Currently enjoying a large Negroni, with Strictly burbling on and hubby cooking dinner. Had a fabulous day in Chichester (can't believe I've not visited before) & loved learning Taverner and Part with @HarryBradford as part of the @TheSixteen choral pilgrimage.

I just finished writing up my latest cushion design. It's part of a marine life set I'm working on. As ever I added an "Easter egg" quote on the reverse for visitors to discover. I hope you like it! 🧶 #knitting #bskyknits #knitsky #fish #showmeyourknits www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...

Today marks 10 years since the death of Sir David Willcocks. John Rutter writes: Sir David Willcocks transformed my life. I am just one of innumerable musicians who owe their careers to his example, his encouragement, and his support. I still miss him.

It cannot be easy to be a police officer in Sandwich, Massachusetts right now.

Family is critical to prisoners’ rehabilitation; those who receive family visits are 39% less likely to reoffend compared to those who don’t. Our in-prison choir programmes help provide a vital sense of family to our attendees. Read more about the other work we do: libertychoir.org

C18 and C19 music people - fascinating references to music (unknown to me) in this lovely letter from Euphemia Toussaint. She would have been c. 13 yrs old (and died the following year). She is pleased to have Telemaque’s overture (Destouches?) & is now practising ‘The White Lady’

Having great fun at Bungay's Black Shuck festival, good to see the Morris team involved 😜 @shrewsmorris.bsky.social

Well done @tommckinney.bsky.social , I enjoyed Sweet Caroline just now 😝⚽🎉🎶

Just back from a lovely evening at West Green House Garden opera 🎉🎶 my first ever time there and it's their 25th anniversary season 😍

‘Sunset At Sea’ opens with woodwind solos over a rolling sound bed of strings 🎻 Looking forward to hearing the principals of the Sheffield Chamber Orchestra @sheffieldchamberorchestra sing these lines 👏🏻 #oboe #violin #cello #clarinet #chambermusic #chamberorchestra #composer #sheffield

How did an African trumpeter end up in Tudor England? That’s exactly what happened to John Blanke, a favourite musician in the court of King Henry VIII. Read this + over 200 other feature articles on Continuo Connect 🎻 (reposted c/o @tedgioia.bsky.social 🙌) 🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/african-musi...

Open Air Dancing – Free in Kensington Gardens Join RSCDS London for Scottish dancing with live music and an MC. Bandstand by the Round Pond Saturdays 16, 23, 30 August 2–4pm All ages welcome. No experience needed. Just turn up and dance! #OpenAirDancing #RSCDSLondon #FreeEvent

My goodness, if you've never heard Shostakovich on the harpsichord, try C major prelude from the 24 😍 Steven Devine gave it as the encore to his wonderful recital at lunchtime - halfway thru #SurreyBachFest now, you don't know what you've missed 😜 orchestral tomorrow & opera on Sat...

It's a long period of attending other people's concerts for me atm - Mon was #consonequartet, last night was fun from #thekingsmen, tonight is Byrd & Goudimel @surreybachfest, tomorrow #StevenDevine 🎹 so lucky there's this much going on 🎉🎶

Early & Baroque Music up and down the UK this weekend... there's so much going on 😮 Full listings 🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/this-weekend

A hot but rewarding weekend recording polyphony by Sebastián de Vivanco and his Spanish contemporaries, conducted by @davidallinson.bsky.social. 😅 Our new CD is now in production and will be released by Toccata. The timing is to be confirmed, but may be early in 2026. #watchthisspace. 💿

Looking forward to a week of different concerts at Surrey Bach Festival in Stoke D'Abernon - Consone quartet tomorrow with both Schumanns, choral music for "Secret Devotions" by Byrd and Goudimel on Weds, Stephen Devine 🎹 on Thur, orchestral music Fri, Handel opera Sat 🎉🎶😍 join me? Station nearby 😉

Wish me luck, conducting in 30° this afternoon and evening 🥵 will be trying to be minimal in movement 🤪 we've planned ice-cream for the interval refreshments 🍦🍨🍧 and are bringing loads of fans 🌀🌀 (hope we don't blow a fuse!)

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Why did Donizetti move to Paris? Did you know he wrote 55 French songs during his final years? What connects Donizetti's songs and his operas? All of the above and lots more covered in Lives in Song Episode 5 🧐 Catch up here before the final episode airs on 17 July: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfGb...

We are thrilled that our choir programme at HMP Send was recognised in @hmiprisonsnews.bsky.social's latest inspection report. It's a privilege to have been able to contribute to Send's range of purposeful activity, learning culture and community ethos. Read the full report 👉🏻 bit.ly/4nxdzWA

Our upcoming Early Music Day on 12 July at Oxford Festival of the Arts also features 'The Pied Pipers of Early Music', a talk by Sir Nicholas Kenyon CBE 🎤 Full info and tickets (only £12!) 🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/ofa-early-mu...

Yay @petroc.bsky.social thanks for mentioning Surrey Bach Festival this afternoon with #ConsoneQuartet

Join RSCDS London for open-air Scottish country dancing! Saturdays 16, 23 & 30 August 2025 2–4pm Kensington Gardens, by the bandstand near the Round Pond No experience needed—come dance, laugh, and celebrate Scotland in London! #ScottishDance #RSCDSLondon

This Saturday's concert includes 2 Ascension anthems: Byrd 'Christ rising' & Gibbons 'We praise thee, O Father'. Gibbons may be missing a 3rd part: 2nd part doesn't end 'Amen'. But it does refer to the earlier anthem. Get a ticket & spot the connection: www.ticketsource.co.uk/baroquechoir

There's still time to get 20% off everything on our website (apart from Downloads) by using discount code: JUNE2025 Offer ends at midnight tonight! www.banksmusicpublications.co.uk

Free tomorrow afternoon (Sunday) ? Join us at St Mark’s Regent’s Park for music by Elgar, Tomkins, Farnaby, Holst, Tippett, Lloyd and more, interspersed with readings from Trelawny’s Cornwall. 3pm. Admission Free. Maybe see you there ….

#showmeyourknits has the theme #yellow this week. This is my grapevine sweater which I made for my daughter. The pattern is on ravelry if anyone wants to see more.

Harpo Marx on Schoenberg and Gershwin:

With one week to go until our next concert, David tells us more about the music of Sebastián de Vivanco which is at the heart of our programme. 📅 Saturday 28 June at 7.30pm 📍 French Protestant Church of London, 8-9 Soho Square, London W1D 3QD 🎟️ www.renaissancesingers.com/concerts

1 week until our concert of West Side Story, The Pied Piper of Hamelin, and more 🎶 Full details pinned to our profile - we hope to see you there!

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What do we know about John Bull’s life and what difference does it make to singing that perennial choral favourite, the Starre Anthem? Very little, argues Chris in his latest blog post, and probably just as well. portsmouthbaroquechoir.co.uk/background-n... Hear us sing it in Chichester July 5.

Nicky Spence returns to @wigmore-hall.org.uk‬ tonight for a concert celebrating the works of LGBTQ+ composers and poets. Full details here: buff.ly/v1fcAsF

So happy to hear Bellot Ensemble on @BBCRadio3 a couple of times yesterday, just announced as New Generation Baroque Artists 🎶🎉🎹🪈🎺🎻

Inside St Mary the Virgin's, Llanfair Kilgeddin, Monmouthshire, is a remarkable series of Arts and Crafts-style sgraffito panels. 1/10

World premiere by Stas Venglevski 🪗 Big thank you to VoxNovus & Robert Voisey #fifteenminutesoffame #contemporary #composer

Friends of St Cecilia’s Hall and Museum on tour! This 1870s upright piano was made by J.B. Tolkien, the grandfather of J.R.R. Tolkien. It’s now in Winterbourne House at the University of Birmingham. And I didn’t play it, my precious … friendsofstceciliashall.com

Wealthy, private banks often charge higher interest rates on loans taken by poorer countries who get stuck as a result. 🔁 It doesn't have to be this way. That's why we're calling for debt justice during #Jubilee2025. See how you can get involved. ⤵️ cafod.org.uk/campaign/the...

There are beautiful choirs singing all over Bradford. Get yourselves down. The centre of Bradford is looking boss too. #Bradford2025

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Square piano - cute, but not exactly square!

This Saturday! Interval drinks served by friendsofstceciliashall.com

12 July!! ☀️☀️ Continuo Foundation is taking a big step by co-presenting a full afternoon of early music, with concerts from Linarol Consort, Bellot Ensemble, and a fascinating talk by Sir Nicholas Kenyon CBE. It's going to be a wonderful day. 🔗 go.continuoconnect.com/ofa-early-mu...

And I've finished it! I've popped the pattern onto Ravelry in case anyone fancies making one. 🧶 #bskyknits #knitting #ravelry #pattern #owl #Blodeuwedd #strandedknitting www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...

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My owl sweater is coming along. Inspired by the old Welsh legend of Blodeuwedd, a woman who was created out of flowers for her husband (who is under a magic curse that he cannot marry a mortal woman), but who betrays him and is turned into an owl as punishment. 🧶 #knitting #owls #blodeuwedd

Really looking forward to this from Ben! This will be part of Sounds of St Columba's - our free concert series across 2025. See below for details. Everyone welcome.

Nonsuch Singers sing Joby Talbot’s Path of Miracles: a remarkable choral interpretation of the great pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. 2 performances Sat 28-Jun Douai Abbey, Berks, RG7 www.trybooking.com/uk/events/la...? Sat 12-Jul St James's Church, London www.trybooking.com/uk/events/la...?