Classical_Steerforth

Also on Twitter as @Lord_Steerforth.

Big fan of 3rd symphonies, but I've fallen out of love with Mahler.

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@raymcmanus1972 @Lord_Steerforth @SeligerGrants @EllaTravelsLove Is there a huge moral difference between a letter and a visit of condolence? I acknowledged my minor mistake. You responded with a rather unnecessary insult, then blocked me.

You okay, hon?

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@TrulyUnburdened @TheOneAboveFew @Rothmus You sound very sure of yourself for someone who's completely wrong.

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@ArnoldSociety @BBCSO A superb performance; even better than Oramo's 2021 Prom performance. He clearly has a strong rapport with this piece and with his advocacy, I hope Arnold's masterpiece will take its rightful place in the repertoire.

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@WisdomStoics They just look like platitudes for thick people rather than anything resembling wisdom.

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Looking forward to Friday's Barbican performance of Malcolm Arnold's 5th - a rare treat!

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@TTurndown @Lord_Steerforth @bigfinish I said "In the guise of a posh Victorian bloke," I never said that he was an actual Victorian. But I forgive you. As for watching the show, I've followed it since I was three-years-old. You can block me here too, but I'll just regenerate.

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It was great to hear Bax's Tintagel at the Barbican last night, but it reminded me of Thomas Beecham's advice to start well and end well, as the audience won't remember the middle. Tintagel began and ended with its fantastic big tune, but the middle was really Poundland La Mer.

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Vaughan Williams fans: guess what I went to see this evening.

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@wjamesawill @Lord_Steerforth @archi_tradition Oh, James. Your ignorance is rather sad. I think you're the communist here, blocking people who disagree with you. That's a sign of weakness. Ukraine is a flawed democracy, but that's better than the alternative in Russia. Now you can press your little block button again.

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I saw Adam Hickox - son of the late (and much missed) Richard Hickox - conduct Beethoven and Tippett yesterday and was very impressed. Adam is no 'nepo baby' and clearly has a substantial talent of his own. It was a privilege to see a future great at the beginning of his career.

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@mikeirons12 JH (104
WAM (40)
LvB (3)
FS (8)
AB (8)
AD (8)
GM (3)
JS (6)
RVW (3)
SP (6)
DS (10)

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@ValoisDuBins @SloaneFragment It's a metaphysical belief that you can be something other than your biological sex. It's also a belief that being a man or woman requires individuals to conform to a narrow spectrum of gender stereotypes, otherwise they must identify as something else.

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@SloaneFragment It's possible to be progressive about gay rights, sexual equality and racial discrimination while being conservative about gender ideology. You're happy enough seeing a spectrum of genders, but suddenly become very binary when anyone doesn't unequivocally accept your weak claims.

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@Michael38935617 @MatthewHitchmo3 @RebeccaJones_03 So first you claim the word women and now you want the word female, which is a sex-specific term that can't, by definition, include males who want to be women. This is metaphysics, not reality.

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@deeplyclassical No. 2 is the encapsulation of everything that puts some people off Brahms. I love Brahms, but this symphony's charms have always eluded me.

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@mikeirons12 Sibelius - 3, 4, 6, 7
Nielsen - 5
VW - 2, 3, 5, 6
Elgar - 1

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@Geoff_Andrew @londonsymphony @antoniopappano_ Good! I shall keep checking the R3 listings.

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@daveymccallum @uccello_lirico It's one of my favourite symphonies. Everything about it is perfect.

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@larkingrumple @londonsymphony @BarbicanCentre It was lovely to hear the Helios Overture, but I'm surprised you didn't mention the star of the show: James Macmillan's wonderful new Concerto for Orchestra.