Andrew Griffiths
@colla-voce.bsky.social
conductor | head coach @ National Opera Studio | keyboard & continuo | tenor @stileantico.co.uk | dad | cyclist | cricket tragic | maker of lists
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We have a fabulous Christmas programme coming up on Friday 19 December with @colla-voce.bsky.social at St John's Waterloo, and you have until midnight on Sunday to grab an earlybird ticket from www.londinium-voices.org.uk/events 🍷+ mince pies too!
December 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
We have a fabulous Christmas programme coming up on Friday 19 December with @colla-voce.bsky.social at St John's Waterloo, and you have until midnight on Sunday to grab an earlybird ticket from www.londinium-voices.org.uk/events 🍷+ mince pies too!
'Tis the season for the Big Give!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=71pk...
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Big Give Christmas Challenge | National Opera Studio
YouTube video by National Opera Studio
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December 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
'Tis the season for the Big Give!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=71pk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=71pk...
I'd forgotten how brilliant this was... www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Xtx...
I Fagiolini, Robert Hollingworth - Ode à la gastronomie
YouTube video by IFagioliniVEVO
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December 1, 2025 at 11:11 AM
I'd forgotten how brilliant this was... www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Xtx...
Yesterday I wrote a programme note which included the phrase 'the chiaroscuro of Advent'. And now it doesn't even bother getting light today. My fault, people.
December 1, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Yesterday I wrote a programme note which included the phrase 'the chiaroscuro of Advent'. And now it doesn't even bother getting light today. My fault, people.
Stop press: Corbyn's party has actually achieved something. It has a (non-)name. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New party founded by Corbyn adopts Your Party as name
Your Party delegates also vote to be led by a panel of members - avoiding a potentially explosive leadership race.
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November 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Stop press: Corbyn's party has actually achieved something. It has a (non-)name. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"I never directly racially abused anyone" is quite the non-defence, when you think about what it does not preclude.
November 26, 2025 at 8:09 AM
"I never directly racially abused anyone" is quite the non-defence, when you think about what it does not preclude.
Please can I not wake up to find England 140-7?
November 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Please can I not wake up to find England 140-7?
Siri, show me a metaphor
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
COP30 evacuated after fire breaks out
Thousands of people are attending the UN climate talks in Brazil.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Siri, show me a metaphor
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Mega-niche programming shout-out: early Baroque-ish Christmassy things for not more than SSATB (or SSATTB at a pinch) plus instruments (quartet) which involve, or /could/ involve recorders? I have the Messe de Minuit, obviously...
November 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Mega-niche programming shout-out: early Baroque-ish Christmassy things for not more than SSATB (or SSATTB at a pinch) plus instruments (quartet) which involve, or /could/ involve recorders? I have the Messe de Minuit, obviously...
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Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
November 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
Cue the Artist formerly known as Prince jokes. Well, it's almost a anagram of Artist...
October 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Cue the Artist formerly known as Prince jokes. Well, it's almost a anagram of Artist...
British Airways and Heathrow. The usual toxic combination. Pointless and irritating delays for no good reason beyond general sloppiness in every direction.
October 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
British Airways and Heathrow. The usual toxic combination. Pointless and irritating delays for no good reason beyond general sloppiness in every direction.
Lovely to be back in Galway today for the first time since 2013, when I conducted a glorious little production of Così for OTC. Today has started with a run, a swim, and excellent coffee. Now looking forward to sightseeing and a concert tonight at St Nicholas' Church! stnicholas.ie/event/music-...
Events for October 2025 – Saint Nicholas Collegiate Church, Galway
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October 16, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Lovely to be back in Galway today for the first time since 2013, when I conducted a glorious little production of Così for OTC. Today has started with a run, a swim, and excellent coffee. Now looking forward to sightseeing and a concert tonight at St Nicholas' Church! stnicholas.ie/event/music-...
Really looking forward to tomorrow night's crazy @londiniumchoir.bsky.social Bosch extravaganza. Our fabulous programme booklet is now online for a little light reading... I may have got a bit carried away! www.londinium-voices.org.uk/programme
October 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Really looking forward to tomorrow night's crazy @londiniumchoir.bsky.social Bosch extravaganza. Our fabulous programme booklet is now online for a little light reading... I may have got a bit carried away! www.londinium-voices.org.uk/programme
So apparently the orange horror is about to announce a 'cure' for autism.
I cannot adequately articulate how offensive this is to anyone with first-hand experience of ASD.
I cannot adequately articulate how offensive this is to anyone with first-hand experience of ASD.
September 22, 2025 at 6:52 AM
So apparently the orange horror is about to announce a 'cure' for autism.
I cannot adequately articulate how offensive this is to anyone with first-hand experience of ASD.
I cannot adequately articulate how offensive this is to anyone with first-hand experience of ASD.
Quite proud of this programming - come and see how it all works!
Our seductive Bosch-themed concert with @colla-voce.bsky.social is on Friday 10 October! Wonderful music including James MacMillan, Thea Musgrave, John Joubert, Anselm McDonnell, Agneta Sköld, Pizzetti, Cardoso, Vivanco and much else! Tx www.londinium-voices.org.uk/events
September 19, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Quite proud of this programming - come and see how it all works!
For whoever needs to see this... something in my eye... www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFjF...
Rosenkavalier Trio - Lott, von Otter, Bonney & Kleiber on the screen!
YouTube video by Rodrigo Caiazzo
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September 14, 2025 at 9:12 PM
For whoever needs to see this... something in my eye... www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFjF...
What glorious singing from Louise Alder.
September 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
What glorious singing from Louise Alder.
Well, Mandelson is toast.
September 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Well, Mandelson is toast.
Hasn't aged me a day...
We’ve enjoyed a suitably bonkers weekend at Oude Muziek Festival Utrecht so far, singing five concerts between 7am and 9pm on Saturday, and an afternoon performance yesterday - which marked @colla-voce.bsky.social’s 500th concert with the group! 🎉
September 1, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Hasn't aged me a day...
One of life's more agreeable cities.
August 30, 2025 at 11:14 AM
One of life's more agreeable cities.
The state of all this. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Lammy admits licence error on JD Vance fishing trip
The foreign secretary says he did not have a rod licence to go fishing with the US vice-president.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The state of all this. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Rather wonderful to be preparing some music by Britten (getting ahead for Autumn concerts) while staying in Britten's old boarding house at Gresham's School. I wonder which room was his?
August 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Rather wonderful to be preparing some music by Britten (getting ahead for Autumn concerts) while staying in Britten's old boarding house at Gresham's School. I wonder which room was his?