Emma Cleobury ๐ฌ๐ง๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ
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Dr Emma (Lady) Cleobury. Owner of dogs, though owned by a cat. Based in Shropshire. Music, esp. choirs & opera, wildlife, genealogy.
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28-04-2010 13:34:03
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We're at 6,378 signatures for our petition to Steve Barclay to approve the ยฃ10,000,000 budget required to start clearing Hoad's Wood from 27,000 tonnes of illegally dumped landfill no later than 14 June 2024. ๐๏ธ Please sign & share far and wide ๐๐ ๐change.org/rescuehoadswood๐
Protect Welsh National Opera! Funding cuts are putting its future at risk. Support the Musicians' Union's campaign to keep its members in secure work and keep Wales' rich musical heritage strong Musicians' Union #WNOProud Sign the petition: megaphone.org.uk/petitions/protโฆ via @megaphoneuk
โThe pending cuts to orchestra & chorus would dismantle โone of Walesโs finest national institutions & be devastating for the nation, the organisation, & for home-grown cultural excellenceโ. Help save Welsh National Opera and sign the petition. thetimes.co.uk/article/walessโฆ
Save the RWCMD Junior Department - Sign the Petition! chng.it/qP9Bn4PS2s via Change.org UK
A well put case for cathedral choirs by Angela Tilby. Itโs such a shame that such a case needs to be made at all, but sadly the current Church of England doesnโt always seem to appreciate the important role church choirs play. (Neither do some collegesโฆ) churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2024/โฆ
I gather psalm 35 v1-9 were sung Winchester Cathedral yesterday. Take a look - how incredibly prophetic.
Oh, Yorkshire Tea, London North Eastern Railway. Honour bound to tell you this is embarrassing. Next print run, how about this? โDid you know? Peterborough was named after the first bishop of Rome, St Peter. Henry VIIIโs first wife is buried in the cathedral! Stop off & see her - only on LNER.โ
Congratulations, Sir John Rutter! About time too! This is the one for which Iโve been checking honours lists for years. So pleased, John Rutter
Last nightโs production of The Merry Widow Glyndebourne was a joyous, glorious, hilarious romp from start to finish. I loved every moment. And now for Giulio Cesare...
BBC Cardiff Singer of the World has been โpostponedโ until 2027 (ie 2025 is cancelled) while its usual venue, St David's Hall, remains closed. Quite why they couldnโt just broadcast it from BBCNOWโs studio or find an alternative venue is anyoneโs guess. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/โฆ
Itโs been quite a week for Cambridge music. A Kingswoman Errollyn Wallen succeeds another Kingswoman, Judith Weir, as Master of the Kingโs Music. But it is so sad to contemplate a Cambridge without the brilliant Sandy Goehr.