The T20 World Cup has started. Some early listening to Pakistan ๐ต๐ฐ v ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands ๐
๐ต Music for 06 February 2026
"Shostakovich: Symphony No.11 In G Minor, Op. 103, "The Year 1905" - 1. The Palace Square" by Stokowski, Houston Symphony Orchestra
Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 11 In G Minor, Op. 103, "The Year 1905"
This is one of the first recordings of Shostakovich's music I owned on CD, along with Bernstein versions of Symphonies 5, 6 and 9. I still have the CDs and still listen to all of them, although usually in digitised form ๐ฟ
๐ต Music for 05 February 2026
"Symphony No. 1, 'The Gothic': I. Allegro assai" by Ole Schmidt, LSO, Manning, Minty, Mitchinson, Thomas
Havergal Brian - Symphony No. 1, 'The Gothicโ
Oma, Borough Market. Wonderful meal here Sunday evening, just found Grace Dentโs review in The Guardian ๐ฌ๐ท๐
Six Nations fare ๐
Need some rationing ๐๐โท๏ธโฝ๏ธ
Six Nations starts tonight with France ๐ซ๐ท v ๐ฎ๐ช Ireland. Then England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ v ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ Wales on Saturday ๐
ICC Under-19 Menโs Cricket World Cup Final is tomorrow - England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ v ๐ฎ๐ณ India in Harare ๐
The Winter Olympics has started - but the opening ceremony in Milan is tomorrow evening.
ICC Menโs T20 World Cup starts in India and Sri Lanka early Saturday ๐
Plus Premier League โฝ๏ธ
๐ The Fire Doors, The Dublin Castle review - Field Music assume the role of Jim Morrison and Co ๐ต
Unaffected Doors homage from the most unlikely band
๐ Keats Bar at The Globe
Timothy Taylorโs Landlord ๐บ
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Barbican Library. ๐
Blondie in Camera 1978 Exhibition ๐ต
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Two days in London, away from Wales. But Iโve ended up having Abergavenny goatsโ cheese for breakfast each morning ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐คทโโ๏ธ
Old-fashioned basement bar at Wigmore Hall๐ท
Wigmore Hall. ๐
Wigmore Hall
Here for a Sunday afternoon concert ๐ต
ARC Ensemble
ALBERTO HEMSI
1898-1975โจ
3 Egyptian Dances Op. 11
Mรฉditation Op. 16
3 Arie Antiche (dalle Coplas Sefardies) for string quartet Op. 30
PAUL BEN-HAIM
1897-1984โจ Clarinet Quintet Op. 31a
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Radical Reprint: Who’s afraid of the A Word?
๐ต My top weekly artists as logged byย last.fm: Arc Ensemble (17 plays), Dove Ellis (11), Phish (10), Mandrake Handshake (9), Black String (6)
Walking away ๐ท
