Brussels is surprisingly bad for wheelchairs. Lots of cobbles and way too few dipped curbs in pavements. Lovely city though
Philip Thomas
@philipthomas.bsky.social
Pianist. Suffered Brain Injury and now disabled. Was Professor of Performance, Uni of Huddersfield and member of Apartment House. Married to gorgeous Tiff with two wonderful, now grown -up, kids, Naomi and Jack www.philip-thomas.co.uk
GBSR Duo were amazing. I've never seen musicians ac tight as that. Extraordinary timing and balance. And Bryn Harrison's long piece felt like 30 minutes, not 75
Looking forward to the GBSR Duo tonight at the Crucible
confrontrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/as-is-as Just stumbled across this on the net. Is great to hear again. Burn is a very unique and good composer
as is as, by Chris Burn / Philip Thomas
13 track album
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The boy arrives in Japan today for one month. I'm not counting down the days til he returns
It’s my 28th wedding anniversary a so we went out for breakfast and they played the song, by Finley Quaye, that we first danced to
I am going to convert my CDs to streaming, for reasons of access and storage. What streaming service that is not called Spotify or Amazon do you use? (I already use bandcamp)
GBSR Duo are so great www.gbsr.co.uk/concerts Looking forward to seeing them play in Sheffield in September
concerts | london | gbsr duo
upcoming performances of gbsr duo, the piano and percussion duo of george barton & siwan rhys
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Szymanowski - a bit dull Strauss - not dull enough But Olivier Messaien and Lilies Boulanger - 👍
Am off to the Proms tomorrow night. Am looking forward. First time I’ve got a seat (well, wheelchair space) instead of standing in the arena
Very proud to have contributed to this one. Beautiful, wonderful music nmc-recordings.myshopify.com/products/mic...
Michael Parsons: Patterns of Connection
This release is the first major survey of the music of Michael Parsons. Spread across two discs, Patterns of Connection features chamber and solo music dating from 1962, whilst Parsons was still a stu...
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I have very swollen ankles, like an old person. Oh wait... I AM an old person
It was my birthday yesterday. I feel old. Lots of lovely treats. Though my favourite was takeaway curry. Yum. Also delighted to get the book on Satie by carolinefrmus.bsky.social
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I made my breakfast today for the first time in 5 1/2 years
A very lovely day, including meeting up with Mr Rat Drifting and Mr Another Timbre
At my speech therapy class yesterday we worked on Kurt Scwitters' Ursonate
I came home from hospital 4 years ago today, after a 17-month stay. New developments all the time including, this year, lots of walking outside. And recently have been learning to walk without brakes on my walking frame. Noone quite knows where it'll go from here
Seeing as it's Michael Finnissy's 80th (and St Patrick's Day) www.youtube.com/watch?v=3idt...
Beat Generation Ballads: III. Lonely Banna Strand
YouTube video by Philip Thomas - Topic
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