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Philip Seaton

@composer-pseaton.bsky.social

Classical music fan (anyone from Bach to Bartok), and independent composer. Based in Tokyo. Official website: https://music.philipseaton.net I post about classical music - my composing activities, favourite music, and adventures in the music industry ...

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Ina Boyle Society Ltd@inaboyle.bsky.social · 3w ago

We’re thrilled by the launch of @leahbroad.bsky.social Unheard Heritage with Resonus Classics initiative! 💿 Read more: 📰 www.gramophone.co.uk/content/news... ✏️ www.colinscolumn.com/forgotten-mu... #InaBoyle #ElizabethMaconchy #UnheardHeritage #WomenInMusic #ClassicalMusic #Composers

Unheard Heritage & Resonus Classics launch recording initiative - Gramophone

Founded by Leah Broad each album will revives great, forgotten music for new audiences

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George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 4w ago

Some crucial points here on the great Carbon Capture and Storage con by @sioldridge.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

The great carbon capture con: behold the wasted billions Burnham could claw back | George Monbiot | Simon Oldridge

George Monbiot is right to call for expensive carbon capture plans to be halted.   Ed Miliband was also right to push CCS during the Brown government. Back then it made sense to try and capture emissi...

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George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 4w ago

This point needs to be made over and again: The main purpose of wealth taxes should not be to raise revenue. That's a small and secondary benefit. The main purpose should be to *reduce the fortunes of the ultrarich*. Why? Because those fortunes present a massive threat to democracy and public life.

Jon Mitchell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 ジョン・ミッチェル@jonmitchell.bsky.social · last mo.

"Today, Okinawa remains one of the most militarized places on the planet. Its landscape is dominated by the current bases - 31 US and 57 Japanese Self-Defense Force facilities - alongside hundreds of memorials and museums to World War II" -- my piece at FPIF for @ips-dc.org fpif.org/islands-of-p...

Islands of Peace? - FPIF

Resistance to U.S. and Japanese militarism remains strong on Okinawa.

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Philip Seaton@composer-pseaton.bsky.social · last mo.

“Don’t mix politics and classical music”, I have been told. To which my answer is “Pomp”, “Leningrad “, “Eroica” and #songswithoutwords (watch this space). Actually, it’s just about making sure you are on the right side of history … and writing good music. Regarding both, time will tell.

Prof Bill McGuire@profbillmcguire.bsky.social · last mo.

What everyone needs to be aware of is that such heatwaves are now locked-in And - given we are still pumping out 41 billion tonnes of CO2 a year - they will get much worse Whatever we do, the planet's temperature will stay elevated for many thousands of years www.theguardian.com/environment/...

European heatwave is worst ever and impossible without climate crisis, scientists say

Study also finds high humidity means people in hundreds of cities are enduring their worst ever heat stress

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Philip Seaton@composer-pseaton.bsky.social · 2mo ago

My book (as editor) “Music as Heritage and Tourism Resource in Japan” is now “in press” with Routledge. More details to follow … but out around New Year? It’s a book that relies on my experience trying to get music performed alongside the usual tools in researcher’s toolbox = hours in the library!

Leah Broad@leahbroad.bsky.social · 2mo ago

If you're in Oxford on the 1st July, I'll be performing with powerhouse violin & piano duo Fenella Humphreys and Nicola Eimer, playing works from my forthcoming book! Please come along - there will be Avril Coleridge-Taylor, Beethoven, Josephine Baker... artsfestivaloxford.org/events/unsun...

Unsung The Wartime Violin - Oxford Festival of the Arts

Award-winning artists Fenella Humphreys, Nicola Eimer, and Leah Broad bring you the Second World War through the lives of women musicians who entertained the troops, kept hope alive on the Home Front,...

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