@Helenrichenda
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Helen Wallace. Head of Music @BarbicanCentre Listener. Salvia super fan. Looseleaf tea. she/her. All views my own.
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30-08-2012 11:10:44
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Thank you SO MUCH to A) amazing Ligeti Quartet for being so ace B) everyone who came to see us C) Bang on a Can for having us—total honour to be on this lineup D) all the other amazing composers & performers. Ive heard/met so much amazing music/people on this trip
Tonight's Italian postwar avant-garde fest Barbican Centre by BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus et al was exhilarating & beautifully played throughout. Seen live second time, Berio's remarkable Sinfonia felt overlong, but rest of programme dazzled, especially Nicholas Daniel OBE 🇺🇦🏳️⚧️ in great Maderna Oboe Concerto #3
How fantastic to be reminded yesterday of the sheer quality of this music - composers of such technical brilliance & artistic bravery. Thank you BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus BBC Singers Guildhall School of Music & Drama #MartynBrabbins, Nicholas Daniel OBE 🇺🇦🏳️⚧️ Tom Lessels #AnnaDennis #JohnFindon @jonathancross @HarrietABoyd !!
We are delighted to announce that Angela Dixon Angela Dixon is set to become the new Chair of the Royal Philharmonic Society, following the exceptional term of John Gilhooly. Read our full story here: royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/rps_today/news…
Bristol now has two of the best halls in the UK: my old friend St George's Bristol and the wonderfully renovated Bristol Beacon It was a joy to play Brahms last night with Sir Mark and The Hallé Off to Anvil Arts today
We’re delighted to be collaborating with Black Lives in Music on Classically Black, a one-day event at Kings Place on Sat 19 Oct celebrating the contribution of Black and underrepresented musicians & composers within classical music. 🎟️Now on sale: kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/black…
Hail the day, hail the hour ❤️ #White Hands Choir opening up a new dimension of Fidelio with LA Phil Deaf West Theatre Gustavo Dudamel Barbican Centre
Magnus Santiago Cathedral looking suitably ethereal for the opening concert of St Magnus Festival Festival featuring the #WorldPremier of alasdair nicolson spine-tingling #StormRunes cello concerto. Wonderful playing from musicavitae #bravo #StMagFest
"The river is no longer an object, it is something in which we are engulfed" V moving to see Annea Lockwood's Southbank homecoming being marked. Lovely interview here with Rebecca Franks thetimes.com/article/486a9a…
Awesome José Maceda Music for Five Pianos tonight 19.30 QEHall Southbank Centre beautiful strange music…
When I asked Piers Connor Kennedy to write an arrangement of @caroshawmusic’s lush choral piece ‘and the swallow’ for choir & strings, I knew he’d come up with something gorgeous. I hope you’ll agree that he didn’t disappoint… Shout out Ben Tomlin for beautiful work on the vid 🙏
🎼His Majesty The King has appointed Errollyn Wallen CBE as Master of The King’s Music; the first appointment to this role of his reign. Click the link for further information about the Master of The King’s Music role: royal.uk/news-and-activ…
Very sad indeed - I feel so lucky to have sat in his lectures, and then interviewed him several times for @bbcradio3. Julian Anderson paid beautiful tribute to him on In Tune BBC Radio 3 this afternoon.
At this year's Members Day, ISM President 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 spoke to Katie Derham about the barriers musicians face with touring the EU post-Brexit. Sharing personal experiences, Nicky explained how complicated red tape is 'diminishing' the UK's musical export 👇