Photographs taken in the right place at the right time, intentionally or by chance - a thread 🧵 1. Wilma Hurskainen

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Many thanks to Continuo Foundation for supporting our Jommelli project next September, which marks the 250th anniversary of the composer’s death.

This film of Mozart & Haydn string quartets played by principals of The Mozartists is going live in less than an hour. So lovely to hear this repertoire played on period instruments

Please do help or retweet if you can. We’d love to make this recording!

Buzzing to be back with The Mozartists introducing opera and composing new stories! #composer #opera #story #act

Really looking forward to this evening’s concert Wigmore Hall Samantha Clarke Jane Gower & the players of The Mozartists have all been sounding wonderful in rehearsal. Do come along if you can. It should be fun!

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We're joining the ABO's #musicthatmovesyou campaign, celebrating all the joy it brings us in our day to day lives. Music can bring joy to people in so many other ways - from a favourite recording to a workshop in a school! What is your favourite piece, Mozart or not?!

86% of the way there now , so we just need to raise another £2,135 to unlock the match-funding pot, but only 7 days to go. Please consider helping if you can, and huge thanks to everyone who’s contributed so far. #Gluck #mezzosoprano #opera #hallenberg

Please can you help the wonderful The Mozartists with their latest recording project!!??💜🎻 Please share & donate if you can!! WQXR Classical Ian Page Sally frise James Dixon Michael Irons Beki Brindle Scala Continuo Foundation Peter Cullivan

Thank you so much to everyone who supported this campaign. Delighted to say that we reached our target and will now be able to make this recording!

I think Chesterton has a point here. Thoughts?

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This is important & powerful…

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Lovely setting for yesterday’s concert with ⁦The Mozartists⁩ at the Hofburg in Vienna. #❤️Wien

… and what is it he’s famous for?

Since this has people talking about Hamlet (❤️), I'll share another of my favorite student interactions regarding this play that seems to bring up all our ghosts: A student said he wanted to "go back in time and take Shakespeare's quill so he couldn't write anything. He doesn't

Really looking forward to these talks. 1st one is live at 4.30 UK time this afternoon but then available to subscribers until late November. I’ll mainly be showing how - and how much - Mozart’s music for Figaro helps to tell the story