It was a really classy concert, bravo all! Loved the juxtaposition of old and new, and had forgotten how gorgeous Carissimi's Jephthe is.....

Gorgeous few days up in Glasgow with BBC Singers and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra performing Tippett's sci-fi opera 'New Year'. Awesome playing and singing, top soloists, and a wee trip to Loch Lomond.

Blood, tears and taboos – how periods affect a singer's voice: thetimes.co.uk/article/4dcda6…

Really happy to have this feature in The Times and The Sunday Times today – it's about a subject we should all be less afraid of talking about. (1/2)

Bien évidemment que Grégoire Blanc peut communiquer avec les aliens 😳👽

Finally caught up with this. A fab project to be part of, stunning singing and playing, with 8 extra lovely, brilliant people! Thanks also to Gareth Malone OBE who had the task of bringing it all together. Do watch it!!!!

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Helen Neeves nous parle de sa pièce « W Krainie Kołysanki », ouverture du concert de ce soir avec le Choeur RF et l Ensemble intercontemporain sous la direction de Sofi Jeannin et Lionel Sow.
En direct sur France Musique et présenté par Clément Rochefort
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Concert ce soir en direct sur France Musique, Sofi Jeannin et Lionel Sow dirigent le Choeur et le Maîtrise RF : Neeves, Britten, Weill et Schoenberg. Un concert poignant où voix adolescentes et voix d’adultes se relaient dans la quête de la terre promise.

En Paris for my 1st commission this eve, sitting alongside some gorgeous music. Very excited and a teeny bit 😬 Many thanks to Radio France, Sofi Jeannin, the glorious sounding upper voices of Choeur RF and the fabulous Maîtrise RF

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Beautiful singing in an amazing auditorium. Thank you @sofi

So excited to be working with Guns N' Roses on their new choral album with the BBC Singers Such an important project.
Not enough people know about their musicality and love of early renaissance polyphony.

Tune into BBC 2 tomorrow, Easter Sunday, at 6pm to see the final installment of Gareth Malone OBE's Easter Passion - a performance of Bach's St John Passion, where I will sing the role of Pilate alongside brilliant colleagues.

Listened to a bit of this afternoon's rehearsal for the NorthHertsGuildofSingers B Minor Mass - sounding great. Can't beat a bit of Bach! Harry Bradford St Mary's Church Hitchin this eve.

This morning I was greeted by a great tit exuberantly piping on the phone wire opposite. Shortly after I spied two magnificent jays perched in a tree on my way to work. A change from the usual lovely blackbird I see. Thank goodness for a bit of wildlife on a grey morn....

Local folks!

India Rose Crawford crafts and makes stop motion videos of Frog & Toad, two cute knitted puppets living their best life in a dreamy and cozy domestic world.

This is Frog painting a special gift for Toad.

[🎞️ indiarosecrawford]

'I play the role of the Evangelist or Storyteller, stitching together music from across a thousand years...'
 
Join us and Clive Myrie for A Patchwork Passion Barbican Centre this Friday: barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2024/…

It has been a pleasure to spend the day with @NatYouthChoir, who joined us for a learning session at Maida Vale Studios today with conductor Nicholas Chalmers 🎶

Thank you & bravo to our guest conductor Ellie Slorach, sitarist Debipriya Sircar & our singers for an evocative evening of music at @stmitflondon 💐
 
And thank you to the audiences both in London & on BBC Radio 3 who joined us for this special #InternationalWomensDay concert.

A year ago my setting of three Brontë poems was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 On this #InternationalWomensDay here are some highlights from a recording made in 2023. With the fabulous Grace Rossiter and an awesome team of singers. Full video here - youtu.be/wYk5fSN2WgE