Gerald Finzi

classicist, musician, Oxford, wishful thinker - not necessarily in that order...

[Gerald Finzi @Finzi4ever]

Save St John's Voices - Stop cutting opportunities for female singers in Cambridge - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/gsiiBLQxzS via @UKChange

[Bob Servant @bobservant]

I ride again. #irideagain

[Bob Servant @bobservant]

Sorry to hear about my old pal Robert Jenrick. I was lucky enough to meet Robert at a roller disco in Arbroath in 1991. He was wearing a pair of denim shorts that caused a rubbernecking divorcee to banjo herself against a pillar and I’ve kept a keen eye on his career ever since.

[Gerald Finzi @Finzi4ever]

@mrneilforsyth Bought it online from the thebookhousebf as a wee gift for myself and haven't stopped chuckling since. @mrneilforsyth. Can't wait for the great man's final appearance this Christmas on @BBCRadio4

[Michael Spicer @MrMichaelSpicer]

the room next door - Penny Mordaunt

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

Sunak launches the first post-HS2 transport scheme.

[Russell Davies @RRussellDavies]

Belatedly caught up with the Mordaunt speech. Never seen the like. It was a kind of histrionic vacuum-pump, emptying the air of sense. The applause it drew at its end must have been an expression of relief.

[Brendan May @bmay]

I cannot stop watching this. It’s one of the most peculiar things I’ve ever seen, which given the venue, is really saying something. Get to the end (if you can).

[Gerald Finzi @Finzi4ever]

I can even hear Boris using the word; shorter-term power than even he expected but sadly rather longer-term gain: £5m in 6 months - perhaps he'd like to donate generously NHS.

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

Word of the day is ‘snollygoster’ (19th century): one who abandons their principles for short-term gain or power.

[Gerald Finzi @Finzi4ever]

It was a great week, @3choirs with the St John and Apostles real highlights for me, to say nothing of hearing a wonderful performance of VW Tallis Fantasia in its original location 113 years later.

[Philharmonia Orchestra @philharmonia]

Tonight marks the grand finale of the Three Choirs Festival as we conclude with Elgar's mesmerising masterpiece, 'The Apostles.'

Join us for Elgar’s exploration of faith, discipleship and the extraordinary events of Jesus’s life, death and resurrection.

Rehearsals are underway, last chance for tickets: https://t.co/YIRETXsEPw

[Gerald Finzi @Finzi4ever]

@peterdyke49 @3choirs It was a great week, with the St John and Apostles real highlights for me - thanks for your huge contribution in the former. Pity about the cathedral organ. How do you think the Hauptwerk 'Hereford' sounded? Must be v. weird for you personally to play.

[In Quires and Places Where They Meme @QuireMemes]

O may we soon again renew that song.

"To those who are about to leave a choir you have loved and cherished for the last five or so years know this: you are not leaving. Not really."

Full blog post here. 👇

https://t.co/12WKEw6tmk

[Gerald Finzi @Finzi4ever]

@CressidaRyan With whom are you singing and what's on the menu?

[Jon Sopel @jonsopel]

This is an awful and shocking episode, where there was no criminality, but perhaps a complicated private life. That doesn’t feel very private now. I hope that will give some cause to reflect. They really need to. I wish ⁦@thehuwedwards⁩ well.

[𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝗺𝗮𝗻 🌱 @irishpianoman]

Every time I see this picture of Sibelius, I think of a Bond villain!

[John O’Brennan @JohnOBrennan2]

Michael Heseltine, 90 years old, leaves nothing behind as he lays into Boris Johnson on @Channel4News

[Deborah Meaden 🇺🇦 @DeborahMeaden]

Improved animal welfare and the specific banning of live exports was billed as a Brexit benefit. I never believed it… I was right.

[Gerald Finzi @Finzi4ever]

@CGRossettiMusic https://t.co/zUbdonjqBv

[Gerald Finzi @Finzi4ever]

@CGRossettiMusic A great piece, but unfortunately the link takes you to the even greater Bairstow, "Blessed City"