Exciting to launch this 👇 new CD in scenic Ely today. primafacie.ascrecords.com/downes_sonatas…

Sobering words here from Ivan Hewett, and strong leadership from the 1684 Chair Cambridge Uni Music. I'm defiantly optimistic -- humans will always need music -- but all music institutions, from choirs to schools, need £ support and collective effort in turn. telegraph.co.uk/music/classica…

It's not every day you get to hear a world premiere of an English opera from 1906 -- Holst's #Sita ... in Saarbrücken ... after 118yrs. Great symposium on Holst & Wagner. Toi toi toi

Reborn in the City of Light. Magnificent!

Seasons greetings

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Very much looking forward to this!

Wonderful, colourful evening at the Hungarian embassy tonight.

This looks fascinating: thetimes.com/article/239e9c…

Wonderful evening at #rtsawards. Congrats to all winners and nominees!

Wonderful workshop today on 19thC Composer-critics and their music Christ's College -- concert of Nietzsche, Riemann, Theodor Uhlig, and Johanna Kinkel was sheer glorious arcanery. Thanks to all speakers and performers. DAAD News Cambridge Festival daad.cam.ac.uk/workshops/comp…

Ely after Easter

👑 🎉#ChristsCollegeCambridge was established 520 years ago #otd by Letters Patent issued by King Henry VII. He licensed his mother Lady Margaret Beaufort to re-found God’s House, first established in 1439 by William Byngham, as a new foundation. Cambridge University #twitterstorians

They did it! Huge congratulations to Anniko, Brendan, Oscar and Linus on their #UniversityChallenge win - a first for the College. In a thrilling final they beat formidable opponents Warwick by 175 to 170. We are very proud! ow.ly/2SCi50VRy4R 📷 #ChristsCollegeCambridge

Plants prefer Classical... "Plants played a series of Bach concertos as they grew ended up heavier and leafier. But plants exposed to rock music grew more poorly." thetimes.com/article/449a6b…

At 1pm today, in a change to our advertised programming, BBC Radio 3 broadcasts one of Alfred Brendel’s final recitals — recorded at Snape Maltings in 2008, and linking four of the composers closest to him across his six-decade career: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

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Wagner fans behold: brickfanatics.com/lego-architect…

It's kicking off from noon - Looking forward to talking about pendulums, waves and visualising sound at the British Society for History of Science conference at 4pm today conference.bshs.org.uk

Cambridge University Library, seen from above the Old Schools. Thank you to the Cambridge University team for this fantastic photo!