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Clive Whitburn
@clivewhitburn.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Messages from the Sea
YouTube video by Clive Whitburn
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Messages from the Sea
A song cycle / mini opera setting genuine messages found in bottles from the end of the 19th/early 20th century. For Soprano, baritone, piano and harp. If you have time to listen, let me know what you think.
youtu.be/RDy5IQR__Tk?...
A song cycle / mini opera setting genuine messages found in bottles from the end of the 19th/early 20th century. For Soprano, baritone, piano and harp. If you have time to listen, let me know what you think.
youtu.be/RDy5IQR__Tk?...
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In a world where women were expected to sit quietly at home, Clara Schumann forged a long career as a pianist, composer and more. Pianist Alexandra Dariescu explains.
Alexandra joins us this Friday to perform Clara Schumann's Piano Concerto.Book your tickets: buff.ly/3mS1BU7
Alexandra joins us this Friday to perform Clara Schumann's Piano Concerto.Book your tickets: buff.ly/3mS1BU7
November 4, 2025 at 11:28 AM
In a world where women were expected to sit quietly at home, Clara Schumann forged a long career as a pianist, composer and more. Pianist Alexandra Dariescu explains.
Alexandra joins us this Friday to perform Clara Schumann's Piano Concerto.Book your tickets: buff.ly/3mS1BU7
Alexandra joins us this Friday to perform Clara Schumann's Piano Concerto.Book your tickets: buff.ly/3mS1BU7
“The Maids” @donmarwarehouse.bsky.social is an absolute tour de force! Stunning acting, innovative concept and modern take on the play. Brilliant Staging and use of tech. Loved it!
November 4, 2025 at 9:39 AM
“The Maids” @donmarwarehouse.bsky.social is an absolute tour de force! Stunning acting, innovative concept and modern take on the play. Brilliant Staging and use of tech. Loved it!
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July 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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July 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Out TODAY @ #MeyerMedia: #HOMMAGES from brilliant composer #AnthonyJosephLanman feat. fab pianist @hroadfeldt.bsky.social! Dedications to: #HildegardofBingen #Zappa #KehindeWiley #GaryGygax #Boulanger #Kurasowa #EddieVanHalen #MichioKaku #NeilPeart
anthonyjosephlanman.bandcamp.com/album/hommages
anthonyjosephlanman.bandcamp.com/album/hommages
June 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Out TODAY @ #MeyerMedia: #HOMMAGES from brilliant composer #AnthonyJosephLanman feat. fab pianist @hroadfeldt.bsky.social! Dedications to: #HildegardofBingen #Zappa #KehindeWiley #GaryGygax #Boulanger #Kurasowa #EddieVanHalen #MichioKaku #NeilPeart
anthonyjosephlanman.bandcamp.com/album/hommages
anthonyjosephlanman.bandcamp.com/album/hommages
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The album #Hommages is out! Music by Anthony Joseph Lanman and performed by yours truly! It is available on Bandcamp and all streaming platforms! 15 Hommages!!
June 27, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The album #Hommages is out! Music by Anthony Joseph Lanman and performed by yours truly! It is available on Bandcamp and all streaming platforms! 15 Hommages!!
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Unheard works by Erik Satie to premiere 100 years after his death
Pianist Alexandre Tharaud performs previously lost material by experimental French composer on a new album
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
Pianist Alexandre Tharaud performs previously lost material by experimental French composer on a new album
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
Unheard works by Erik Satie to premiere 100 years after his death
Pianist Alexandre Tharaud performs previously lost material by experimental French composer on a new album
www.theguardian.com
June 26, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Unheard works by Erik Satie to premiere 100 years after his death
Pianist Alexandre Tharaud performs previously lost material by experimental French composer on a new album
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
Pianist Alexandre Tharaud performs previously lost material by experimental French composer on a new album
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
Absolutely stunning first album by Eleanor and Gus.
Highly recommend.
open.spotify.com/album/25sQkL...
Highly recommend.
open.spotify.com/album/25sQkL...
Seasons in Time
Eleanor and Gus · Album · 2025 · 12 songs
open.spotify.com
June 25, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Absolutely stunning first album by Eleanor and Gus.
Highly recommend.
open.spotify.com/album/25sQkL...
Highly recommend.
open.spotify.com/album/25sQkL...
Good morning
It’s the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, and Winter Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere. Where ever you are, here is Solstice for Orchestra. Best played loud:
on.soundcloud.com/525a629VoN3a...
It’s the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, and Winter Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere. Where ever you are, here is Solstice for Orchestra. Best played loud:
on.soundcloud.com/525a629VoN3a...
Solstice (Orchestra)
A hypnotic dance with a driving rhythm which builds and builds to a climax. This piece for orchestra keeps a C major triad, a basic building block with simplistic almost primitive connotations, drivin
on.soundcloud.com
June 21, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Good morning
It’s the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, and Winter Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere. Where ever you are, here is Solstice for Orchestra. Best played loud:
on.soundcloud.com/525a629VoN3a...
It’s the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, and Winter Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere. Where ever you are, here is Solstice for Orchestra. Best played loud:
on.soundcloud.com/525a629VoN3a...
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We are so delighted to be performing the UK premiere of Libby Croad Composer's 'The Bronté Suite' as part of our concert at Cadogan Hall on Sunday 22nd June at 4pm.
Here, Robert Hugill catches up with Libby to hear all about her new work.
www.planethugill.com/2025/05/some...
Here, Robert Hugill catches up with Libby to hear all about her new work.
www.planethugill.com/2025/05/some...
May 24, 2025 at 11:41 AM
We are so delighted to be performing the UK premiere of Libby Croad Composer's 'The Bronté Suite' as part of our concert at Cadogan Hall on Sunday 22nd June at 4pm.
Here, Robert Hugill catches up with Libby to hear all about her new work.
www.planethugill.com/2025/05/some...
Here, Robert Hugill catches up with Libby to hear all about her new work.
www.planethugill.com/2025/05/some...
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Island of Strangers - by @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social m.facebook.com/story.php?st...
May 14, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Island of Strangers - by @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social m.facebook.com/story.php?st...
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UK-based writers aged 16-25 can win up to £500 and the chance to write for a significant classical music organisation through the RPS Young Classical Writers Prize. Find out more and apply by 29 August via this link: royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/awards/rps-y...
RPS Young Classical Writers Prize
royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk
May 14, 2025 at 10:27 AM
UK-based writers aged 16-25 can win up to £500 and the chance to write for a significant classical music organisation through the RPS Young Classical Writers Prize. Find out more and apply by 29 August via this link: royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/awards/rps-y...
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On Thursday 22 May at Brighton Dome, our friends and RPS Corporate Members @bfchorus.bsky.social will be joined by the @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social for a nature and climate-themed programme. To find out more and book tickets visit: royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/whats_on/bfc...
Brighton Festival Chorus: Vespers of the Blessed Earth
royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk
May 6, 2025 at 11:47 AM
On Thursday 22 May at Brighton Dome, our friends and RPS Corporate Members @bfchorus.bsky.social will be joined by the @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social for a nature and climate-themed programme. To find out more and book tickets visit: royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/whats_on/bfc...
Passages by Philip Glass and Ravi Shankar - brilliantly performed tonight by Anoushka Shankar and Britten Sinfonia in Brighton. Sublime, transcendent inspirational. Loved it.
May 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Passages by Philip Glass and Ravi Shankar - brilliantly performed tonight by Anoushka Shankar and Britten Sinfonia in Brighton. Sublime, transcendent inspirational. Loved it.
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I get black smoke, but I get up again
He sings a Vespers Psalm
He sings a Compline Psalm
He sings a Matins Psalm
He sings a Lauds Psalm
He sings the Psalms that remind him of the good times
He sings the Psalms that remind him of the better times
He sings a Compline Psalm
He sings a Matins Psalm
He sings a Lauds Psalm
He sings the Psalms that remind him of the good times
He sings the Psalms that remind him of the better times
May 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I get black smoke, but I get up again
Walking Hadrian’s Wall in 2012 we stopped briefly at Sycamore Gap. Today justice has been done.
May 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Walking Hadrian’s Wall in 2012 we stopped briefly at Sycamore Gap. Today justice has been done.
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Sir David, 99 on Thurs, says: "After almost 100 years on the planet, I now understand the most important place on Earth is not on land, but at sea."
The ocean is the planet's support system+humanity's greatest ally against climate catastrophe. Film shows how the world's oceans are at a crossroads.
The ocean is the planet's support system+humanity's greatest ally against climate catastrophe. Film shows how the world's oceans are at a crossroads.
May 6, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Sir David, 99 on Thurs, says: "After almost 100 years on the planet, I now understand the most important place on Earth is not on land, but at sea."
The ocean is the planet's support system+humanity's greatest ally against climate catastrophe. Film shows how the world's oceans are at a crossroads.
The ocean is the planet's support system+humanity's greatest ally against climate catastrophe. Film shows how the world's oceans are at a crossroads.
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Sir David Attenborough is launching what he says is one of the most important films of his career as he enters his hundredth year.
He believes his new, cinema-length film Ocean could play a decisive role in saving biodiversity and protecting the planet from climate change. 1/
He believes his new, cinema-length film Ocean could play a decisive role in saving biodiversity and protecting the planet from climate change. 1/
Attenborough Ocean film 'greatest message he's ever told'
Sir David says his new film Ocean is one of the most important of his career.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 6, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Sir David Attenborough is launching what he says is one of the most important films of his career as he enters his hundredth year.
He believes his new, cinema-length film Ocean could play a decisive role in saving biodiversity and protecting the planet from climate change. 1/
He believes his new, cinema-length film Ocean could play a decisive role in saving biodiversity and protecting the planet from climate change. 1/
The power of music
May 3, 2025 at 7:26 AM
The power of music
Solidarity with trans people who are facing really hard times at the moment.
April 18, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Solidarity with trans people who are facing really hard times at the moment.
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The world’s richest people added $304 billion to their combined net worth, the largest one-day gain in the history of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, after Trump pledged to pause tariffs for some countries
Billionaires Score Best-Ever Day as Stocks Soar on Tariff Pause
The world’s wealthiest people added $304 billion to their combined net worth on Wednesday — the largest one-day gain in the history of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index — as stock markets soared after ...
www.bloomberg.com
April 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The world’s richest people added $304 billion to their combined net worth, the largest one-day gain in the history of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, after Trump pledged to pause tariffs for some countries
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Once, Picasso was asked what his paintings meant. He said: "Do you ever know what the birds are singing? No. But you listen to them anyway. Therefore, art is important only to look at."
#pablopicasso #art #arttheory #philosophy
#pablopicasso #art #arttheory #philosophy
April 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Once, Picasso was asked what his paintings meant. He said: "Do you ever know what the birds are singing? No. But you listen to them anyway. Therefore, art is important only to look at."
#pablopicasso #art #arttheory #philosophy
#pablopicasso #art #arttheory #philosophy
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SATURDAY
Neil Young and Joan Baez have been confirmed to perform at an upcoming Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rally.
You can watch the rally at www.youtube.com/berniesanders
Neil Young and Joan Baez have been confirmed to perform at an upcoming Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rally.
You can watch the rally at www.youtube.com/berniesanders
Neil Young and Joan Baez to perform at Bernie Sanders rally
Neil Young and Joan Baez are scheduled to perform at at an upcoming Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rally, after Young shares deportation fears.
faroutmagazine.co.uk
April 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
SATURDAY
Neil Young and Joan Baez have been confirmed to perform at an upcoming Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rally.
You can watch the rally at www.youtube.com/berniesanders
Neil Young and Joan Baez have been confirmed to perform at an upcoming Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rally.
You can watch the rally at www.youtube.com/berniesanders