The father of Nottingham attack victim Grace O'Malley-Kumar described his daughter as an "angelic girl" as he delivered the eulogy at her funeral rte.ie/news/2023/0721…
It's been a tough few months @GabrieliCandP but the great day has arrived, and we're about to give 250 fantastic kids from all over UK a summer course in the company of this beautiful and challenging music. Can't wait to meet them all! #ROAR
A female GPS-tracked falcon flew from South Africa to Finland. In 42 days she flew over 10,000 km. That's 230 km per day. What have you achieved in the last 42 days? Source: buff.ly/3ArE2eq
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With @Sestinasingers in Fisherwick, Belfast this evening... A fantastic and varied programme of Baroque choral music. Join us tomorrow eve in St Canice's Kilkenny, or Sunday in Christchurch, Dublin. Photo by @neilhphoto
A lot of notes this week with @Sestinasingers
A great programme of absolute bangers from Handel, Purcell, Lully and Bach.
Last concert in Dublin this evening.
@cccdub photo @neilhphoto
We've had an amazing couple of days performing 'Music of Celebration!'
Get your tickets now to our final performance in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, tonight at 8pm.
Tickets can be bought on our website or at the door:
sestinamusic.com/musicofcelebra…
Photos by @neilhphoto
The Best Opera award goes to "Semele" an Opera Collective Ireland (@OperaCoIreland) and Kilkenny Arts Festival (@KilkennyArts) with Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin (@Akamus) production in partnership with Sestina (@Sestinasingers). #ITITA
⏰ Not long now!
This weekend, we’ll be filling Christ Church Cathedral & Clonard Monastery with the sound of Rachmaninov’s deeply moving All Night Vigil.
Book tickets: bit.ly/42BvXmM
Thank you so much to everyone who attended our performances of Bach’s ‘St Matthew Passion’, and our partners at @musicforgalway and Music In Kilkenny. Each performance was special, and it was a treat to share the stage with @Sestinasingers and @JamesBWay 🎶
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Get your tickets for our upcoming performances of Music of Celebration, in Belfast, Kilkenny and Dublin! A celebration of music from the courts of the European Baroque era, including the well-known anthem Zadok the Priest! More info/tickets here sestinamusic.com/musicofcelebra…
JS Bach’s St Matthew Passion is widely regarded as one of the cornerstones of Classical music and for this reason, I am thrilled to be directing @sestinamusic for a collaborative partnership with @irishbaroque. Tickets: irishbaroqueorchestra.com/events
Amid the noise re @GaryLineker another disastrous move by the BBC in response to the Tory government political pressure and cuts — the abolition of BBC Singers and cuts to BBC orchestras. This is another resonance with 30s Germany — the assault on culture and the arts. 1/2