Philip Thomas
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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
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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Fortunately I have considerable training in waiting, as my current life involves a lot of waiting around while other people take me places or do things to me youtu.be/ldLRSxj11DE?...
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Just been listening to this disc. A prilege to play with Mark Knoop in this beautiful piece, whose musicality and pianism is second to none www.anothertimbre.com/products/joh...
John Cage
Disc One 66:05 Disc Two 61:50 Recorded in Huddersfield, March 2017 From reviews "The sense of pace is almost viscous without any connotations of stickiness or anything syrupy. If you can imagine ver...
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I absolutely love Saturday mornings: bath, toast and marmalade, strong coffee, paper. And the feeling of not being hurried
www.anothertimbre.com/products/mor... This is phenomenal. Remarkable. Intriguing , compelling and brilliant. Completely rescues these pieces
Morton Feldman Trios box set
1 Why Patterns? (1978) 29:55 Taylor MacLennan, flutes Siwan Rhys, piano George Barton, glockenspiel 2 Crippled Symmetry (1983) 90:47 Taylor MacLennan, flute & bass ...
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Only heard about Jonathan Powell's passing yesterday. Very sad news. A really great pianist with a fascinating repertoire
