#NowPlaying Lucy Rose - This Aint The Way To Go Out lucyrose.bandcamp.com/album/this-a...

“Beauty and the Full Moon” by Shuho Yamakawa, 1930s, Japan

#NowPlaying Jan Baptist Verrijt - Flammae Divinae

**CALL OUT** I’m looking to gather experiences of disabled people who have been criticised or harassed by the public about their Blue Badge or Motability car etc when out. Click on link to fill in our form. Please do share to reach as many people as possible. www.the-guardian.com/world/2026/a...

#NowPlaying Martin Peerson - A Treatise of Humane Love I Fagiolini & @fretwork.bsky.social

Ladybird book in the spotlight. Things to Make (1963) I think I had a go at most of them over the years. Artist: G Robinson

Morning Tuesday morning... 17 years ago today, I finished the mixing of this song-based LP. I thought it was rather good. It remains so... Check it out... Have a top day, music lovers! cloudlandbluequartet.bandcamp.com/album/soundi...

#MonksMusic 🎻 Years - 1587-1640 Composer - Francesca Caccini Album - Sacred and Secular Songs www.prestomusic.com/classical/pr...

11 years ago today, I made this observation... "The step from Prog to some of the more outlandish modern classical music, written since the early 20th Century, is one worth making..."

A list of my most frequently occurring artists

A list of my most regularly occurring choirs

A list of my most regularly occurring orchestras

#NowPlaying Martin Peerson; John Milton Sublime Discources The Complete Instrumental Music @fretwork.bsky.social

The only job that can be done competently by AI is that of CEO

#NowPlaying John Amner Complete Consort Music

#NowPlaying Gilles Binchois - Loyal Souvenir Sacred Works, Chansons, Intabulations

It seems obvious but surely the best way to acheive peace in the Arabian Gulf is to remove the Americans from the area

#NowPlaying The Love Songs of Jehan De Lescure (c.1315)

#NowPlaying Reicha, Antone - Octet

#NowPlaying Benjamin Britten - Piano Concerto Op 13

Next up in my countdown to the WHO WANTS NORMAL? paperback (out Thursday) is my piece for Elle on dating in an ableist world. “Prejudice and exclusion is like a mirror at the fairground: it distorts and limits how disabled women see ourselves, and how others see us.” www.elle.com/uk/life-and-...

#NowPlaying Please - Pet Shop Boys

A special release, out this Saturday for Record Store Day - Cloudland Blue Quartet "GLAM! FOUR" - another 36 top covers... Free to Stream/Name Your Price to Download. Vols 1-3 available here, now (collect the set)... cloudlandbluequartet.bandcamp.com/music Due Vol 5: April 2027 Vol 6: April 2028

#MonksMusic 🎻 Years - 1572-1656 Composer - Thomas Tomkins Album - Cathedral Music

#NowPlaying Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen - Gustav Mahler Janet Baker/Hallé Orchestra/ John Barbirolli –

#NowPlaying Symphony 40 in g minor K550 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Hogwood/AAM

Back in 1982

Thor is full-body strength with a mythic pacing: legs to push, calves to spring, upper body to brace, then holds that dare your trunk to stay unbothered. youtu.be/LwScoOoiDzE

#NowPlaying Johannes Brahms Double Concerto in A minor Op 102

#NowPlaying Wild Winter 1 - Thea Musgrave

#NowPlaying Matthew Locke Anthems, Motets and Ceremonial Music

This 1926 color lithograph, titled New Year’s Card: Family in Car, captures a transitional moment in Japanese social history

#NowPlaying Symphony 20 in D Major K133 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

#TheCompleteBritten #72 Night Mail (1936) – Film score for speaker, flute, oboe, bassoon, trumpet, percussion, harp, violin, viola, cello & double bass Auden's words & Britten's music mix to mesmerizing effect in the marvellous final sequence (from 19:55) of the GPO Film Unit's most famous film.

Incidentally, it was Grierson who first coined the term "documentary". Thanks in large part to Britten's music and its miraculous marriage with Auden's work, Night Mail is one of his greatest triumphs. All the music I've listened to so far is on the Youtube and Qobuz playlists linked here 🔽

Today is the 50th anniversary of Carer’s Allowance. I wrote about the 6 million people in the U.K. who are unpaid carers - and why it’s time the state stopped asking them to prop up the broken care system whilst pushing them into poverty and ill health. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

#NowPlaying Joanna Marsh - Sanctifica Nos Works for Choir, Organ and Viol Consort

My favourite thing at the moment is watching Americans try English mustard for the first time by stuffng a loaded tablespoon into their mouths

"Standing Beauty", is the work of Chōbunsai Eishi (1756–1829), a prominent Japanese ukiyo-e artist known for his sophisticated and tall, slender depictions of women.

What to Look for in Spring, 1961 Grey wagtails Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

#MonksMusic 🎻 Year - c.1612 Album - A High-Priz'd Noise Band - The Parley of Instruments www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_...

Sibelius’ 2nd Symphony is an absolute wonder isn’t it? Written just after the turn of the 20th century, it coincided with a growing demand for Finnish independence from Russia. 1/3

#NowPlaying Peter Maxwell-Davies Taverner Giving this a second spin

This haori features large, stylized maple leaves rendered in soft blues and creams that stand out vividly against the rich, dark background. 1940-1960, Japan

#NowPlaying Benjamin Britten - Praise We Great Men

#NowPlaying Ascenseur Pour L'échafaud - Miles Davis

#NowPlaying ...Honestly, We Had NO Idea! - @solobasssteve.bsky.social and Daniel Berkman stevelawson.bandcamp.com/album/honest...

“Meet the nation’s ghost workforce: a growing army of unpaid cooks, nurses, cleaners and physios who slog away day and night, out of sight behind their front doors.” Today’s column is on the UK’s 6 million unpaid carers propping up the broken social care system. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

#NowPlaying Symphony No 3 Op. 57 - Ruth Gipps