Gareth Brynmor John

Hooray, this coming out March 31 Shostakovich Op.46 Pushkin Poems with @PianoLieder, on gorgeous disc with the superb @abihydesmith and Gemma Summerfield 🎧 "Rebirth" out now: spoti.fi/3ybMLme Pre-order CD: prestomusic.com/classical/prod…

Why festivals matter - my piece for @yorkshirepost on how classical music can thrive when it isn’t just something to listen to, but something to be part of.

@ComposerIan Can't wait to share @ComposerIan beautiful song cycle 'Out of the Shadows' this evening in premiere performance of orchestral setting with @kennethwoods @EnglishSymphony @ElgarFestival elgarfestival.org/events/eso-gal…

On Good Friday evening, we’re live from the chapel of @Kings_College, Cambridge, where the @BBCCO and @Philchorus are joined by Sophie Bevan, @gebjohn and conductor Daniel Hyde to perform A German Requiem, by Brahms.

…And please sign this petition calling on @WelshGovernment @GOVUK @ace_national @Arts_Wales_ & management of #WNO to protect the company. A sustainable solution must be found before it’s too late. #SaveWNO #WNOProud /End 🧵 megaphone.org.uk/petitions/prot…

…Please sign this letter to the Chair of the Board of @WelshNatOpera to show you oppose the job cuts. And share it far and wide… #SaveOurWNO 5/ equity.eaction.org.uk/writetoWNOboard

…To think that all this might be lost without @WelshGovernment & @DCMS taking a lead now and ensuring the company’s survival is nothing short of a tragedy. Wales stands to lose so much. We can’t let that happen. 4/#SaveWNO

…and messa di voce were out of this world. Effortless, flawless, exquisite. And hundreds of us were privileged to witness her performance. Fantastic sounds emanated from the pit, dramatic & lustrous, & the chorus threw themselves into the production with abandon & energy…3/

…That #Wales has an international opera company capable of mounting touring productions on this scale & of this calibre is something this small nation should be very proud of. @SorayaMafi’s performance as Gilda was simply world-class - career defining. Her pianissimi… 2/

1st night #Rigoletto @WelshNatOpera last night & industrial action by #Chorus & #Orchestra. That @Arts_Wales_ & @ace_national are bringing the company to its knees is simply criminal, as are proposals to make the musicians part-time. 1/ 🧵

Backstage at a concert in 2015 at my children’s school -Trinity in Nottingham. Now plans to drastically cut music and creative arts from this wonderful state school. Protest strike on Wednesday and Thursday this week. Where will the future of music come from?

@NigeFosterPiano @DandyJessica @LondonSong Thank you to you @NigeFosterPiano for your ever-sensitive playing. And for putting together such an uplifting and interesting programme. Amongst other treasures, I loved singing @martinbussey Phantom Horsewoman - a gem.

#SaveOurWNO #AchubOCC 20th June #WMC #Cardiff

@HgateChoralSoc @Groves_Artists And your superb singing was a treat for me too, despite the best attempts of the A1!

@Groves_Artists @gebjohn It was such a pleasure having @gebjohn singing with us

Catch @gebjohn performing with @HgateChoralSoc tomorrow evening!

Music is universal: visa barriers have no place in the fluidity of song and symphony!

amazing footage of WNO Orchestra and Chorus performing outside the Senedd yesterday.

What a day and what a turnout @SeneddWales. Thanks to those who came to support, & what a poignant event it was as we fight to #SaveWNO. Please, listen to us @WelshGovernment & @GOVUK. Do you want to lose this? @lesley4wrexham @PrifWeinidog @lucyfrazermp @Keir_Starmer @ThangamMP

Today Equity members in the @WelshNatOpera called on politicians to fund the arts and save the WNO. They were joined on the steps of @SeneddWales by @WeAreTheMU and @bectufellow. When we sing together our voice is loud. #SaveOurWNO #AchubOCC

Thanks to everyone who came out to support Welsh National Opera at the Senedd today. Your support is valued by everyone in the organisation. It was an emotional affair #SaveOurWNO #WNOProud @WeAreTheMU

A sneak peak. Mascagni’s Easter Hymn from the first opera @WelshNatOpera mounted in 1946. But their future hangs in the balance. Come and join us today at 1pm @SeneddWales to ask our politicians to #SaveWNO. @PrifWeinidog @lesley4wrexham @lucyfrazermp @ThangamMP @Keir_Starmer

Students (present and past) and their supporters protested the planned closure of their junior department at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama with a play-in this afternoon.