Joanna Wyld
@joannawyld.bsky.social
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Writer, editor, librettist. Writing a biography of Vernon Elliott.
http://notes-upon-notes.com/
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My notes are in this snazzy online programme:
issuu.com/orchestraenl...
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St John Passion
https://issuu.com/orchestraenlightenment/docs/st_john_passion_bd3a4b27967ae4?utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=PVStJohnPassionMarch26&utm_content=version_A
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This is a good thing
www.musicteachermagazine.co.uk/content/news...
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National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain partners with Victoria Wood Foundation - Music Teacher
As well as enabling a new commission, the collaboration will also fund bursaries for young musicians
https://www.musicteachermagazine.co.uk/content/news/national-youth-brass-band-of-great-britain-partners-with-victoria-wood-foundation
about 14 hours ago
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Gareth Ceredig
about 21 hours ago
Your annual reminder that it's pronounced "Sinjin" Passion.
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fredesque
2 days ago
[reading a book in first person] i dont remember doing any of this
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Recently wrote about some Lenten music by a Portuguese composer called Melgás, and discovered that in his own language melgas translates as 'mosquitoes' or 'annoyances'. Just imagine introducing yourself: 'hi, I'm Jeff Mosquitoes', what a way to start a conversation. (He wrote beautiful music, too)
about 22 hours ago
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Present & Correct
about 23 hours ago
A 'butter lamb' is a traditional Polish/Slovenian/Ukrainian Easter offering. At the start of Lent milk is used up by making butter and moulding it into a symbol of Spring. Info & credits:
www.foodandwine.com/news/easter-...
buffalobutterlambs.com
www.comfycook.com/2011/04/east...
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My notes are in this snazzy online programme:
issuu.com/orchestraenl...
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St John Passion
https://issuu.com/orchestraenlightenment/docs/st_john_passion_bd3a4b27967ae4?utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=PVStJohnPassionMarch26&utm_content=version_A
6 days ago
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Lee Harvey (non-Oswald)
1 day ago
Just after they launch a moon rocket? 🧐
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2 days ago
This week @artukdotorg
#OnlineArtExchange
is looking at music for 'A Grand Chorus: The Power of Music' at the Foundling Museum @foundlingmuseum 1932–33 (musical instruments) by Ben Nicholson (1894–1982) can be seen at Kettle's Yard, University of Cambridge
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Royal College of Music
2 days ago
‘I threw myself in at the deep end!’ From studying at the RCM, to juggling parenthood and further study, to walking the red carpet, Alexandra Harwood’s inspiring career as a screen and ballet composer is testament to her skill and determination. Meet Alex in
#RCMUpbeat
:
bit.ly/AlexHarwood
#acgas
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‘Find the people who need your music!’ Meet screen composer and RCM alumna Alexandra Harwood
From <em>All Creatures Great and Small</em> to <em>Dracula</em>, screen and ballet composer Alexandra Harwood describes her inspiring career.
https://bit.ly/AlexHarwood
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Bought some stamps today if you want to know why I've filed for bankruptcy
3 days ago
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It's not Larkin's birthday today - what an April Fool it would be to claim it is!!! - but I may as well share this again in any case, I loved writing these
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3 days ago
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The Symphonist
3 days ago
The complete Britten On Film is available on Youtube here.
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Britten on Film - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nshYJWfjC-6JvV3dwqzNWNn0pCCFXR-YQ
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Justin
10 days ago
Sad to see this. My first teapot was a Denby. They’ve been going for over 200 years and employ 500+ people. They’ve launched a
#SaveDenby
campaign if you want to support or share.
www.denbypottery.com/pages/save-d...
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Rick Burin
3 days ago
Some exciting news:
www.royalalberthall.com/about-the-ha...
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Royal College of Music
4 days ago
‘Sing for the love of singing itself!’ Countertenor and RCM alumnus Hugh Cutting on how the Royal College of Music changed his worldview, why competitions aren't everything, and the sheer joy of singing. Find out more in the latest edition of Upbeat magazine:
bit.ly/HughCutting
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‘Sing for the love of singing itself...’ Meet countertenor and RCM alumnus Hugh Cutting
Countertenor and RCM alumnus Hugh Cutting on working with Head of Vocal & Opera Audrey Hyland and cultivating the love of music for its own sake.
https://bit.ly/HughCutting
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I have a couple of comps for this evening's OAE John Passion at the Southbank at 7pm, any takers? I can't make it unfortunately but it's sure to be brilliant. Drop me a DM if you'd like one or both tickets
6 days ago
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Jordan
9 days ago
Might be the greatest opening paragraph of anything ever.
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Royal College of Music
12 days ago
Welcome Spring with a brand-new edition of Upbeat magazine! ✨
bit.ly/UpbeatSpring26
On the theme of Stage & Screen, this issue features interviews with three stellar RCM alumni: screen composer Alexandra Harwood, countertenor Hugh Cutting, and pianist
@cyrillibrahim.bsky.social
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Upbeat Magazine
News and updates from the Royal College of Music
https://bit.ly/UpbeatSpring26
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Just remembered my notes are being used for this afternoon's
@philharmonialondon.bsky.social
concert: Bacewicz, Tchaikovsky and Walton (under 'programme notes', as you'd expect)
philharmonia.co.uk/whats-on/max...
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Maxim Vengerov plays Tchaikovsky | Philharmonia
Lisa Batiashvili performs Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with the Philharmonia Orchestra
https://philharmonia.co.uk/whats-on/maxim-vengerov-plays-tchaikovsky/
13 days ago
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There's a dog on this train with whom I already felt a sense of kinship, and then I noticed her Cartland pink harness bears the brand logo 'Wyld Cub' and there it is, friends for life
14 days ago
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IndifferenceEngine
15 days ago
Well, that was quite something…
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Mahler was dead: to begin with
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16 days ago
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Excited for this. Click under 'programme notes' to read some of my thoughts on Hildegard of Bingen and Gustav of Bohemia
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18 days ago
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Royal College of Music
19 days ago
Sounds of Blossom at Kew Gardens is now open! 🌸 Visitors can immerse themselves in Kew’s world-renowned magnolia and cherry blossom collections whilst hearing evocative soundscapes written by RCM composers. Find out more:
bit.ly/rcm-kew-2026
📸: RBG, Kew
@rbgkew.bsky.social
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I've been sent this review of Danny Driver's recent Cambridge Music Festival recital, which includes a mention of my notes and, even better, Ligeti's 'melancholic pigeon'. Sounds like it was a brilliant performance
seenandheard-international.com/2026/03/dann...
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19 days ago
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Simon Brackenborough
21 days ago
Get in losers we’re going to Reading to see the Sumer Is Icumen In manuscript
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Medieval music manuscript that inspired Bagpuss returns to Reading
The medieval round has inspired many compositions including The Mouse Organ Song in the 70s TV show.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3wlvpjg2x6o
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Lev Parikian
21 days ago
If you’re knocking about in London Sunday afternoon and fancy climbing a mountain, do come to this. An open rehearsal of Strauss’ Alpine Symphony, one of the more extravagant and glorious pieces of orchestral music ever written. Free entry. 5.45 start.
www.rehearsal-orchestra.org/courses/stra...
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Richard Strauss: An Alpine Symphony - Rehearsal Orchestra
https://www.rehearsal-orchestra.org/courses/strauss-alpine-symphony/
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C. Buckthorn
20 days ago
Happy Mothers Day. My mum really loved the Supremes. Been listening to them a lot lately. Please tell me something your mum loved or loves
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Mystery Maniacs Podcast
22 days ago
great scene!
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Carl Rosman
22 days ago
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Gargarin
22 days ago
The belt ascending !
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Ian Martin
22 days ago
None higher-waisted than RVW.
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Post a great photo of a musician
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22 days ago
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Toby Miller
22 days ago
It was the end of a long day at the near end of a long week… and that’s my excuse for being briefly mesmerised by a squeaking (abandoned) pub sign - The Gate…squeaking. It’s nearly a form of Onomatopoeia, a painted object finding a sound which mimics the well known sound of the object painted.
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The moment Kubrick knew he'd reached cultural immortality: when Midsomer Murders paid tribute to 2001: A Space Odyssey
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22 days ago
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Been hanging out with a Mozart manuscript again lads
23 days ago
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snufkin
23 days ago
Only musician I know who invented still-in-use typefaces is Hans Reichel (who also invented the Daxophone).
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Lots of outlandish stories here, but the one that's really intrigued me, slipped in almost in passing, unchallenged, is the claim that he invented 'a couple of typefaces'... I really need to know more, is this true? Are they still in use?
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23 days ago
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Christopher Y
25 days ago
museum curators describing literally any portrait of a woman: she boldly meets the viewer's eye, confronting our gaze
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Gabby HC
23 days ago
Finished Amadeus & thought about it & Wolfie - Kermit Stanzi - Piggy Salieri - controversial, but: piano, sidelined original Main Guy - Rowlf Leopold - Sam Eagle Emperor - Fozzie Simon Callow - Gonzo Cynthia Nixon - Janice
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I'd like to see a bittern on banknotes, maybe then the economy will boom... yeah...? anybody...?
24 days ago
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Thangam Debbonaire
25 days ago
Time is nearly up to have your say over the future of the BBC! The consultation closes today, Tuesday 10th March, 23.59. Link below 👇🏽
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columbo screenshots
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I joked about the nicheness of writing about Bach for the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment the other day, but honestly it's one of the things I feel luckiest to do. Here's their latest blog with some of my notes on the St John Passion ahead of their concert on 29 March
oae.co.uk/bachs-soulfu...
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Bach's soulful Passion - Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
https://oae.co.uk/bachs-soulful-passion/?utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Marche-newsresend&utm_content=version_A
25 days ago
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snufkin
25 days ago
I love to google 'Mahler Hammer'
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DynRPG
25 days ago
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I will never not find this photo of Penderecki funny, he looks like an astonished owl
26 days ago
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Helen Barrett
26 days ago
Intriguing. Orms did the retrofit of Camden Town Hall into the Standard, which is great and everyone likes, and the Outernet, which looks like a packet of John Player Superkings.
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/exclusi...
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Exclusive: Heatherwick replaced on revamp of BT Tower
Heatherwick Studio has been replaced by Orms on the high-profile project to convert London’s iconic Grade II-listed BT Tower into a hotel
https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/exclusive-heatherwick-replaced-on-scheme-to-convert-bt-tower-into-hotel
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The latest transcript I'm working on has written 'countertenor' as 'camp centre' and 'opera' as 'Oprah' and I think it's just trolling now
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26 days ago
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The magpies are using bristles from the broom I keep for sweeping leaves to build their nest. They swoop down and gather a beakful and fly off again. I could hide it from them, but I don't have the heart, I think I'd rather have a threadbare broom knowing they've got a healthy nest
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