Sue Casson

a woman, a piano... tunesmith, wordsmith, grand daughter of Nellie Smith.

[Frank Cottrell-Boyce @frankcottrell_b]

here she is

[Frank Cottrell-Boyce @frankcottrell_b]

Spellow Lane Library will of course re-open in a blaze of hope and glory.  Not so the other 900 and odd libraries we lost this last decade - not to fire but to “austerity”.

[Frank Cottrell-Boyce @frankcottrell_b]

V personal thread with a public punch line

A few days ago my sister was at the curfew tower in Cushendall.  She met a man from Liverpool.  They got talking and he realised he knew our Mum.  More importantly that HIS mum knew our mum …..

[Sue Casson @CassSONGS]

Brilliant news @frankcottrell_b !

[Guardian Books @GuardianBooks]

Frank Cottrell-Boyce chosen as new children’s laureate https://t.co/HajUlc2Hjq

[Stefan Bednarczyk💙 @stefanbednar]

Next London shows for me …Stefan Bednarczyk: “King of Cabaret” | Jermyn Street Theatre August 2nd & 3rd.
#TomLehrer and #NoëlCoward https://t.co/wBRkEZHUVt

[English Cabaret @EnglishCabaret]

We're bringing @CassSONGS song cycle Dreams of Peace & Freedom back to #edfringe @Cvenues this year to mark two special dates in the countdown to ECHR75.

Find out more in our latest news 🗞️⬇️
https://t.co/7hhki0C8c0

[English Cabaret @EnglishCabaret]

"All shall be well and all manner of the thing shall be well..." It's the Feast Day of Dame Julian of Norwich. To celebrate listen to @CassSONGS' setting of her words as you wander round her Norwich hermitage.

Watch our video 🎶⬇️
https://t.co/SGzOhc4Lq7
#JulianofNorwich

[Sue Casson @CassSONGS]

A thread about my wonderful friend Kay Benbow, gone shockingly soon. So successful, yet always Kay. Very sad.

[Tim Kipling🌈 @piccmonster63]

A great evening of music.
We are the ONLY non Forces Band to have ever played The National Anthem for Her Late Majesty’s Christmas Address (available on YouTube ). Tickets £15 and £10 concessions.
St Dunstans is in Catford, 5 mins walk from both stations. SE4 6TY.

[Sue Casson @CassSONGS]

So today is #WorldPangolinDay (who knew?) and it calls to mind this rather brilliant song by @kitandmcconnel where in the midst of pandemic lockdown Mr Pangolin emerges an inadvertent hero. Looking back it's a pity some of his interventions didn't stick.. https://t.co/rTbgrNBl9m

[English Cabaret @EnglishCabaret]

'He loves me, he loves me not'
Counting down to #ValentinesDay with some musical indecision from @CassSONGS' The Happy Prince sung by @LilyCasson and the cast of the 20th anniversary production.

Listen 💐🎶 ⬇️
https://t.co/bEvCzEaAin

[Sue Casson @CassSONGS]

@Howard_Goodall So glad to hear that he is still performing this gig. Alan Price is a hero of mine. I saw him several times in the old Yamaha Room at the Bulls Head - sometimes with Zoot Money. Amazing!When the gig moved the acoustics were a bit unforgiving, but no doubt that's all sorted now!

[Sue Casson @CassSONGS]

I've heard Rhapsody in Blue played more showily, but this recording with the composer at the piano, accompanied by the jazz band who premiered it #OTD 100 years ago sends shivers down my spine. 1 hour 40 minutes in to @PetrocTrelawny's show this morning. https://t.co/zswdZ2fEkW

[Sue Casson @CassSONGS]

An interesting thread about one of my favourite pieces, premiered 100 years ago today. Like all formative moments in life I remember the very first time I heard it - in a music lesson with Mr Herbert @WestleyMiddle when I was 12. Thanks Mr Herbert!

[100YearsAgoNews @100YearsAgoNews]

Feb. 12, 1924: George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” is performed for the first time. The landmark blend of classical and jazz sounds is part of an “Experiment in Modern Music” concert. From the opening clarinet glissando, an audience in New York’s Aeolian Hall is enthralled. 1/6

[Sue Casson @CassSONGS]

'Come round for coffee
Coffee and wishes
Not love'

[English Cabaret @EnglishCabaret]

A jazzy little number to kick off #ValentinesWeek. Counting down to #ValentinesDay with @CassSONGS
Brubeck inspired Coffee & Wishes played with @henrywillard (bass) & @chrisbrannick (percussion)

Listen with your latte for the full experience! ☕💕⬇️
https://t.co/m9EPbYveNE

[Samuel West 💙💛 @exitthelemming]

If every one of the more than 1.2 MILLION people who have now watched this signed up to @_CFTA, we could build a movement.

Campaign for the Arts already has people in every UK constituency. What we need now is an #ArtsArmy. Please add your voice here: https://t.co/2hyJIv0HIn

[Sue Casson @CassSONGS]

Here we both are
It's a bar
But it isn't Casablanca...

[English Cabaret @EnglishCabaret]

Counting down to #ValentinesDay
with our playlist. What better song for a Saturday matinee than a great song inspired by a great film? Kit Hesketh-Harvey & James McConnel's Casablanca performed by @CassSONGS
& @chrisbrannick

Listen ♥️⬇️
https://t.co/eiP76t2Ds8

[Sue Casson @CassSONGS]

Simply the best Mr Rochester. No question. And a brilliantly funny Elyot Chase (opposite Maria Aitken) in my favourite production of Private Lives at the Duchess Theatre London. RIP @MichaelJayston

[Christine Woodward @Christi74222782]

One of my favourite actors, Michael Jayston has died. His Rochester from the 1970's BBC production of Jane Eyre has never been bettered in my opinion. He was a very fine actor indeed. RIP

[English Cabaret @EnglishCabaret]

'You are the neon light that makes the colours bright, You are the pulse that beats' @CassSONGS' The Dance is today's song from our #Valentines songlist. Played with @LilyCasson (flute) Laurence Taylor (guitar) & @chrisbrannick (percussion)

Listen ♥️⬇️
https://t.co/awVekGZQ8v

[Sue Casson @CassSONGS]

I once wrote this song for an actor I admired and left it for him at the stage door. #WILTY

[English Cabaret @EnglishCabaret]

It's that season when love is in the air and we've created a brand new playlist to celebrate #ValentinesDay. We're sharing a different song each day - here's the first by @CassSONGS performed by Premier Cru.

Listen to I've Been Smitten 💕⬇️
https://t.co/VE3h1xr2c8