Christian Thompson 🇺🇦

@flynorse why oh why have we waited so long for our bags from LA. The plane is across the street. It’s not very busy. After this long (and excellent!) flight, having to wait is the last thing we need.

@Arioso7 Haha. Thanks for the feedback. After I dunno maybe 200 interviews in Verbier the last two years, and seven figure views, it’s great finally to have my first critic.

@CMJThompson As a pianist, with recognition of world class talent, your interview of Mao Fujita in 2023, Verbier, was downright insulting. Learn NOT to upstage the interviewee with your pomposity.

@AlisonMoyet @OrchestreParis @DaliaStasevska @philharmonie I am the artistic director of the Orchestre de Paris. Thanks for your words here.

@OrchestreParis @DaliaStasevska @philharmonie This woman has her house in order. I see a clear vision where no one can be left in doubt about the direction of travel. The way she occupies the piece is mesmerising. Such exuberant clarity. They must all feel held.

🌟 @DaliaStasevska dirige la Symphonie "Du Nouveau Monde" de Dvořák, ce soir encore à la @philharmonie. Dernières places : philharmoniedeparis.fr/fr/activite/co…

Kiitos cher Klaus @klausmakela ! It was fabulous for us too 🥰🤩 #Beethoven9 @OrchestreParis A très bientôt 🙏 @CMJThompson

À la tête des plus grands orchestres depuis 70 ans, Herbert Blomstedt retrouve l'Orchestre de Paris dans la Huitième Symphonie de Bruckner, ce soir et demain à la @philharmonie. Réservez vos places : philharmoniedeparis.fr/fr/activite/co…

@stephenm68 @ManUtd @Coventry_City @Rovers @queensparkfc Thank goodness it was just an easy win for #ManchesterUnited. No stress. Whatsoever.

So if @ManUtd get past @Coventry_City tomorrow (& obvs I hope they don’t) it’ll be 1st time since 1885 that same teams contest #FACup Final in successive seasons. 1884/5 was @Rovers v @queensparkfc, who were expelled in 1887 for being Scottish. So it’s a first for English teams!

@stephenm68 @ManUtd Finally you’ve come home.

I’m cheering on @ManUtd. This feels wrong in every way. #MNULIV

@PatrickAllies I am sure this crap is written by AI.

Someone at ENO has removed the Britten-Zeffirelli reference. It’s still a garbage bio though. His dad wasn’t a pianist, he didn’t publish a work at 14 (though his youthful works were later published). He started at the RCM in 1930 not 33. And, sadly, he is now dead.

@StevenIsserlis Plate Expectations Chard times Bleak grouse The mystery of Edwin Food

While on tour, it is inevitable that one ends up eating alone at times. Failing the company of friends, I can't think of a better companion than Dickens. As I re-read novels I haven't read since my teens, I quite forget where I am, so completely am I drawn into his world. Genius!

Cruise ships leaving port Miami on a regular Sunday. twitter.com/i/status/17613…

@StevenIsserlis What a perfect description of a special much missed artist. When I managed him, he played a concert with the WDR Köln with @SemyonBychkov1. Shostakovich 1 followed by Shostakovich 2 in the first half. And then Dvorak in the second half.

Beloved Lynn Harrell would - should - have been 80 today. So loveable, warm-hearted, enthusiastic, and yet vulnerable - he is much missed. "There’s a need to feel a great deal of confidence, but you have to be very sensitive to the inward, frightened, timid side of human nature.”

@philharmonie @ConcertgbOrkest Emanuel

@JustinRose99 @RyderCupEurope @rydercup I actually don’t have five friends here. But here are five people. @realDonaldTrump @RealTimVine @LukeDonald @RishiSunak @montgomeriefdn. Weird I know.

Christmas Giveaway Time!! 🎅🏻🎄 One fully signed @RyderCupEurope flag from the 2023 @rydercup Just tag 5 friends in, and I’ll choose one winner on New Years Eve! #GoodLuck

Qu’est ce qui se passe? Police. Gendarmes. 10eme Poissoniere.

@_cathedralmusic @sgtoyne They are lucky to have you!

We're delighted to welcome @sgtoyne as our newest trustee 🤝 Simon brings a wealth of experience from across the music and education sectors, alongside a lifelong passion for choral and organ music 🎶 Read more at bit.ly/cmt-st

I don’t know how it passed me by … but on my flight to San Francisco yesterday I listened to @houghhough Desert Island Discs. And it’s wonderful. And personal. And brilliant music choices!

@British_Airways to change a flight you say… call our toll free number in the States. But it is always always busy. (PS I flew LHR LAX yesterday and it was fantastic…. )

@houghhough @UMG @hyperionrecords Bloody marvelous x

I play very little Bach. And then many claim this is not by Bach. And then it's been arranged by Cortot. And then I made around 70 changes myself. But you know the tune ... @UMG @hyperionrecords #ConsciousStream spotify.link/SnuUdHvz6Db

@RichardGowers I live in Paris. I only heard about this problem through the English speaking media which seems to be over-exaggerating the situation. I work with more than 150 people every day and I never heard anyone talk about it….. Make of that what you will!

Will be in Paris next week. Joking aside, what should I do about these bed bugs? Are there sprays you can use?

@Daniel_Rapaport Hahaha. Brilliant.

US were DEAD. Then Hatgate story surfaces and they have a rallying cry. Cantlay single-handedly flipped last match. Macho finish. It'll take the biggest comeback in Ryder Cup history but for the 1st time this week US have momentum. All 12 Americans should play hatless tomorrow.