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Tricia Lockwood @tricialockwood.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

“The poet’s job is to forget how people do it.”

Christopher Pulleyn @kurisup.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Found myself seeing the non-professional performance of Les Miserables down in Bristol last night - I say non-pro because the quality of singing & acting was seriously impressive. A great achievement, and a process that should be replicated I think, in terms of the quality and standard it produces!

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Christopher Pulleyn @kurisup.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Currently getting to grips with the rich harmonic language of York Bowen in his Horn sonata. What a harmonic genius! It’s the kind of music you keep discovering a new accidental you’ve not spotted until that moment…

An photo of an excerpt of York Bowen’s Horn Sonata

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Christopher Pulleyn @kurisup.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

So lovely to see you last night too! Wasn’t it a cracking concert with some great familiar and less familiar music! How every concert should be I think! 😊

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Christopher Pulleyn @kurisup.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

It’s been so interesting & exciting to work on a really contemporary choral work with a completely unique sound & voice. Esmail is such an amazing composer, you must come and hear for yourself! Tabla & Sitar in the mix of orchestration too!

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Christopher Pulleyn @kurisup.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

YES @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social I did need some baroque recorder this morning! 👊🏻

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Christopher Pulleyn @kurisup.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Nothing says the Christmas break like spending some time on the laborious process of uniformly cataloguing your 56 disc Bach Cantatas collection to fit with Apple's Music (formerly iTunes) app - since I bought the collection probably about 10 years ago, I'm probably halfway through...

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Christopher Pulleyn @kurisup.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

I have more thoughts and strong opinions on Handel’s Messiah please reach out to me if you want to hear them

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Christopher Pulleyn @kurisup.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

As we’re deep into Messiah season now, I’m starting a petition to get ‘Lift Up Ye Heads’ axed from the standard programming - which is naff. It should be replaced with ‘Their Sound is Gone Out’ which is a cracking bit of choral writing.

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Christopher Pulleyn @kurisup.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Every single year I am floored by how amazing Quincy Jones’ interpretation of Handel’s Messiah is. It’s incredible! It shows his classical music influences, his time studying with Boulanger & Messiaen - I’d love someone to put it on next year as an alternative! open.spotify.com/album/4Loq4n...

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Handel's Messiah: A Soulful Celebration

Various Artists · Compilation · 1992 · 16 songs

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Christopher Pulleyn @kurisup.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

What a bloody banger! That clip gives me goosebumps. I’ve been lucky enough to sing it twice…although now I think about it…I can’t seem to remember the first time…definitely did though…my copy has two dates!!

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Christopher Pulleyn @kurisup.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Fantastic couple of weekends making some beautiful music! Two successful Rossini Petite Messe's under my belt, and some fantastic singing from @bfcs1856.bsky.social - super excited now for our performance of Reena Esmail's 'This Love Between Us' in spring! www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on/yor...

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Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra & Bfd Festival Choral Society

Bradford Festival Choral Society, in collaboration with the Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra, presents a dramatic and diverse concert.

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Christopher Pulleyn @kurisup.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Welcome to Bluesky! 👋🏻 Now all we need is Paul McCreesh to join and we’re the party is complete…

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Christopher Pulleyn @kurisup.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

@livingsongs.bsky.social Really glad to see you over here! 👋 I’ve always found you such a useful way to discover new songs!

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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 14/11/2024

Die más. Poem in the Shape of the Poet Beating Henry Kissinger to Death with Their Bare Hands by Felix. tacobellquarterly.org/poem-in-the-...

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Christopher Pulleyn @kurisup.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Now just left on my bucket list are to rep Poulenc’s Gloria and Janacek’s Glagolitic Mass and I will die happy. Maybe Balshazzar’s Feast actually…having to jump in to play the final rehearsal for Huddersfield Choral with no prep was great fun but didn’t quite get time to be very acquainted with it…!

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Christopher Pulleyn @kurisup.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Really looking forward to only my 2nd performance of Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle EVER - with my 1st having been the weekend before! I can’t believe after almost 15 years working with choirs, I’ve never had chance to perform it until now…and now they’re like buses! And it’s so fun to play!!

Poster for Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle performed by Bradford Festival Choral Society on 16th Nov 2024

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Christopher Pulleyn @kurisup.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Others I find useful are: - what’s the seating plan? - when is the interval? - what time will the concert finish? - what ARE we performing?

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Christopher Pulleyn @kurisup.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Ooof - track of the day alert…check out this incredible piano solo by Deschanel Gordon to kick this wonderful arrangement off, and a wonderful 4 min instrumental before the song actually kicks in. Wonderful Friday listening stuff…👏👏

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Fools Rush In

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Christopher Pulleyn @kurisup.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

I'd say follow me if you like being constantly told how Bach and Rameau's music absolutely bangs

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Christopher Pulleyn @kurisup.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

Right then! I've moved over from the platform-formerly-known-as-Twitter to Bluesky - and I'm not particularly bothered if no-one else follows (but the assumption is that if more do then more will follow) ...it's rather nice to be in a quieter place...a hidden-gem that no one else has found yet...

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