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Classical Music for March 8th. Today we highlight one of Arnold Schoenberg's most accessible pieces, here in the chamber orchestra arrangement. #classicalmusic #musicsky youtu.be/5h5Xc-rUef4?...

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Classical Music for March 7th 150 years ago today, Maurice Ravel was born. Here is his "La Valse," which, like "Bolero," is a wonderful example of the slow-build, starting with the barely audible opening bars to the glorious, ravishing finale. #classicalmusic #musicsky youtu.be/PN8UneRfjlM?...

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Bobby Darin: The Ultimate Listener's Guide "A fascinating overview of an intriguing performer" (Record Collector magazine, March 2024) Covering all of Darin's recordings, the book takes the reader session by session, song by song, on a journey through the #BobbyDarin legacy. #musicsky #booksky

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Reconsider Baby: Elvis Presley - A Listener's Guide A book about Elvis that concentrates solely on his music. Taking the reader on a journey from 1953 to 1977, the book examines all of his officially-released songs. #Elvispresley #Elvis #musicsky #booksky www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...

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Classical Music for March 6th I came across this disc a week or two back, and found the programme of Overtures by Kuhlau to be quite delightful. Most of us only ever come across Kuhlau when learning the piano! #classicalmusic #musicsky youtu.be/lNMDrfUPBfs?...

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Classical music for March 5th Come along with me for a journey on the Little Train of the Caipira, as we celebrate the birthday of Brazilian composer Hector Villa-Libos. #classicalmusic #musicsky #villalobos #composers #music youtu.be/1rRFDnTEu6g?...

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Classical Music for March 4th. On this day in 1678,Vivaldi was born, best known today for writing the world's most famous phone hold music. I don't say that callously, but Vivaldi's most famous piece is sadly the ultimate example of over-exposure. #classicalmusic #musicsky youtu.be/l-dYNttdgl0?...

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Classical Music for March 3rd Today marks the 150th anniversary of the first performance of Bizet's Carmen. #classicalmusic #opera #musicsky youtu.be/FW3p98ufNVI?...

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Sixty years ago today, The Sound of Music premiered in the USA. It remains, to my mind, one of the most perfect movies ever made. youtu.be/5fH2FOn1V5g?...

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Classical Music for March 2nd Today we commemorate the birth of Bedrich Smetana with his most famous piece, Vltava (aka The Moldau) from his cycle of tone poems, Ma Vlast. #classicalmusic #musicsky youtu.be/l6kqu2mk-Kw?...

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Classical music for March 1st Today we celebrate the birthday of Chopin with his short but brilliant Prelude in A Major. Enjoy all 42 seconds! #classicalmusic #musicsky youtu.be/0hcF2AAE7sc?...

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Classical Music for February 28/29 Feb 29th was the birthday of Rossini, so today we celebrate with the beautiful prayer from my favourite of his operas, "Mose in Egitto." #classicalmusic #opera #Rossini youtu.be/yLj9QsFe9GI?...

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There are many journalists on here. It is time for you to step up to the mark, and discover whether what happened today was planned by Trump, and what Putin has on Trump. This is your Watergate. Do your job, do it well, and make us proud. #Trump #Ukraine #journalism

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Reconsider Baby: Elvis Presley - A Listener's Guide A mammoth 449 page analysis of the most important thing about #Elvis - the music. The book takes the reader on a journey through each and every official recording (and more) from 1953 to 1977. #ElvisPresley #booksky #musicsky a.co/d/0LJeftT

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Classical Music for February 27th 211 years ago saw the 1st performance of Beethoven's 8th Symphony, a work that has never really got the attention it deserves, although I'll take it over some of the better-known Beethoven symphonies!. #classicalmusic #symphony #onthisday youtu.be/GQ7-hbEWdw8?...

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Classical Music for February 26th Today we commemorate the first performance of Bizet's extraordinary Symphony in C, written when he was just 17 in 1855, and first performed on this day in 1935, some 60 years after the composer's death. #classicalmusic #musicsky #symphony youtu.be/UAb5IIBcaLc?...

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With the new #justintime Broadway musical about the life and music of Bobby Darin opening soon, now's the perfect time to pick up the ultimate book on Bobby's career. 540 A4 pages, available in hardback and paperback. #musicsky #booksky #Broadway www.amazon.com/Bobby-Darin-...

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Classical Music for February 25th Tonight we highlight the "Sea Symphony" Entr'acte from Offenbach's "Robinson Crusoe." It's an opera that means a great deal to me, and I'm always happy to highlight it. check out the Opera Rara recording! #classicalmusic #opera #musicsky youtu.be/M_KVk1eMW6w?...

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Classical Music for February 24th Today we mark the anniversary of the first performance of Monteverdi's "Orfeo," one of the earliest surviving operas. #classicalmusic #opera #musicsky youtu.be/jb2TURdBeEQ?...

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The wonderful "All the Presidents Men" is currently showing on BBC2. It should be compulsory viewing for all UK so-called journalists and political commentators to remind them what journalism REALLY looks like and can achieve. #allthepresidentsmen #politics #journalism #filmsky

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Classical Music for February 23rd Today we commemorate the first performance of Liszt's Les Preludes on this day in 1854. Sadly we don't hear these mid-length pieces as much these days as concerts are shorter, and pieces like this often gets pushed out :( #classicalmusic youtu.be/BdRyBtYSQAc?...

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Classical music for February 22nd. Sorry for absence this week. Following a visit to the ENO's Pirates of Penzance this week, here's the Modern Major General song. #ClassicalMusic #classical #opera #musicsky youtu.be/Rs3dPaz9nAo?...

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Dear London. I appreciate step free access, but as its there for the disabled, why do we have to walk God knows how much further to access it? It rather defeats the object! #disabilityinclusion #disabled #DisabilityAwareness

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I'd like to introduce you to the disabled toilets in Foyles, arguably London’s "best" bookshop. The pics are from October. The text is today's follow up visit. Liz Kendall wants the disabled back at work, but companies are not equipped or willing. #disabilitysky #disabled ##DisabilityAwareness

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Trump 2 is going to be one of those horror sequels where everything gets really stupid in an effort to persuade the viewer that it has a right to exist.

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Classical Music for February 17th. Today we commemorate the birthday of British composer Edward German, with his second symphony, nicknamed the "Norwich." Off on a short break this week. Next post will be on Saturday. #classicalmusic #Norwich youtu.be/N91TVIw3aQs?...

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Classical Music for February 16th Today we commemorate the first performance of Sibelius's "En Saga." The conductor is Eugene Ormandy, whose work has been re-evaluated thanks to a series of wonderful (big) boxed sets from Sony. #ClassicalMusic youtu.be/EwyTU_P6kkQ?...

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Classical Music for February 15th Today we turn to one of Haydn's "Sturm und Drang" symphonies, The Lamentatione, and my favourite overall. This is no. 26 - although the numbering is all askew, so it wasn't the 26th to be written. #classicalmusic #haydn #musicsky youtu.be/m8tMuu3eKg4?...

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Classical Music for February 14th Jakub Jozef Orlinski has quickly become probably the finest countertenor of the last fifty years. I don't think I've ever heard a purer voice. So, wallow in this aria from Vivaldi's "Il Giustino." #classicalmusic #opera #musicsky youtu.be/CzF11RsxcWg?...

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Classical Music for February 13th Today I want to highlight a truly beautiful album by Pavel Kolesnikov,in which he performs music by Couperin on a modern piano. It's a brilliantly programmed disc, and is one of my favourites from the last decade. #classicalmusic #musicsky youtu.be/GtLKWpC81JU?...

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Classical Music for February 12th (Slightly late, depending on where you live!) Today we celebrate the 101st anniversary of the first performance of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue with Leonard Bernstein & NYPO's electrifying performance from 1976. #classicalmusic #musicsky youtu.be/cH2PH0auTUU?...

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In honour of #LGBTQ History Month in the UK, here's a link to the video essay/documentary I made during the first Covid lockdown about portrayals of gay men and other male bonding in the first four decades of cinema. #filmsky #silentfilm #LGBTQHistorymonth #film youtu.be/aTZjA3kdAjo?...

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Classical Music for February 11th 99 years ago today, one of my favourite conductors, Alexander Gibson, was born. Here's the opening track to his 1959 album, "Witches' Brew" - a delightful LP, and one of the best sounding albums ever made. #classicalmusic #musicsky youtu.be/61yxRAYuZNE?...

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Classical Music for February 10th Apologies for missing yesterday due to illness. On Feb 10th in 1881, Offenbach's "Tales of Hoffmann" was first performed. Here's the "Kleinzach" aria from the Prologue. #classicalmusic #opera #Offenbach #musicsky youtu.be/N2Cu9iTB1EU?...

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Classical Music for February 8th Today we turn to the Nonet by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, a composer whose (posthumous) fortunes have changed greatly for the better during the last decade. His music seems to be everywhere these days. #classicalmusic #musicsky youtu.be/0KL11hU5SxE?...

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You can now buy all three novels in the "Norfolk Ghost Stories" series in one Kindle book. Follow Michael and Peter during their 1940s supernatural investigations in #Norfolk, #Norwich #GreatYarmouth #Brundall and #Happisburgh! #LGBTQ #HorrorCommunity #readercommunity a.co/d/ho56XyZ

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Classical Music for February 7th I wanted something quiet and tranquil before my long appointment at the dentist tomorrow, and so here's Glenn Gould playing the Largo from Bach's F minor keyboard concerto. #classicalmusic #musicsky youtu.be/67GARXV3s3g?...

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Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. Day 20: Bobby Darin: Earthy And so we reach day 20, and we'll end as we began with a Bobby Darin album, this time what might well be his masterpiece: the folk album "Earthy." #musicsky #musicchallenge #20albums20days #Bobbydarin

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Classical Music for February 6th Today is the birthday of romantic composer Henry Litolff, whose music is rarely played today, but whose Concertos Symphonique are a joy - if you can find recordings of them. Here's the second of them (the first is lost). #classicalmusic youtu.be/PY4MGR2eMxE?...

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In honour of LGBTQ History Month here in the UK, the following books (+ two more) with gay-themed narratives or queer characters are reduced to 99p/99c for the next week. They can be found at the following link: #LGBTQ #kindle #booksky #readerscommunity www.amazon.com/stores/Shane...

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Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. Day 19: Judy Garland: Alone A great album or torch songs, and probably Judy's best studio album. #musicsky #musicchallenge #20albums20days

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Classical Music for February 5th. February is LGBTQ history month in the UK, and so to help mark it, here's the overture to The Wreckers, by Dame Ethel Smyth. #classicalmusic #LGBTQhistorymonth youtu.be/FZ5_SBzVjYY?...

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Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. Day 18: Nina Simone: 'Nuff Sain A remarkable (mostly) live album, performed just a few days after the passing of Martin Luther King. #musicsky #musicchallenge #20albums20days #jazz

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Classical Music for February 4th Today we commemorate the passing on Benjamin Britten on this day in 1976 with a stirring rendition of his Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, played by the National Youth Orchestra, conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich. #classicalmusic youtu.be/2Q_aUyxOf40?...

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Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. Day 17: The Best of Chet Baker Sings I normally don't count compilations as "albums" in the traditional sense, but this one is so perfect in every way, it's difficult to leave it out. #musicsky #musicchallenge #20albums20days #jazz

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Classical Music for February 3rd Today we celebrate Felix Mendelssohn's birthday with the evocative Hebrides (aka: Fingal's Cave) Overture. Enjoy! #classicalmusic #Mendelssohn youtu.be/zyZ5cHUaiBI?...

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Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. Day 16: Verdi: Alzira As a teen, I'd go to the library and end up borrowing something random like Alzira. Verdi didn't like it much, but 15 year old me thought it was great. Still do. #musicsky #musicchallenge #20albums20days #opera

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Classical Music for February 2nd Today we celebrate the birthday of legendary violinist, Jascha Heifetz. Here he's playing the Chaconne from Bach's Partita no. 2. #ClassicalMusic #musicsky youtu.be/vhOaS_Cy8_8?...

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"The Successor" is currently 99p/99c on #Kindle. When Edmund helps a friend with a photography assignment, he meets Julian, who offers him the chance to stay young while the photo of him ages. However, a heady mix of secrets, sex, and murder cause his life to unravel. #booksky #readerscommunity

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