Music on the Quantocks 🎵 the early music republic

Putting the clocks forward at #Stonehenge. ⏰➡️ Heritage staff repositioning the stones for the start of British summer time on Sunday (29th March) #BST #Clocksgoforward #thatimeofYear😂

Nigel Farage took £585,000 from GB News. His MPs declared another £770,000. Four billionaires have spent £170 million building the media machine putting Reform in your living room every night. Today the Guardian exposed them and what they expect in return. This is a political project funded from the top. #ReformUK #NigelFarage #GBNews

In Composer of the Week each weekday 4pm @BBCRadio3 @DonaldMacleod01 is in conversation with @Thomas_ades Today, early influences and early works including #opera Powder Her Face. Producer Luke Whitlock #classicalmusic #newmusic bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

We tracked down the superyacht owned by the world’s sixth richest man. Larry Ellison won’t like what we did to it 🛥️🏴‍☠️

Too many people are too polite to say this. But mass rituals in public places is an act of domination. The druids are taking over.

Hearing that Jenni Murray clip on Hannah French’s @BBCRadio3 Breakfast made me realise that it‘s much easier to name 10 women composers now than it was 10 years ago.

NEWS | Continuo Foundation announces awards to 30 Early Music ensembles go.continuoconnect.com/continuo-found…

We need your help to #SaveDenby! We are sad to share that we may be forced to close and a British institution could be lost. We need your help: 1. Share this post 2. Sign the government petition 3. Buy Denby 4. Visit us at the Pottery Village Read more: denbypottery.com/pages/save-den…

The VWF supports work furthering the knowledge and understanding of the life & work of Ralph Vaughan Williams & Ursula Vaughan Williams. This includes recordings and films, performances of lesser-known repertoire, publishing & research projects & educational resources.

@MannGeorgia @Spectator_LIFE @BBCRadio3 Hear hear! As someone who has devoted a lifetime to classical music, I’ve always believed its power lies in sharing it widely, not guarding it jealously. The greatest damage to classical music often comes from its own gatekeepers.

One of the best cartoons in ages! Thank you @BillBramhall!

@classicjacko @MannGeorgia @spectator @BBCRadio3 Yes, absolutely right, Sam. Why can't these self-appointed custodians of classical music see that they are self-appointed custodians of classical music? @BBCRadio3 is better now than ever before with the right mix and presentation to attract a wide cross-section of listeners.

An excellent piece by @MannGeorgia in the @spectator, challenging the views of those self-appointed custodians of classical music — and explaining why all are welcome at @BBCRadio3: spectator.com/article/stop-t…

@stephenpollard Morning Stephen. If someone waspishly suggests that my colleagues’ programmes are “unlistenably bad”, or implies our excellent presenters simply rehash Wikipedia, I make no apology for pointing out that listener figures have risen and that our output is rigorously researched.

On 20th March we open our 49th annual Season of Music Weekends @castletaunton with the Barbican Quartet - Haydn's 'Sun Quartets' - with Schubert, Schumann, Britten & Mendelssohn. 4 concerts Friday-Sunday. the-castle-hotel.com/event/barbican…

Concert alert!! Next on 14th March, 7:30pm, in #london !! eventbrite.co.uk/e/maria-camaho… With @pixaudio #womenguitarists #concertseries - see you there!! (📸 by Anne Heslop at #tributetopablo concert)

It's a similar story with music and it is utterly heart breaking.

This week on Radio 3, legendary broadcaster, critic and journalist Gillian Reynolds looks back at her life and the role of radio in it.

Way Back Wednesday to LIFEM24 when @erikbosgraaf and filobarocco turned expectations upside down with a rendition of Telemann’s writing, inspired by 18th Century Polish folk music. With imagination and virtuosity, they revealed just how surprising early music instruments can be!

On Private Passions at noon @BBCRadio3 Peter Hamlyn perhaps best-known for saving the life of the boxer Michael Watson and now fascinated by how AI can transform diagnosis and care of neurological patients. Peter pllays Hildegard of Bingen, Berlioz, Handel and Prokofiev.

Thanks to the amazing generosity of hundreds of brilliant people, I am now 95% of the way towards my £10,000 fundraising target for @HelpMusicians. Here’s what it’s all about…🏃‍♂️ 🎶 justgiving.com/page/sam-jacks…