Quite surprised by a ‘disco’ Prom at the Royal Albert Hall this summer. BBC, too obsessed with ‘inclusivity’? Does the London Jazz Festival have a classical night? Does WOMAD stage a Mahler concert? Discuss… BBC Music Magazine BBC Concert Orchestra BBC Radio 3 Petroc Trelawny The Telegraph BBC Proms

Other work by the Ladybird artists.
‘Spring in the Cotswolds’
Artist: SR Badmin

Very sorry to hear of the death of Frank Field, a great Labour MP, with all the right instincts and ideas. A Labour patriot. Keir Starmer GB News AndrewSmith Kate Hoey Mark W.

Greetings to all on the feast day of St. George, Patron Saint of England, but venerated in many other lands including Portugal & Ethiopia. RoyalSocietyStGeorge The Royal Family GB News Stuart Notholt The Battle of Britain Memorial Petroc Trelawny AndrewSmith

Vaughan Williams, Toward the Unknown Region ~ a very fitting tribute on Radio 3 to conductor, Sir Andrew Davis (1944-2024). BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus BBC Radio 3 BBC Philharmonic Ralph Vaughan Williams Society #RVW Vaughan Williams

I find this story almost impossible to believe. I wouldn’t like to hazard a guess at the number of times I’ve been told by vegans that ‘eating meat is wrong’. Mark W. Toby Young Allison Pearson The Telegraph

Other work by the Ladybird artists

‘Hadrian’s Wall’
Artist: Rowland Hilder

In times when nothing stood
But worsened or grew strange
There was one constant good
She did not change.

Philip Larkin

Queen Elizabeth II, born 21st April 1926

Absolutely spot-on, Rafe Heydel-Mankoo!

Very sorry to hear of the death of Sir Andrew Davis, famous for so many Proms concerts; for the conducting of Elgar, Walton, Tippett ~ and for Mahler, Brahms and this fine Sibelius collection. BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus BBC Radio 3

Well done, Danielle de Niese for sticking up for opera ~ ‘politicians & all those giving it a hard time just need to get through the door’. All those who portray opera as ‘niche’ seem to have no problem with the elitism of sport. BBC Radio 3 MidWalesOpera English National Opera Welsh National Opera

Just enjoyed the attractive Divertissement No. 1 by Dorothy Howell ~ another of our ‘forgotten’ but now rediscovered composers. BBC Concert Orch. performed the music ~ the orchestra performs Carwithen’s Suffolk Suite at English Music Fest, 24 May. Petroc Trelawny

Sorry to hear about the terrible fire in Copenhagen. Hope that as many art treasures as possible were saved. Denmark in UK 🇩🇰

Nat. Museum of Wales & Birmingham Symphony Orch ~ de-funded; Mid-Wales Opera, likewise & farmers/steelworkers face losses, yet politicians’ job-creation scheme expands. What is going on in Britain? AndrewSmith GB News Vaughan Gething 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 CBSO Amgueddfa Caerdydd The Telegraph BBC Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

“From the moss-covered old alder stump young leaves are breaking, and close beside the stump there is a wild duck on her nest”
Writer: EL Grant Watson
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

'Life in the Meadow'
Shell Guide to Wildlife (1959)
Artist: John Leigh-Pemberton

Is this really what we want our countryside to look like? A sterile world of glass panels, with the odd soya bean patch? Derek Turner NationalFarmersUnion BBC Countryfile Defra UK Natural England National Farmers' Union Rishi Sunak Keir Starmer

#WorldFarmersDay is on 14th May. Right across the world, celebrate and support your local farmers.

- ⁠Buy directly from farmers & farm shops
- Set up tractor parades
- ⁠Post messages of support for farmers
- ⁠Post farming related videos
- Set up local events
- Use the logos

Lovely to hear Sir Neville Marriner’s recording of John Foulds’s work, April, England, on R3 today. (Pictures below, though, come from Cambria!) BBC Radio 3 Visit Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 RoyalSocietyStGeorge Georgia Mann

It's Neville Marriner Day BBC Radio 3 marking the centenary his birth .. on Breakfast Mozart, Barber, Tommy Reilly plays Gordon Jacob, Janet Baker sings Bach, and memories of the great man from Simon Callow, Thomas Allen, and his long-term producer Stanley Goodall. Come join us.