Somhairle MacGill-Eain (Sorley MacLean) – one of the greatest European poets of the 20th century – was born #OTD, 26 Oct A 🎂🧵 Watch “Sorley MacLean’s Island” via @natlibscot.bsky.social – Sorley MacLean in conversation with fellow writer Iain Crichton Smith #poetry movingimage.nls.uk/film/3141

Bloody - and I mean this very sincerely - hell.

Emma Butterworth Music@emmabmusic.bsky.social · 2w ago

Anyone who submits entries to the ABRSM should read this and make a big fuss. They are using videos of children to train AI, without any consent.

I’m sorry to have to be the bad guy here but we need to recognize that we live in a compressed air thrusters world now. If you’re not finding ways to teach the critical use of compressed air thrusters in your classroom, you’re setting your students up to fail when you could be setting them up to fly

Yahoo Finance@yahoofinance.com · 3w ago

Tesla stock pops after unveiling Roadster with compressed air thrusters for limited flight

Naomi Klein Is Spot On.......

Only a few weeks until Beth Taylor and Hamish Brown premiere the result of the @royalphilsoc.bsky.social Thea Musgrave grant, "MEDUSA" at Edinburgh International Festival, Queen's Hall, 11th August. With a beautiful specially commissioned text by @jlwpoetry.bsky.social

Royal Philharmonic Society@royalphilsoc.bsky.social · last yr.

We are delighted to announce almost £50,000 of grants awarded through the RPS Thea Musgrave Fund, supporting composers and performers dedicated to contemporary music. You can find out more about this year's grants recipients here: royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/rps_today/ne... (1/4)

I just noticed that I have quite a lot more followers here than I thought! Hello! I should probably post more here! So here's an aerial view of the small wildflower patch I planted in the garden this year.

Applications for RPS Thea Musgrave Composition Grants are open until 7 July. We offer funding for established composers writing a new work for soloist, duo or chamber ensemble, including to devote to focused workshop and rehearsal time with performers. royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/composers/rp...

Am I overusing the string-crossing texture? Yes Do I care? No

Sums it up - it was great.

theartsdesk@theartsdesk.bsky.social · 8mo ago

★★★★★ SIEGFRIED @theroyalopera.bsky.social - No bully, but a bright boy who learns fast: #AndreasSchager’s hero is a sword-forger and lover for the ages - @davidnice.bsky.social is deeply impressed by this third instalment of #BarrieKosky's challenging new #Ring www.theartsdesk.com/opera/siegfr...

I wish HMRC would stop asking me every day if I'm ready for Making Tax Digital. I'm not, and I don't have to be because classical composers don't earn that much. Maybe next year when the threshold comes down. Then again, maybe not.

Looking forward to RBO Siegfried in the cinema tomorrow evening. Hope there's not too much popcorn munching!

'@stuartmacrae.bsky.social's song cycle 'Medusa', written for mezzo soprano Beth Taylor and supported by the RPS Thea Musgrave Fund, will be performed for the first time at The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh as part of @edintfest.bsky.social on 11 August: royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/whats_on/stu...

A decade since I saw it. Well overdue a revival. www.theartsdesk.com/opera/devil-...

Still probably my favourite of my operas.

Association for Scottish Literature@asls.org.uk · 9mo ago

Stevenson’s “The Bottle Imp” has inspired a number of interesting spinoffs, from the 2016 opera THE DEVIL INSIDE, by @stuartmacrae.bsky.social & @louisewelsh00.bsky.social … 3/10 www.theguardian.com/music/2016/j...

Without wanting to come over all 70s-sitcom-grumpy-husband, why does caramel always have to be so bloody salty these days? Wasn't it better when it was sweet?

You know something I really, really hate? Email apps trying to write replies for me, and 'autocorrecting' as I type (it's usually wrong).

No better feeling than when you think you have to go out to a party then discover it's not for another week.

Pavarotti is on the TV and I just had a pang of concern that the young people might not have heard of Pavarotti. They should be told.

Very excited indeed to be working with mezzo Beth Taylor on a new piece next year!

Royal Philharmonic Society@royalphilsoc.bsky.social · last yr.

Receiving RPS Thea Musgrave Composition Grants for composer-performer partnership are: David Gorton and Carla Rees, Emma-Ruth Richards and Jennifer France, Robert Laidlow and Peter Brathwaite, Samantha Fernando and Fretwork, @stuartmacrae.bsky.social and Beth Taylor. (2/4)

Thank you @francisrouthtrust.bsky.social for supporting our new project on John Rae, which will include new works by @stuartmacrae.bsky.social and Ailie Robertson, as well as 2 Nordic composers. Morenews coming very soon!

Francis Routh Trust@francisrouthtrust.bsky.social · last yr.

Well done @nordicviola.bsky.social @papagena.bsky.social @electricvoice.bsky.social @kingsplacelondon.bsky.social @cssdlondon.bsky.social amongst others. Details of our latest grant awards are now available at francisrouthtrust.org/grants-awarded/. We have now supported 146 British composers.

I love Max's music but R3 are playing this piece waaaay too much recently.

BBC Radio 3 Now Playing Bot (Unofficial)@bbcradio3bot.bsky.social · last yr.

BBC Radio 3 In Tune Now Playing Peter Maxwell Davies & Peter Maxwell Davies Farewell to Stromness (The Yellow Cake Revue)

If you're not smiling/crying/both by the end of this I don't know what to tell you (and if you haven't seen or heard this before - you're welcome!) youtu.be/Ypd1YGW5Huw?...

Oscar Peterson - Sweet Georgia Brown

YouTube video by Lucas Dann

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The more I hear from Peter Kyle, the less I want to. First in the pockets of the AI industry (and hang the arts and creative industries), now undermining the value of higher education with materialistic bromides about entrepreneurship and business.

I'm finding it really baffling that so much of the news is about the death of someone in the US I had literally never heard of until today. The more I hear about him, the less I want to.

Berg's harmony (and particularly in Lulu) makes me scrunch up my face in a way no other music can - the precise and logical beauty of his unresolving voice-leading, his exquisite voicing and the drama of his timing are almost too much to bear - in the best possible way.

Mark Berry@boulezian.eurosky.social · last yr.

I’m extremely medieval peasant brained about AI. Do not interact with the demon box.

Mina Kimes@minakimes.bsky.social · last yr.

.....excuse me www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/t...

Previously, when I said 'hey google' then 'navigate home', my phone would instantly bring up the best route and start it. Now an AI assistant tells me it has found a route & asks if I want to ask anything else, before opening maps, adding 15 secs to the process. Is this meant to be an improvement?

Composing is so much easier and more satisfying than 'being a composer' 🤔

As someone who works in the arts (is that the same as an arts professional?🤔) this article seems to be a load of gobbledygook. No idea what they are trying to say.

Arts Professional@artsprofessional.co.uk · 2y ago

The UK’s “notoriously fragmented” creative industries sector could be “rapidly eroded” unless it rethinks its approach to public funding, according to a new report.

The UK’s “notoriously fragmented” creative industries sector could be “rapidly eroded” unless it rethinks its approach to public funding, according to a new report.

‘Fragmented’ creative sector must embrace collaboration in face of ‘global megatrends’ - Arts Professional

The UK’s “notoriously fragmented" creative industries sector could be "rapidly eroded" unless it rethinks its approach to public funding, according to a new report. The Next Act: A Vision for the...

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