Wonderful review of Ensemble Diderot new album 'Berlin Harpsichord Concertos' from theartsdesk.com - 'a winner' 🙏👏💐

★★★★★ THE HOLDOVERS - A bittersweet, beautifully observed seasonal comedy from #AlexanderPayne - not just for Christmas, says Graham Rickson 🇮🇪🇪🇺 - now on Dazzler DVD/Blu-ray theartsdesk.com/film/dvdblu-ra…

The best film you'll see all year. Oh yes: theartsdesk.com/film/dvdblu-ra… Dazzler

Did some supply brass teaching this morning. One child played this plastic trumpet. I was amazed at how good it sounded, and incredibly light.

Coffee, peppercorns and puppets: Graham Rickson 🇮🇪🇪🇺 Bernard Hughes Sebastian Scotney are back with a mouthwatering cornucopia celebrating a prolific conductor's centenary, plus Hungarian ballet music and baroque keyboard concertos theartsdesk.com/classical-musi…

Bumper haul this week: theartsdesk.com/classical-musi… Berliner Philharmoniker Bernard Hughes Sebastian Scotney Warner Classics & Erato BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Johannes Pramsohler Ensemble Diderot Brad Mehldau Nonesuch Records

Thanks to Graham Rickson 🇮🇪🇪🇺 from ArtForms we've now begun our audio gallery of our amazing musicians as they play instruments, sing and perform #goldstandard #curriculum #music #arts

Lovely morning in Chapel A caspaces Leeds Parks

Swans, hamlets and bossa nova: this week's #Classical #CDs include a promising young pianist's debut disc, plus Finnish mythology and a trio of neglected British composers chosen by star trio Graham Rickson 🇮🇪🇪🇺 Bernard Hughes Sebastian Scotney theartsdesk.com/classical-musi…

Thank you so much, Graham Rickson 🇮🇪🇪🇺 😊 Those Dring dances are addictive and guaranteed to bring a smile to one’s face! 💃

This week's pile. Do check out Madeleine Dring: theartsdesk.com/classical-musi… Decca Classics Yunchan Lim Nicolas van Poucke Samuel Andreyev Divine Art Records BIS Records Helsinki Philharmonic / HKO NMC Recordings Michael Zev Gordon Lyrita Records Simon Callaghan Bernard Hughes Sebastian Scotney

Is this your dog? 🐶

We made a comfy overnight bed last night for this lost little dog in Heuston Station

Hoping to return it home to its owner and own bed for tonight 🛏️

#LostDog
-AB

Teabags are handy, but good loose leaf tea made in a pot, drunk from a cup with a wide rim, cannot be beaten.

Choice scrapings from the classical cheeseboard: theartsdesk.com/classical-musi… National Symphony Orchestra Gianandrea Noseda Chandos Records Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra Sofya Melikyan The English Music Festival Westminster Cathedral Choir Bernard Hughes

★★★★ Teacher/pupil relationships under the microscope: Graham Rickson 🇮🇪🇪🇺 reviews #TheTeachersLounge a thoughtful, painful meditation on status, crime and power theartsdesk.com/film/teachers-…

Essential viewing for teachers everywhere: theartsdesk.com/film/teachers-… Curzon

A deeply strange film: theartsdesk.com/film/blu-ray-h… Second Run

This is a fascinating historical nugget which I had no idea about. Can anyone supply more details? Chapel A Today Harehills/Chapeltown cara Chapel Allerton Rachael Unsworth

An Easter oratorio, plus late-romantic song transcriptions and an iconic ballet score feature in Graham Rickson 🇮🇪🇪🇺's #classical CD Easter Special + picks from Sebastian Scotney Bernard Hughes theartsdesk.com/classical-musi…

Easter special! theartsdesk.com/classical-musi… Bernard Hughes Sebastian Scotney Deutsche Grammophon (DG) St John's Voices Naxos UK Jacques Cohen Tippett Quartet Ashley Bathgate New Focus Recordings DELPHIAN Klaus Mäkelä London Choral Sinfonia