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๐ŸŽต 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€™

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Oma, Borough Market. Wonderful meal here Sunday evening, just found Grace Dentโ€™s review in The Guardian ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ”—

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Six Nations fare ๐Ÿ‰

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Need some rationing ๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿโ›ท๏ธโšฝ๏ธ

Six Nations starts tonight with France ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท v ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland. Then England ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ v ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ Wales on Saturday ๐Ÿ‰

ICC Under-19 Menโ€™s Cricket World Cup Final is tomorrow - England ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ v ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India in Harare ๐Ÿ

The Winter Olympics has started - but the opening ceremony in Milan is tomorrow evening.

ICC Menโ€™s T20 World Cup starts in India and Sri Lanka early Saturday ๐Ÿ

Plus Premier League โšฝ๏ธ

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๐Ÿ”— The Fire Doors, The Dublin Castle review - Field Music assume the role of Jim Morrison and Co ๐ŸŽต

Unaffected Doors homage from the most unlikely band

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๐Ÿ—บ Keats Bar at The Globe

Timothy Taylorโ€™s Landlord ๐Ÿบ

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Barbican Library. ๐Ÿ—บ

Blondie in Camera 1978 Exhibition ๐ŸŽต

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Two days in London, away from Wales. But Iโ€™ve ended up having Abergavenny goatsโ€™ cheese for breakfast each morning ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

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Old-fashioned basement bar at Wigmore Hall๐Ÿท

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Wigmore Hall. ๐Ÿ—บ

Here for a Sunday afternoon concert ๐ŸŽต

ARC Ensemble

ALBERTO HEMSI

1898-1975โ€จ 3 Egyptian Dances Op. 11
Mรฉditation Op. 16
3 Arie Antiche (dalle Coplas Sefardies) for string quartet Op. 30

PAUL BEN-HAIM

1897-1984โ€จ Clarinet Quintet Op. 31a

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Radical Reprint: Who’s afraid of the A Word?

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๐ŸŽต My top weekly artists as logged byย last.fm: Arc Ensemble (17 plays), Dove Ellis (11), Phish (10), Mandrake Handshake (9), Black String (6)

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Walking away ๐Ÿ“ท

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Literally got back row seats to see The Unthanks at the Barbican ๐ŸŽต

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The coffee table book in our London aparthotel room is Paris Living Rooms ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿผโ€โ™‚๏ธ

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