SongsofComfort

The simplest of ideas: sharing beautiful music to keep us all going in these unprecedented times.

[SongsofComfort @ComfortSongsof]

Don't know about you, but I always turn to music for comfort, joy, calm and solace whenever I feel a little overwhelmed. So, I thought I'd share some of the tracks that I find help - and if I can introduce just one person to something new, I'll be chuffed to bits. Thank you!

[Royal Philharmonic Society @RoyalPhilSoc]

Applications for the @IvorsAcademy Trust's Peter Sinfield Bursary Fund are open until 9am on Monday 11 May. Songwriters and composers aged 18-30 can apply for up to £5,000 for the creation of new works, with activity taking place June-November 2026: https://t.co/FTuQFY3ODk

[SongsofComfort @ComfortSongsof]

Consuming arts and culture is good for health and wellbeing, research finds https://t.co/irzqRxesLx

[SongsofComfort @ComfortSongsof]

@roseandfriends @JasperDommett I think you are. Googling ‘conducting short courses’ brings up many options, none of which mention gender. Whether they are financially accessible is another issue.

[SongsofComfort @ComfortSongsof]

@jodygerbig @yeobots157658 Crap memory. Intermittent period.

[Sadiq Khan @SadiqKhan]

NEW: For the first time ever, our six London Overground lines are each getting a new name and colour.

Read more about the inspiration and meaning behind each new name ⬇️

[Campaign for the Arts @_CFTA]

BREAKING: Scottish First Minister @HumzaYousaf has just announced that "over the next five years, we will more than double our investment in Scotland's arts and culture".

It follows two major interventions by the Campaign for the Arts against cuts to Creative Scotland this year.

[Royal Philharmonic Society @RoyalPhilSoc]

Two weeks to go to apply for the role of Programme Coordinator with us, working with inspirational musicians on all our projects including the RPS Awards. Thank you for helping us to spread the word. Closing date: 5 June.
https://t.co/YgCb4HKT8f

[Tim Johns @timoncheese]

Stunning and devastating opening from Newsnight tonight.
Harsh, yes. Media students (and current broadcast journalists!) take note: your edit is nothing without the right choice of music. And oh boy this is quite the choice.

[SongsofComfort @ComfortSongsof]

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[SongsofComfort @ComfortSongsof]

Schumann and elephants turns out to be the perfect combination 💕

#SongsofComfort

https://t.co/4ki6pTymlI

[SongsofComfort @ComfortSongsof]

A real classic from @thebeatles, played by @CanadianBrass
That piccolo trumpet playing is phenomenal!

#SongsofComfort

https://t.co/spkOvUL54a

[SongsofComfort @ComfortSongsof]

A beautiful motet, one of a set gifted to the @UniStrathclyde Chaplaincy, from the Scottish composer @jamesmacm and sung by @TheApollo5

#SongsofComfort

https://t.co/60l0RYXs5g

[SongsofComfort @ComfortSongsof]

Well, this new arrangement of #Jerusalem by @ErrollynWallen has kicked up quite a fuss at the 2020 Last Night of the @bbcproms I love it - a brilliant reflection of a turbulent year & highlighting role of the Commonwealth in UK's history

#SongsofComfort
https://t.co/6GkOwtpYYF

[SongsofComfort @ComfortSongsof]

Good night 😊

#SongsofComfort

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[Royal Philharmonic Society @RoyalPhilSoc]

We're delighted to welcome @StephenFry to the RPS this month for a very special conversation – with the author and music critic for @NewYorker @alexrossmusic about his latest book: ‘Wagnerism’.

Join us for it live on our website 6.00pm Tuesday 29 Sept:

https://t.co/1TYlBx5Odu

[SongsofComfort @ComfortSongsof]

Happy 85th Birthday to the wonderful Estonian composer @arvopart. Here’s his ‘Swansong’ from 2013, which was based on a text by Saint John Henry Newman, and commissioned for the 200th anniversary of the Saint’s birth.

#SongsofComfort #ArvoPärt85

https://t.co/BsC8LjxoH0

[SongsofComfort @ComfortSongsof]

An ancient instrument - viola da gamba - in a new work by #EdmundFinnis, Lines Curved Rivers Mirrored, played beautifully by @LiamByrneVdG

#SongsofComfort

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[SongsofComfort @ComfortSongsof]

Imagine a world that couldn’t sing...I am, and I’m crying

#SongsofComfort #SongsofDiscomfort

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[SongsofComfort @ComfortSongsof]

Happy Birthday #Dvorak, born this day in 1841. Here’s one of the six sections from his ‘Dumky’ Trio, with an all-star line up, to put a spring in your step.

#SongsOfComfort

https://t.co/z4smlspNeS

[SongsofComfort @ComfortSongsof]

#Debussy’s Girl with the Flaxen Hair is an imagining of a #Scots lass, and makes great use of pentatonic scales to bring out a #folkmusic vibe. Another stunning performance by @VikingurMusic

#SongsofComfort

https://t.co/vjISSb3orG