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What a fabulous piece this is, by Thomas Adès

I’m late to the party but Víkingur Ólafsson ‘s Goldbergs recording is the bee’s knees. A piece about which I have strong and subjective ideas and desires. At every point they have been questioned. And at every point I have been thrilled. What a triumph

Tonight, Nicholas Collon and his Aurora Orchestra embark on a European tour, starting at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. 🎟️ Book tickets: auroraorchestra.com/event/firebird… ℹ️ Discover Nicholas Collon: intermusica.co.uk/artist/Nichola… #Intermusica #ClassicalMusic #Performance #London #Switzerland

Off to 🇺🇸 for the US election (and a visit to the SF Symphony ). Exciting times

With the US election hanging in the balance, here’s a fitting photo I took last week on top of a Swiss Alp, 2000m above Lake Lucerne

3pm San Fran time. Settling in for along afternoon/night of US election special

Voting queues at San Francisco city hall.:…

The remarkable Herbert Blomstedt conducting the wonderful Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Mahler 9 this week. Is there any other profession where a 97-year old can share their experience and knowledge in such an enriching way? yle.fi/aihe/tapahtuma…

The guy who wrote biscuit puns for Kemi Badenoch

Whhhhaaaattttt?! This is pushing my mental acuity

Tonight 7pm BBC 4 a repeat from 2012 of Aurora Orchestra ‘s BBC Proms with #WallaceandGromit . I even got to have a telephone chat with Wallace. Nice chap

For those within the EU (!) I’ve made a 5-part TV documentary: conversations with Finnish conductors about…. conducting. 😊The wonderful #PekkaKuusisto Dalia Stasevska 🇫🇮 🇺🇦 Susanna Mälkki Esa-Pekka Salonen Hannu Lintu were brilliant. areena.yle.fi/1-71023552?utm…

Wow. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde fearlessly calls out Trump and Vance to their faces. This is heroic.

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and

this is why we need the department of education😭

So many treasures to see at Ainola, the house for 50 years of Jean and Aino Sibelius. And I was allowed to rummage around upstairs(!) - amused to see a score of Walton’s opera on his shelf. I’m not sure he opened it many times. Many scores of Bach and Beethoven however…

HAPPY 20th BIRTHDAY to Aurora Orchestra !!! 😌🎉🥳 I had no clue of course that our first concert back in 2005 would be the beginning of something that would still be here today. So many amazing memories. So many people to be grateful to. Here’s to another 20!

Now I never knew this Aurora Orchestra being a week older than YouTube makes me feel a little….old

I think pretty much everyone reading this can agree that the United Kingdom’s Brexit negotiations were not safe in David Frost ‘s hands.