Geoffrey Gordon

Sinfonieorchester Basel 2026-27 concert season - two commissioned premieres with conductor Markus Poschner: SALT (part of the "Bonus Tracks" commission scheme) and Icarus (for clarinet and orchestra) with soloist Rossana Rossignoli.... sinfonieorchesterbasel.ch/en/concerts?da…

@StevenIsserlis Yes.

Rather strange today at Heathrow: I went through one of the new scanners (not carrying my cello). As I emerged, the agent gave me a quizzical look. ‘It’s obvious you’re a musician,’ he said. Compliment or insult?

Fumèe on @RecordsNeuma out today!

@StevenIsserlis An absolute master. Love him. Every note

Sergei Prokofiev b (in Ukraine!) otd 1891. Complicated character; but what a composer! Such extreme variety in his output, from the manic energy of his youth to the wonderful lyricism of his late style. And always such wit, verve, boundless imagination - and glorious melodies.

@LozzaFox Why is this good?

Good.

@operamagazine @johnstorgards @jpsaraste He gave a brilliant world premiere performance of my orchestral work, Titus - after the Shakespeare - with WDR Symphony Köln last month! A very happy birthday to maestro Saraste!

A very happy 70th birthday to the conductor ⁦@jpsaraste⁩⁩ Jukka-Pekka Saraste!

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@RVWSociety Martyn is brilliant. End of.

Our President Martyn Brabbins’s recording of A London Symphony was chosen as the recommended recording in Radio 3’s recent ‘Building a Library’ programme.

A great review of the world premiere of TITUS, with the superb WDR Sinfonieorchester and conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste, from critic Judith Uebing / Kölner Rundschau -

TITUS world premiere Friday 27 March, with Jukka-Pekka Saraste and the WDR Symphony Orchestra Köln….

@HarrisonParrott Excellent choice!

📣 Tabita Berglund has been appointed Chief Conductor of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra from August 2027, for an initial tenure of four seasons, and will serve as Chief Conductor Designate during the 2026/27 season. Read more: ow.ly/mPTb50Yv7sh

@StevenIsserlis Ok …now I have an idea for a new concerto!

An unusual musical nightmare last night: I had to teach three cellists playing the Schumann concerto in unison - it sounded like nothing on earth! And I was sitting in the balcony while they played just beneath me, so I couldn't even see them. Hideous - good to wake up...

@TheAthletic @JPegula Yes.

◽️ 15 goals ◽️ 7 fights ◽️ 28 penalties ◽️ 102 penalty minutes Was Sabres-Lightning the NHL's game of the year?

@StevenIsserlis Lovely

A typically generous response from HC Robbins Landon to a question I asked him about Haydn's size of orchestra, before I first recorded the concertos (he also supplied the notes). A lesser man would have got a secretary to send a print-out - not he. One of my treasures!

@osjevents @DorchesterAbbey @MenuhinSchool @rosalindventris Stunning program.

Join OSJ @DorchesterAbbey on 21 March. Along with beautiful Rachmaninov works, we’re excited to welcome international concert violist & Director of Music @MenuhinSchool @rosalindventris as guest soloist for Walton’s masterful Viola Concerto! 🎻 Book here: osj.org.uk/osjevent/walto…

@StevenIsserlis Yep. That.

Wisdom from Alban Berg, b otd 1885: "Music is at once the product of feeling and knowledge; it requires from its disciples, composers and performers alike, not only talent and enthusiasm, but also the knowledge and perception which are the result of endless study and reflection."

@GregVorse It’s called X, genius. There is no Twitter.

I've never seen Twitter this united about anything before. The US population is 340M+, when you subtract the population of Denver, which is listed as 729,000, this might be the first time I've seen 339M+ people agree on something.