David Gordon Duke

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David Gordon Duke

David Gordon Duke

@davidgordonduke

Curmudgeon at large; writes a bit

Vancouver, British Columbia Katılım Ağustos 2022
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Associate Deans
Associate Deans@ass_deans·
When I said it wouldn’t be much work, I meant it wouldn’t be much work for me.
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Angela Hewitt
Angela Hewitt@HewittJSB·
My friends’ dog in Helsinki, Sani, reacts to the opening of Brahms’ 1st Piano Concerto that I perform in London on March 9th with ⁦@Fideliocaf⁩ Orchestra. Wait for it, about 30 seconds in....!!!
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PhD_Genie
PhD_Genie@PhD_Genie·
How long did your post-PhD fatigue last?
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Piatti Quartet
Piatti Quartet@PiattiQuartet·
Have critics become softer with time? Undeniably if reviews from @TheStradMag in the 90’s are anything to go by! The reviews are fierce, big names regularly taken down with no holding back!!!
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Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷
If ever your on or near the Île de la Cité in Paris and you see a restaurant/cafe selling Berthillon ice cream/sorbet, go in and ask for citron vert (lime) sorbet. Incroyable!
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David Gordon Duke
David Gordon Duke@davidgordonduke·
Im a very big fan of advanced degrees for those who have an aptitude for them. But this thread brings up important issues to think about
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Hannah Scott
Hannah Scott@DrHannahScott·
📢PhD funding klaxon📢 Do you like Paris? Do you know someone who does? Would you/they like to do a PhD on it? Fully-funded doctorate on any aspect of Parisian Cultural History in the Long Nineteenth Century with me at @SML_Newcastle (deadline April 10th) ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/f…
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Musica Viva Australia
Musica Viva Australia@MusicaVivaAU·
Anna Dowsley singing Bolcom? It might just be the perfect combination. Catch the national tour between February 20 and March 10. Book today: bit.ly/LongLostLoves  📹 Anna Dowsley and Michael Curtain performing 'Amor' by William Bolcom
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David Gordon Duke
David Gordon Duke@davidgordonduke·
@MannGeorgia @BBCRadio3 The quayside was on one of British Columbia’s Gulf Islands; the bicycle interlude happens in the midst of a wartime romance… The first ballet music written in this part of the world, it seems
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Georgia Mann
Georgia Mann@MannGeorgia·
On yer bike in the Playlister @BBCRadio3 today. It's by the Canadian composer Jean Coulthard, from her ballet Excursion. Where to from Bicycle Parade - which is about a bunch of disaffected youths careering around on a quayside?
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David Gordon Duke
David Gordon Duke@davidgordonduke·
@aliner A few weeks later I received a post card from TG professing to be charmed that his words had been set to music. Such generosity, indeed such class.
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Alina Stefanescu
Alina Stefanescu@aliner·
What Thom Gunn does with that final line in "The Night Piece" is sublime.
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David Gordon Duke
David Gordon Duke@davidgordonduke·
@aliner When I was a foolish young composer, I set this for tenor and piano — without thinking about copyright. Years later, it turned out a colleague had a nodding acquaintance with the poet and I asked him to bring up the awkward situation…
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Associate Deans
Associate Deans@ass_deans·
We never eliminate departments. Some departments go extinct because they can’t adapt.
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Brian Groom
Brian Groom@GroomB·
Manchester Guardian editorial, September 11 1908: 'We cannot understand to what practical use a flying machine that is heavier than air can be put.'
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