Ben Palmer 🇪🇺
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Still processing a truly extraordinary day yesterday, my debut performances at
@bbcproms
. Hugest thanks to the astonishing
@BBCSSO
, to
@HansZimmer
@IainFarrington
@AURORAmusic
@Nina_Bennet
@ChrisGPackham
&
@MeganMcCubbin
, and everyone who came. My heart is pretty full right now.
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I felt the thing missing in my life was a John Williams figure, so I made one...
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One of my favourite moments of
@ClassicFM
Live last night was when a mobile phone rang in the middle of Rhapsody in Blue. Instantly our incredible soloist Hayato Sumino (
@880hz
) copied it, incorporating it seamlessly into his improvisation 🤯
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Fun fact of the day: instead of counting out the famous 11/4 bar in Rite of Spring, most conductors think or say “Igor Stravinsky is a son of a bitch”.
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An 84th birthday surprise for Roger Norrington from the musicians of the SWR Symphoniorchester, yesterday evening in rehearsal at
@cadoganhall
.
@BBCRadio3
@Baerenreiter
(Full video at )
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🚲 🌝 👽 I’ve had the most glorious day rehearsing with the mighty
@the_halle
for tomorrow’s live orchestra screening of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial in Concert. Join us at 7pm at
@BridgewaterHall
- it’s going to be emotional!
🎟
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A truly extraordinary experience to conduct my
@RSNO
friends at
@ClassicFM
Live last night at the
@RoyalAlbertHall
. Incredible contributions from soloists
@880hz
, Rachel Duckett & Freddie de Tommaso, plus the wonderful
@RSNOChorus
. (📸 © Classic FM / Matt Crossick)
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So, I didn’t get to meet JW as planned last night - he sent his regrets to the green room, saying he was too tired to come down - but he did do this for me; something I’ll treasure for ever ❤️ Amazing to see him live for the first time, with
@BerlinPhil
on astonishing form.
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Just in case you thought Return of the Jedi couldn’t be any more awesome than it already is...
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🌍 So excited to be making my
@bbcproms
debut on 27 Aug, conducting the Earth Prom with
@BBCSSO
& presenter
@ChrisGPackham
. Music by
@HansZimmer
,
@GFentonMusic
,
@jacobsheamusic
& more. Live on
@BBCRadio3
, broadcast on
@BBCTwo
on 29 Aug.
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None of
@Lornaatwork
’s 279 tweets (mostly RTs) mentions
@BBCSO
,
@BBCPhilharmonic
,
@BBCNOW
or
@bbcproms
. She doesn’t follow them, either. Couple of mentions of
@BBCRadio3
, one of
@BBCCO
(neither of which she follows). And none of
@BBCSingers
, though she did follow them. Recently.
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Um, so, Felix just picked this up, took it to his chair and started reading it... 😳🤷🏻♂️😍
@Baerenreiter
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Feeling quite emotional after working so hard on this over last few days. Huge thanks to the incredible
@GrimethorpeBand
, our amazing sound supervisor
@therowellster
, & everyone at
@RoyalAlbertHall
. Now over to
@Film4
!
#brassedofflive
#royalalberthome
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(And yes, the little sniff of appreciative laughter was me, sorry 😂)
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My (very-nearly-three) Felix conducting an orchestra for the first time: a read through the start of Haydn 59 with
@HaydnProject
❤️ He’ll be nicking my gigs soon.
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The greatest film soundtrack ending of all time… Be there tonight, 7pm at
@BridgewaterHall
with
@the_halle
!
🎟
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I love the challenge of conducting live to picture, but I don’t think I’ve ever done a piece that allowed so much freedom and expression as
@HansZimmer
/
@IainFarrington
’s Earth Symphony. Here is a favourite (albeit quite fiendish) moment, played beautifully by
@BBCSSO
.
@bbcproms
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So sad to hear that one of my musical heroes, the great Bernard Haitink, has died aged 92. An incredible musician, an astonishing conductor, and one of the most generous, kind people I’ve ever met.
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If you haven’t yet bought a ticket for tomorrow’s screening of Jurassic Park with
@the_halle
@AOArena
, then do it now. One of the best film scores of all time, played by one of the world’s great orchestras - it’s unmissable. Here’s a little blast from the very end of today’s reh.
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Still my favourite John Williams cue of all. All in all, a pretty awesome day at work.
@dphilmerck
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So sad that our
#BrassedOffLive
next Wed at
@RoyalAlbertHall
was cancelled, but really touched
@Film4
are showing the film. (And can confirm the “something special“ will be worth waiting for - though, for now,
@GrimethorpeBand
and I are sworn to secrecy...)
🎺 We're showing Brassed Off next Wednesday at 9pm and are planning something special for the occasion! Stay tuned...🎺
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When you can’t really conduct in five, so you, er, just don’t…
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Great Scott! Super-excited to be conducting a UK tour of my favourite film,
@BacktotheFuture
, with the Czech National Symphony Orch. On sale Fri 🚙⚡️
Apr 2019
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@southbankcentre
16
@THSHBirmingham
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@RoyalNottingham
18
@BridgewaterHall
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@liverpoolphil
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@Sage_Gateshead
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I’ve been finding lots of amazing, weird and wonderful things in Gerald Barry’s choral music whilst preparing for next Wednesday’s
@BBCSingers
at Six concert, but I wasn’t expecting to find this 😳
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First day at home with my little Felix, and I am SMITTEN. From this pose he’s clearly going to be a conductor or a horn player ❤️
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And the award for the best performance direction in the history of choral music goes to
@CherylHoad
.
@BBCSingers
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Today I had the privilege of standing in front of my wonderful
@dphilmerck
again, exactly 6 months since my last concert, with
@BBCSingers
. It was overwhelming emotionally, exhausting physically, but glorious in every way. Here’s a little iPhone clip from our first read-through.
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I’m tremendously excited to share the news that I’ve been appointed Chefdirigent of
@babylon_orch
, with immediate effect. (1/3)
@IMGArtistsUK
@BABYLON_Berlin
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Flying home to London, and the border guard at Berlin Brandenburg let me use the EU Bürger lane (because, obviously, less of a queue). Genuinely felt rather emotional to walk under the 🇪🇺 again. What a shameful f*cking disaster this whole Brexit nightmare is.
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Glad you enjoyed the show
@andreajenkyns
, & trust you didn’t find a story about an immigrant being welcomed to the UK too uncomfortable.
Clifford's first visit to the theatre to see Paddington/Snowman
@RoyalAlbertHall
. He is mesmerised and loving eating the popcorn too.
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Getting started on one of my all-time favourite film scores.
#jurassicparkinconcert
#jurassicpark25
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This lot make me very happy.
📸1: A-S miniature scores, A-M full scores.
📸2: S-Z miniature scores, A-Z vocal scores, M-Z full scores.
📸3: Currently on-the-go, film-with-orchestra & film music scores.
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Hi
@HTBChurch
, I’m about to rehearse an 83-piece
@cinesinfonia
in Onslow Square for two sold-out shows at
@RoyalAlbertHall
tomorrow, and apparently the £2,291.84 the orchestra has paid to hire the venue doesn’t allow for the lights to be turned on… Is this really reasonable?
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10 years ago today I conducted my first film. It’s inconceivable to me that, several hundred performances later with a repertoire of more than 50 films, I now spend about half my time conducting live to picture. (1/2)
(📸
@suzyredred
/ © 1990 Twentieth Century Fox)
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One of the few joys of lockdown has been setting up my new office & getting to spend countless hours at my beautiful desk. I’ve got everything I need at my fingertips & it’s proving to be an inspiring space in which to work. Just need to work out how to hang 10 🎺 on the wall...
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Scores! So excited to be stepping in to conduct
@BBCSingers
next week, for a delicious programme of
@LennyBernstein
,
@amybryce
,
@VeljoTormisCntr
& Brahms, to be broadcast on
@BBCRadio3
on 5 Nov. 🙋🏻♂️if you’d like to hear the arranger’s name read out on air.
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I’ve conducted the
@starwars
Main Title many times, but to do it as the logo rushes across a huge screen is a REAL thrill. Huge thanks to the Plzeňská filharmonie for a heroic
#starwarsinconcert
at the
@SAP_Arena
last night!
@AlegriaKonzert
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Thrilled to be appointed Chefdirigent of the Deutsche Philharmonie Merck from 17/18, starting on 10 Sep with Mahler 4 with
@SampsonCarolyn
.
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After years of cancellations & postponements, I finally got to conduct my dream silent film,
@ChaplinOfficial
’s Modern Times, with my incredible
@babylon_orch
. It’s fiendishly hard to conduct, & requires astonishing virtuosity from the musicians. I can’t wait to do it again.
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I’m so happy to be returning to the mighty
@the_halle
to conduct my favourite soundtrack live to picture, John Williams’ heartbreaking E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Join us on Sat 22 Oct at
@BridgewaterHall
.
🎟
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They’ll only look this neat for about a day, but after spending all evening tidying my scores I had to take a photo. They’re arranged alphabetically by a mixture of genre, size, composer & publisher. The empty space bottom left is for next season’s yet-to-arrive film scores.
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✈️ BER-LCY. What a sunrise. Home after a gorgeous Metropolis with my amazing
@babylon_orch
. Now to Maida Vale for a recording with
@BBCSingers
.
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Preparing to give a Zoom talk on Haydn symphonies this evening and... 🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
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Had the best day rehearsing possibly my favourite (?!) Star Wars score, The Force Awakens, with the mighty Pilsen Philharmonic. Looking forward to the first performance in Stuttgart on Sun, the first of several this year. Great to have
@george_conducts
assisting.
@AlegriaKonzert
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By some miracle I‘m safely in Germany, and tomorrow I get to make music with my orchestra. There are no words... 💔❤️😍
@dphilmerck
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🎻🔥 The last few moments of today’s
@sinfoniettariga
rehearsal, with
@KristineBalanas
playing Mendelssohn’s D minor Concerto. Join us on Sat, together with
@MBalanas
and
@rbalanas
, for music by Pärt, Monn/Schoenberg, Vivaldi, Hans Rott & Sarasate, streamed live from
@VKCesis
.
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One of my favourite projects last year was this concert with the
@RCMLondon
Philharmonic. Join us in a week’s time for music by Alfred Newman, Korngold, Herrmann, Steiner, Elmer Bernstein, John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith &
@SilvestriMusic
!
🎟
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For the first time in a long while, I felt able to do some proper score study. So, I thought I’d start at the beginning, with an old friend I’m hoping to meet in September.
@Baerenreiter
@dphilmerck
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I had a great time conducting three performances of Jurassic Park in Concert at
@RoyalAlbertHall
with the CNSO in Sep. Can't wait to be back at the RAH in Dec for screenings of The Snowman with
@rpoonline
& Home Alone with
@cinesinfonia
. (Images © Andy Paradise)
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It’s been more than two years, but I’m finally preparing again for a large-scale film with orchestra: Return of the Jedi with my friends Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg, in Berlin and Hamburg next month.
@TheLegacyofJW
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So yesterday I took my four-week-old baby boy with me to work, and we both wore our geekiest dinosaur outfits. Such a thrill to conduct
#jurassicparkinconcert
at the
@RoyalAlbertHall
- can’t wait for our final show this afternoon.
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Last wk I decided my
#lockdownproject
should be to teach myself
@doricoofficial
. As a lifelong Sib user, I thought it might be tough, but 2 days in & I‘m getting much faster & can get it to do EVERYTHING I want it to. It is utterly, utterly brilliant. Thank you,
@SteinbergMedia
.
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It’s not every day a brand new symphony lands on my desk. Especially not one that is also a film soundtrack. I don’t know how he did it, but HUGEST thanks to
@IainFarrington
for this astonishing piece. Trust me, you won’t want to miss it! Sat 27 Aug with
@BBCSSO
at
@bbcproms
.
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Last concert of the season: Brassed Off Live with
@GrimethorpeBand
,
@Opera_North
&
@craig_ogden
at
@millsqleeds
on Sun 29 July. 🎺🍊
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Lovely to have a quick chat today with the legendary
@HansZimmer
about Earth Symphony, devised & arranged by
@IainFarrington
from Hans’s music for Planet Earth 2, Blue Planet 2 & Seven Worlds One Planet. Hear it live at
@bbcproms
with the mighty
@BBCSSO
on Sat 27 Aug.
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So happy that Brassed Off Live at the
@RoyalAlbertHall
with
@GrimethorpeBand
&
@rpoonline
has been rescheduled for Wed 25 May 2022. Here’s a clip of
@flugelblower
’s Orange Juice from 2018 at
@millsqleeds
with
@Opera_North
.
@4barsrest
@markwherman
🎟
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Many snappy returns, Jaws! Happy memories of conducting the UK tour of
#jawsinconcert
in Apr 2018 with
@CNSO_official
🦈
#jaws45
@thedailyjaws
@TheLegacyofJW
@IMGArtistsUK
@FilmConLive
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So looking forward to
@ClassicFM
Live, tomorrow at
@RoyalAlbertHall
with the brilliant
@RSNO
and a terrific line-up of soloists and presenters, plus the
@RSNOChorus
and Sir Karl Jenkins.
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Mini John Williams was a bit lonely, so I made him a mini Haydn and a mini Charlie Chaplin to hang out with.
@TheLegacyofJW
@HaydnSocGB
@ChaplinOfficial
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I had the best time conducting
@ChaplinOfficial
The Kid last night at
@BABYLON_Berlin
with my brilliant
@babylon_orch
friends. (And I only nearly cried twice in the film!)
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An earth-shattering Rite from
@Chethams
Symphony Orchestra last night at
@BridgewaterHall
to end a truly spectacular concert. Thank you to the players, chorus, our star violinist Jordan Brooks, and to
@redmond_tom
& and all the staff, for an utterly brilliant, inspiring week.
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Very sad to hear that David Daniels has died. He wrote the conductor’s programming bible, Daniels’ Orchestral Music, a book that I, and I’m sure many of my colleagues, use almost every day.
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Just two weeks to go until I’m back with
@the_halle
for Beethoven 6, The Wasps, my new orchestration of Lili Boulanger, and
@KristineBalanas
playing Vivaldi & RVW. Join us on Sat 19 Feb at
@BridgewaterHall
.
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Always a joy to work on my favourite film score, and I can’t WAIT to hear
@the_halle
playing a John Williams soundtrack live to picture for the first time. Join us on Sat at
@BridgewaterHall
.
🎟
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My last concert of the decade was, without doubt, also one of my absolute favourites. Hugest thanks to the awesome
@the_halle
and everyone at
@IMGArtistsUK
and
@FilmConLive
for an incredible
#skyfallinconcert
at a packed out
@BridgewaterHall
.
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For the last few years, I’ve used only these two types of baton, a Guivier Model C (with the tip cut off) & Mollard carbon fibre S Series, swapping between them once or twice a year when I feel like a change. It’s a very personal thing, but the wand chooses the wizard, after all.
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In my concert last night the lutenist (who’d been playing continuo in some Handel arias and a Galuppi cantata) asked if he could join in for the Radetzky March, and it was utterly, utterly awesome in every way.
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Difficult to put into words quite how much I enjoyed conducting
#etinconcert
yesterday. The
@RoyalAlbertHall
really is the greatest arena in the world for film with orchestra. Hugest, hugest thanks to the mighty
@BBCCO
for two fantastic shows. (📸
@appleandbiscuit
)
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9
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FRA-LHR. An indescribable feeling to be on my way to work after almost six months. I can’t wait to be reunited with my dear
@dphilmerck
friends, and to make music with them.
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Glorious day with
@the_halle
and
@KristineBalanas
rehearsing Beethoven, RVW, Vivaldi & Lili Boulanger for tomorrow’s concert at
@BridgewaterHall
.
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Preparing to conduct
@SilvestriMusic
‘s incredible soundtrack to my favourite film of all time,
@BacktotheFuture
. Catch it next month:
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@southbankcentre
16
@THSHBirmingham
17
@RoyalNottingham
18
@BridgewaterHall
19
@liverpoolphil
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@Sage_Gateshead
22 Aberdeen
25
@AnvilArts
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For as long as I can remember, I’ve dreamed of having a huge desk where I can spread out A3 scores, laptop, iPad. Ordered several weeks ago, pre-coronavirus, this was finally delivered this morning. Bring on lockdown.
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It was such a pleasure to conduct
@HansZimmer
,
@jacobsheamusic
, Sara Barone &
@bastilledan
@bastille
’s score for Planet Earth III with
@BBCNOW
, beautifully recorded by Jeremy Murphy at
@theCentre
. Huge thanks to the Bleeding Fingers team for getting me involved ❤️🌍
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Brilliant to meet the mighty
@BBCSSO
this afternoon and begin rehearsing for Saturday’s
#earthprom
performances at the
@bbcproms
.
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It’s no exaggeration to say that making my debut at
@Concertgebouw
was a dream come true. Hugest thanks to the heroic
@Noordpoolorkest
& everyone at Cinema in Concert for two sold out shows, with two richly deserved standing ovations. And, yes, doing The Stairs is just awesome…
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Very happy to share the news that (all being well...) I'll be making my debut with the wonderful
@liverpoolphil
in Dec, for four performances of
@TheSnowmanHQ
, with
@alasdairmalloy
, & the Liverpool Philharmonic Children's Choirs.
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Amazing atmosphere at sold out
@millsqleeds
for
#brassedofflive
with the astonishing
@GrimethorpeBand
& Orch of
@Opera_North
. Huge thanks to everyone on stage & behind the scenes - this was a really special one for me.
@Philmb75
@WeatherstoneSam
@RoyalAlbertHall
#ONintheCity
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A tremendous evening with my
@BBCSSO
friends last night performing
@CarlDavisMusic
’s incredible (though terrifyingly difficult) score for
@TheHaroldLloyd
Safety Last. Always fun to hear the audience shrieking with laughter!
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Sad to read Ennio Morricone has died, aged 91. What an incredible career.
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10
52
By some twist of fate, I’ve had a
#BrassedOffLive
shortly after both sons were born - B’ham 2018, 5 days after Felix, &
@RoyalAlbertHall
this Wed, 12 after Otto. Some things remain constant: the kindness, generosity & outstanding musicianship of my dear
@GrimethorpeBand
friends.
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A gorgeous first day recording
@estherabrami
’s new album for
@sony_classical
with the City of Prague Philharmonic and some fantastic colleagues at
@smeckystudios
.
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I’m feeling pretty much like this 1st photo, after 3 wonderful days making music w/
@liverpoolphil
&
@alasdairmalloy
. So grateful to everyone at RLPO for making it possible for us to perform 4 safely distanced concerts, at a time when most of our colleagues aren’t working at all.
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8
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After the incredible news that Christmas concerts with
@liverpoolphil
and
@alasdairmalloy
can go ahead, I can finally allow myself to dive into the most beautiful sight: my Snowman score, and a pile of new pieces to prepare ⛄️🎅🏼❤️
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My 2023/24 season begins next week, and I’m looking forward to an action-packed autumn including debuts with
@TheCBSO
and
@philharmonia
. For full details, please visit my website, .
@IMGArtistsUK
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Delighted and proud to announce I've been elected an Associate of the
@RoyalAcadMusic
!
Congratulations to our 2017 ARAMs and Hon ARAMs:
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Tune in to
@BBCRadio3
this afternoon for
@BBCSingers
singing Britten Hymn to St Cecilia &
@Karakelcomposer
’s stunning Seascapes, with
@annalapwood
playing the Four Sea Interludes ON THE ORGAN.
Kudos to
@morwennadelmar
for one of the best autocorrects ever. (CC
@PetrocTrelawny
)
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The boy’s been obsessed with my 🎧 for months - grabbing & trying to eat them, mostly - so to calm him down before bed, I finally showed him what they do. He lay absolutely still in wonder & silence - a really heavenly moment. Playlist
@grimethorpeband
Danny Boy &
@fhvln
Spring I
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