebration of palaeontology in Oxford, includes works by Pearsall, Clara Schuman, and Whitcare as well as the world premiere of 'Monster' by @hutchingsmusic.bsky.social. Tickets on sale now. 🎟️ oumnh.ox.ac.uk/event/city-o...

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

Hoping to get Leeds Concert Season to leave the other place and start posting here, but meanwhile I'll be posting our recital videos here. This is Gordon Stewart's excellent concert from last week with some rarities! www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMOo...

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I enjoyed this thread, learnt some useless zoological info as well

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Help to give @theartsdesk.bsky.social a future! 15 years after our debut, we urgently need financial assistance to continue our vital role as a small but sturdy hub of British cultural life. Find out how you can help here on GoFundMe gofund.me/c3f6033d - thank you!

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www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

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I know academics who use AI regularly, for work and play, and I'd really like them, and universities, to tell me how they contend with AI's bottomless appetites for power and water. Is asking ChatGPT to interpret a Xmas song or making it write your syllabus worth this to you?

submitted 73 days ago • 89 comments

Youngest gave me a John Cooper Clarke collection. Think this is my favourite. Brutal but true

submitted 70 days ago • 1 comment

Today in Liverpool.

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