Henrik Ibsen died 120 years ago today. So here's Elijah Moshinsky's 1987 BBC production of Ghosts, with Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh, Michael Gambon and Natasha Richardson. I've posted it before, but it's one of the truly great things, and its's time to watch it again www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD-0...

Best thing I’ve seen at @operahollandpark.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...

Such an enjoyable listen, and @jkaconductor.bsky.social dies fab work on some joyous oompah arrangements worthy of the Titipu Town Band #rapturerapture

Too much happiness: www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...

“Trafalgar Square is a place for all. Jewish News has been delighted to co-host the community’s annual Chanukah in the Square event many times in the past.”

Yuja Wang accuses Radio 3’s Norman Lebrecht of misogynistic bullying

Exclusive: BBC Radio 3 has ended its relationship with Norman Lebrecht following an email to Yuja Wang the pianist described on Instagram as "derogatory misogynistic bullying."

And as with all of the best reviewers, @clivepaget.bsky.social isn’t afraid to point out where he thinks the music falls, short but gives a fantastic and rounded overview. Thank you!

Album review: 'Out of Vienna' by the Leonkoro Quartet – a blazing exploration of Viennese modernism www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j... via @theguardian.com @clivepaget.bsky.social

HMS Pinafore review – carry on up the poop deck in ENO’s daffy Gilbert and Sullivan staging

One of the best op eds I’ve read of late: The ‘Useful Idiots’ From America Whom Putin Is Playing Like a Flute www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...

Rebecca Clarke review for @theguardian.com – composer of spirited chamber music and songs finally gets her due

Dead Man Walking review – searing honesty and humanity in ENO’s staging of Heggie’s compelling opera

Susanna review – Opera North’s arresting take on Handel’s proto-#MeToo tale for @theguardian.com

“It’s all brought to life beautifully by conductor John Andrews who achieves as effective a balance between melodic reflection and narrative thrust as you might hope for... Recorded in meticulous sound and perfectly balanced, The Seal-Woman is a delightful and tuneful find and well worth a listen.”

Thoughts on Pimpinone: hot-to-trot comic opera from the underperformed Telemann for @theguardian.com @royaloperahouse.bsky.social

For centuries, a “gossip” was a woman who attended another woman's delivery. The word was a corruption of “god-sib” or “god-sibling,” meaning “sister in the Lord.” The gossips offered support to mother and midwife. Only later did the term take on a derogatory meaning.

This is glorious!

Thoughts for @theguardian.com on RPO/Petrenko’s blistering, multi-hued Shostakovich plus Roderick Williams blitzing Kurt Weill @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social

YouTube’s play button doing the lord’s work

Born #OTD in 1927, the South African born, English composer, John Joubert. Having moved to England in 1946, his 1st Symphony was written in 1955, a commission from Hull Philharmonic, whilst he was teaching at the university there. open.spotify.com/album/5iS54l... #britsymphyear

LSO Create is on the move! 🌟 While LSO St Luke’s undergoes works, we’re partnering with arts spaces across London. Recently, we explored Noah Davis’ art at the Barbican Art Gallery through music. LSO Create is an inclusive space where neurodiverse & disabled adults make music together. 🎶✨

Born #OTD in 1971, English composer, pianist, conductor - Thomas Adès. His one-movement symphony, Tevot, is a perfect introduction to his soundworld. Premiered by Simon Rattle & @berliner-philharmoniker.de on 21 February 2007. open.spotify.com/track/1fi3wo... #britsymphyear

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did.

Holy shit. I asked Jasmine Crockett what she would tell Elon if she could. This was her answer:

🥳 A celebration of Ralph Vaughan Williams 🥳 The first of four celebratory concerts this week with conductor Andrew Manze and our wonderful leader, Roberto Ruisi 🎻 📸 Sharyn Bellemakers, The Hallé

Ukraine peace plan latest The new Private Eye is out now

I absolutely love this idea.

Left: Kemi Badenoch criticising Rachel Reeves for not breaking the law Right: Kemi Badenoch laughing after confessing to breaking the law

Maddow: If you don't have Bluesky yet, I recommend it. It is a social media network that doesn't make me want to stab myself in the eye with a rusty fork

Today from Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny: snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...

And men dancing. Sweet!

TikTok took it down, so let’s share the shit out of this reading list. #HolocaustRemembranceDay #NeverAgainIsNow #BookSky #StateMediaCensorship

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Lord Heseltine, "The creation of the EU Single Market was Margaret Thatcher's greatest achievements" "I am appalled by Brexit" "I don't believe for an instant that we should accept the verdict of a pack of lies, in order to persuade people to sever our relations with Europe"

This is what comes of being afraid to teach ethics and politics in schools

Thoughts for @theguardian.com on the BBCSO and Sakari Oramo review as Kaija Saariaho’s final work receives poignant UK premiere

"Lachlan Skipworth may well have the most immediately attractive composing voice in Australian music." My review of his ABC Classic debut, Altiora Peto, for Limelight magazine… arts.com.au/reviews/lachlan-skipworth-altiora-peto-various-artists/

Vaughan Williams Scholarships of up to £8K each for postgraduate composition study will be awarded in 2025/6. These scholarships are open to applicants who demonstrate exceptional compositional talent and who intend to make composition their professional career. 💻 Details via our website

Just saying.

Brilliant satirical cover from Private Eye, mocking spineless media organisations and journalists who submit and cower in the face of power 👏

How inspiring is this! Everybody, but everybody should pay attention to @sanders.senate.gov and do as he says youtube.com/watch?v=vHH-...

The other day, someone on here referred to Mark Z as a "sentient toilet brush," and now I can't unsee it.