Toby Ward

“Es ist ein Ros entsprungen,
aus einer Wurzel zart,
wie uns die Alten sungen,
von Jesse kam die Art.
Und hat ein Blümlein bracht
mitten im kalten Winter,
wohl zu der halben Nacht.” @TobyCharlesWard | @EnsembleEPV

For all interested in England’s liturgical history - and the fascinating hangover of Latin post-Reformation, I couldn’t recommend this more: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

@JQGl Lovely to see you are in Glos. I had a happy year in the cathedral choir before uni, under the great AP. 2012-13. Perhaps we overlapped? V best.

'Nowel: Advent and Beyond'. An exceptional disc in every way from @TobyCharlesWard & @EnsembleEPV @delphianrecords My review for @MusicWebInt is at musicwebinternational.com/2025/11/nowel-…

@JQGl @EnsembleEPV @delphianrecords @MusicWebInt Thank you so much for this review, John! So thrilled it has finally reached completion - four years in the works! So glad you enjoyed it so much. Thank you.

@lpp28 @WisdenCricket We all regret the treatment of Vince. But Lyth had that too. You really aren’t the forgotten county in England - grow up. Wasn’t long ago it was a 9 kolpak side…!

@WisdenCricket Plays for Hampshire, so won’t play for England

“The only decision that makes any sense, and it’s such a broken record, it’s Liam Dawson.” 🤷‍♂️ "But it's a pointless argument, because the guy has been doing this for ages and he hasn't ever played." ❌ #ENGvIND

@Hopkins_Alison @Fiat__Justitia @lorrainemking Why didn’t you say the right word?

@Fiat__Justitia @lorrainemking Don’t mansplain me mate. And yeah, I also speak Spanish and Catalan.

@johanvanveen Not a fan of vibrato? Alas! Thank you for the review.

#earlymusic #oudemuziek CD review: 'Henry VIII on Tour - Music from Tudor royal progresses' (Ensemble Pro Victoria, New Vocal Ensemble/Toby Ward) musica-dei-donum.org/cd_reviews/Del…

Thank you! 🥳

@RobertHugill @EnsembleEPV @delphianrecords @HenryVIIIonTour Thank you for reviewing Henry VIII on Tour, Robert!

A valuable window onto the sound world of the Tudor Court on progress: Henry VIII on Tour from @EnsembleEPV & @TobyCharlesWard on @delphianrecords, with Toby Carr, Aileen Henry, Magnus Williamson, New Vocal Ensemble @HenryVIIIonTour . My record review: planethugill.com/2025/06/a-valu…

@DrMusicale Thank you, Marc!! 🥳

If you like unfamiliar English 16thC choral music, give this a try. It’s Rasar(Rasor)’s only surviving work in a new recording under the super direction of @TobyCharlesWard open.spotify.com/track/5EBihKoS…

@jonathanclinch @mvdaily Shocking. I had a review the other day from someone who had clearly not read the booklet essay - or only read the historical bits, not who performed what. Sloppy, lazy, not worthy.

Plagiarism is a constant problem these days, but it's particularly rife in CD reviews. Today's example, Gerald Fenech @mvdaily has lifted paragraph after paragraph from me, changing the odd word, without any kind of acknowledgement or referencing...

Henry VIII on Tour is out now, @delphianrecords! 🥳 Hear the sound of Henry on tour: at prayer, play and in private. Harp, lute, organ (including the revolting Regal) - and of course choral works - mixing the sounds of Henry’s ‘riding chapel’ with the ‘local choir’ he visited.

A solemn Requiem Mass will be celebrated for the soul of the late Holy Father on his "month's mind", Wednesday 21 May 2025. 📌 Our Lady of the Assumption & St Gregory, Warwick Street ⏰ 6:30pm

@gavinashenden More proof that you’re a twat, Gavin. You have not covered yourself in glory, AGAIN

@cuntofcardiff @StGermanCardiff You embarrass yourself.

@StGermanCardiff As a Roman Catholic, I ask why do you as an Anglican parish church do stuff like this? The Pope related reposts, ringing the bells, having a vigil for him in the church, even moving the altar to the wall (Ad orientem).

The late Patriarch of the West.

@blitzkriegbauer @Patrick49012564 @dieworkwear No, come on. Be kind. How would you like it? (I say this as someone who largely despises his work…)

@Patrick49012564 @dieworkwear You chill

these outfits made me lose my belief in god

Breakfast is live @BBCRadio3. Today a new setting of the Coventry Carol w/@BBCSingers, Dickensian Muppets, Joseph Calleja sings Donizetti, the six year old Richard Strauss writes a seasonal lullaby and a sculpture by Richmond Barthé inspires William Grant Still.