On this day 56 years ago Sir John Barbirolli died - just 2 days after a wonderful concert of Elgar at the King’s Lynn festival - one of my favourite recorded performances of Elgar 1
Robert Flute
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Christian, Attendee of Evensong, Lead tutor for Dip.HEPRR, Paramedic, Tenor, Elgar,RVW,Parry,Britten,Bliss 20thCentury🇬🇧composers, railways, and real ale. Director of www.resilienttrainingsolutions.co.uk
Have made up for a glaring omission in my collection Silvestri - In the South - I have it on LP but never before on cd @arburtonworld.bsky.social
Born on this day 1891 one of my favourite composers Sir Arthur Bliss
Sorry I can’t be with you but of course watching live and singing as a tenor does 😂with gusto ‘I was glad’ @quiresandplaces.com @norwichcathedral.bsky.social
Hmm - well it is rude to walk past @foylesforbooks.bsky.social in Charing Cross Road without making a purchase or 3 😂 @arburtonworld.bsky.social @chrisboon.bsky.social Dave seems impressed 😂
Born OTD 1865 Sir Herbert Brewer, Organist, composer. Such wonderful music much more still to be heard …..
Greeting me on my arrival home - can’t wait to listen @gabrielcomposer.bsky.social @arburtonworld.bsky.social
Home after a few days working up Norf. it’s a Stanford and Bliss Evensong
Tonight’s music - Born 1 June 1903 Percy Whitlock - sorry I’m a day early as will be driving for many hours tomorrow
Home (well for 24hrs) after a super week up in North Yorkshire facilitating a MAGIC course - obviously on the final evening had to attend a service at the Minster and a pint at the tap on the station
Has to be a Holst evening on this the anniversary of his death in 1934
Anniversary of first performance of Elgar Symphony No. 2 1911 - bit which recording … ok may have to listen to a few ….. @arburtonworld.bsky.social
Thanks to my dear Welsh 🏴 friend - this gap in my collection has been filled
