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Roger Miller @rogerjohnmiller.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hi @theartsdesk.bsky.social Could you please reply to my email about a problem with my subscription? RM

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Epsom Chamber Choir @epsomchamberchoir.org.uk · 17/09/2026

With summer feeling like a distant memory, we’re excited to start rehearsing for our upcoming concert on 7th November and to welcome our NEW conductor, @patrickallies.bsky.social.

Patrick Allies wearing a dark jacket and an open necked white shirt stands on a sandy path with the green of trees in the background and looks directly at the camera. Is he smiling? Possibly.

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Londinium @londiniumchoir.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Friday 2 October - we mark the Festival of Britain 75th anniversary at St John's Waterloo with @colla-voce.bsky.social!Choral music from festival programmes sits alongside some surprising omissions, while tracing themes from the lost Lion & Unicorn pavilion www.londinium-voices.org.uk/events

'The Lion and the Unicorn' artwork showing original straw sculptures created for the pavilion.

Programme:
Charles Wood: Hail, Gladdening Light
Anon: Sumer is icumen in
Thomas Morley, arr. Andrew Griffiths: It was a lover and his lass
Henry Purcell: Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts
Gustav Holst: The Evening Watch
Hubert Parry: There is an old belief (from Songs of Farewell)
Christopher Tye: Omnes gentes, plaudite manibus
Benjamin Britten: Hymn to St Cecilia
Ethel Smyth: 1910
William Byrd: Assumpta est Maria
Howells: Salve Regina
Robert Ramsey: When David heard
Imogen Holst: A Hymne to Christ
William Mundy: O Lord, the Maker of all thing
Michael Tippett: Plebs Angelica
Peter Warlock: The Birds
Jim Clements: The Jabberwock
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Three Shakespeare Songs

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mean things I say to myself @meantomyself.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

If Bluesky was really as dead as they say, could I do THIS?? (okay I am going to need this to do big numbers)

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Dean Frey @dean.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Abram Games London Zoo, Regent's Park (Poster for London Transport), 1976

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Andrew Griffiths @colla-voce.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Just home from an excellent @londiniumchoir.bsky.social tour to Aachen and Liège, at the end of which I was presented with this fine fellow, whose neglected oeuvre will be known to members of Kingston Choral Society, @ecse1610.bsky.social, veterans of Dartington, and others...

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Speak for England, Wayne!

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

If you’re wondering why UK press has suddenly woken up to Farage, please read this. It’s because: Brexit. The r/w press refused to scrutinise the money behind Farage & the lawsuit against me scared off the rest. But this isn’t a new scandal. It’s the same one I’ve been reporting on for a decade

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Born on this day in 1606, in Leiden, Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn. Painter, printmaker, draughtsman, and extraordinary at them all. One of the true greats of my or any century. Here by himself in 1629.

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Roger Miller @rogerjohnmiller.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I prommed before the mushrooms were installed and heard the echo.

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Roger Miller @rogerjohnmiller.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Still experiencing bitonal earworms.

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Londinium @londiniumchoir.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

We had three hot but fabulous days at St Alban's Holborn recording fantastic music by John Joubert with @colla-voce.bsky.social for release by SOMM Recordings next year - the brilliant Adrian Peacock and Dave Hinitt behind the desk and the wonderful Rebecca Lea and Nick Pritchard as soloists.

Londinium recording music by John Joubert in St Alban's Holborn, conducted by Andrew Griffiths

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Andrew Griffiths @colla-voce.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Super-excited for this on Saturday: an embarrassment of Venetian riches with @londiniumchoir.bsky.social, @ecse1610.bsky.social and Monteverdi String Band... absolutely wonderful music, especially the Selva morale 8-part Magnificat. Do come if you possibly can! www.londinium-voices.org.uk/events

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Roger Miller @rogerjohnmiller.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Yet another exceptional programme from @colla-voce.bsky.social. Our band will include a theorbo, that most photogenic of instruments as featured in @levparikian.bsky.social and @isabelrogers.bsky.social's recent podcast. Early-bird ticket offer expires at midnight on 3/5.

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Andrew Griffiths @colla-voce.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Rehearsals start today for this @londiniumchoir.bsky.social extravaganza, and I can't wait! Ascension Vespers to be performed two days after Ascension, with fabulous winds and strings from @ecse1610.bsky.social and the Monteverdi String Band.

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Roger Miller @rogerjohnmiller.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

A very enjoyable rehearsal yesterday with Clare O'Connell. It's another cracking AG programme.

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Londinium @londiniumchoir.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

A glorious concert on 27 March with @colla-voce.bsky.social and the wonderful Clare O’Connell – Richard Rodney Bennett’s ‘A Farewell to Arms’, John Tavener’s ‘Svyati’ plus Tallis, Schütz, Joubert, Mauersberger, Gabriel Jackson, Howard Skempton, and Lucy Walker. Tx www.londinium-voices.org.uk/events

Flyer: Ricard J. Tovar's 'The Cello Player', 2024

A Farewell to Arms programme:
Lucy Walker: There will come soft rains
Richard Dering: Factum est silentium
John Joubert: Lines from "The Youth of Man"
Barbara Strozzi, arr. O'Connell: Che si può fare (with solo cello)
Fernando de las Infantas: Congregati sunt inimici nostri
Rudolf Mauersberger: Wie liegt die Stadt so wüst
John Tavener: Svyati (with solo cello)
Gabriel Jackson: In memoriam
Howard Skempton: After Rain (with solo cello)
Thomas Tallis: O nata lux
John Joubert: Let There Be Light
Heinrich Schütz: Verleih uns Frieden
Richard Rodney Bennett: A Farewell to Arms (with solo cello)
Lucy Walker: I saw eternity

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Paul Carey Jones @paulcareyjones.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

I did a schools show of classical song in Brighton some years ago. One audience of kids were particularly engaged and up for it. Their headteacher told us that it was the first time in a theatre for most of them, first time off their estate for some. Nearby and accessible are two distinct things.

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Three Spires Singers @threespiressing.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Ticket sales will launch on 2nd February for our March concert. Please follow the link on our website: minack.com/whats-on/pau... There's no recording of this work, but if you're new to Drayton's music you can get a feel for his sound world by visiting: www.pauldraytoncomposer.com/audio-extrac...

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Jacob Aron @jjaron.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Worth reading, not least to reward Andrew for his seemingly infinite patience

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Patrick Allies @patrickallies.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

People in London who like singing evensong: I’m leading a scratch choir for an evensong on Sunday at St James’ Islington. 4.30pm for 6pm, Tallis O nata lux, Howells Coll Reg, Eccard When to the Temple. The church are putting on refreshments afterwards by way of thanks. DM if you’d like to join!

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.

The Power of Poetry

with things falling apart
and anarchy let loose,

it was only poetry, he found,
which had any use,

so he reached for his copy
of The Complete Works of Yeats

and bludgeoned the President
of the United States

Brian Bilston

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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 16/01/2026

I once found Ronnie Corbett wandering around the scenery dock, looking for a way out. No idea how long he'd been there. Quite possibly months. I delivered him safely to the canteen.

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Matt Massarella-Gill @3788mg.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Heard a lad earlier talking about ‘Belgian whistles’ “A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles” BELGIAN WHISTLES

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Londinium @londiniumchoir.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

First sighting of a rather lovely flyer for 'Fireworks', our twentieth anniversary concert on Friday 13 Feb at St John's Waterloo, for which @colla-voce.bsky.social has conjured a glorious programme! Tx www.londinium-voices.org.uk/events

Front of concert flyer: Fireworks at Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome

Back of flyer with programme:
Elliott Carter: Musicians Wrestle Everywhere
William Byrd: Sing joyfully unto God
William Walton: Where does the uttered Music go?
Claudio Monteverdi: Cantate Domino
Nico Muhly: Abidynge (world premiere)
Gabriel Jackson: To Music
Arnold Schoenberg: Friede auf Erden
Johannes Ockeghem: Deo gratias a36
Charles Villiers Stanford: On Time
Rebecca Clarke: Music, when soft voices die
Kenneth Leighton: A Hymn to the Trinity
John Joubert: Introit: Lord, in the Strength of Grace
Maurice Ravel: Trois Chansons
William Byrd: Laudibus in sanctis
Will Harmer: Fireworks

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Londinium @londiniumchoir.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Do watch our trailer featuring Joanna Marsh’s wonderful ‘The Hidden Light’ and ‘Refugee’, ahead of our Christmas concert with @colla-voce.bsky.social on Friday 19 December at St John's Waterloo. Gorgeous music + wine and mince pies! Find out more/buy tickets www.londinium-voices.org.uk/events.

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Londinium - Hidden Light - Christmas 2025

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Roger Miller @rogerjohnmiller.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

@andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social 12:21 "Turning to the customs union, Starmer says he if keeps opposing the UK joining a customs union with the EU he will not be standing there in a year’s time." Do you mean Davey says.. ?

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Londinium @londiniumchoir.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

We have a fabulous Christmas programme coming up on Friday 19 December with @colla-voce.bsky.social at St John's Waterloo, and you have until midnight on Sunday to grab an earlybird ticket from www.londinium-voices.org.uk/events 🍷+ mince pies too!

Hidden Light concert image - painting by Georges de la Tour

Programme:
Orlando Gibbons: Hosanna to the Son of David
Simon Beattie: The Angel and the Unicorn
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Ave Maria a5
Ben Rowarth: There is no Rose
John Joubert: Hymn to the Virgin
Tarik O'Regan: Threshold of Night
Johannes Eccard: Übers Gebirg Maria geht
Joanna Marsh: The Hidden Light
Jaakko Mäntyjärvi: O magnum mysterium
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Hodie Christus natus est
John Joubert: The Christ-Child Lay
António Sá-Dantas: Natus (world premiere)
John Joubert: Lullay
Hans Leo Hassler: Angelus ad pastores ait a9
Herbert Howells: Here is the little door
Joanna Marsh: Refugee
John Joubert: Be mery

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Epsom Chamber Choir @epsomchamberchoir.org.uk · 27/11/2025

Christmas Chimes Something of a bell theme this year. www.ticketsource.co.uk/epsom-chamber-choir

Christmas Chimes

A one-hour concert of seasonal music with contemporary and traditional choir carols along with favourite Christmas songs like Winter Wonderland and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. There will be audience carols as well, accompanied by the rousing sound of St Martin’s organ, and Away in a Manger especially for the children. Join us when the music is over for a glass of wine and some festive refreshments.

featuring the Epsom Chamber Belles on Handchimes.

In support of Epsom and St Helier Hospitals Charity

Saturday 13th December 2025

St Martin's Church, KT17 4PX

Tickets £12 in advance | £14 on the day | Under 21s free

Box office 07520 656397

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Ken Clarke humiliates Danny Kruger's new party, Reform UK on #BBCQT "I live in a county with a Reform UK council" "Most of them had no idea what the country council did" "They fought on the promise of reducing waste and council tax" "And they just put up the council tax by the max"

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