Chris Gunness

Broadcaster, podcaster, writer, created the only podcast exclusively featuring music & social justice, makes radio documentaries. Usual rules.

[Barbican Centre @BarbicanCentre]

✨New podcast✨

In our final episode with @stephenfry, exploring music, art and mental health, Stephen explores his own identity and answers the question ‘can art really be used to change the world?’

Listen & subscribe 👇 https://t.co/OHrknAF1H0

[Chris Gunness @GunnessChris]

Am I alone in feeling that the "signer" at today's #DailyBriefing was particularly unimpressed with #MattHancock's answers? #sackcummings
#cummingsbriefing #DominicCummings

[Chris Gunness @GunnessChris]

Much-loved baritone @Sviceridor on how lockdown changed 4ever his approach 2 being a husband, father & singer; why @HelpMusiciansUK's work is so important now + a sneak preview of his timely new disc of parlour songs on @SOMMRecordings https://t.co/iOf0NsqNP3 @ClassicalMusic_ RT

[Chris Gunness @GunnessChris]

.@Stephenfry on Y being a former prisoner helped his advocacy against capital punishment; on Y Russians love PG Woodhouse; Y cancer treatment put him in touch with his feminine side; & Y he's "big & ugly" enough to deal with homophobia. @BarbicanCentre
https://t.co/o4DeruCVou RT

[Chris Gunness @GunnessChris]

And allow me to pay tribute to the work you do in protecting musicians from the excesses of the gig economy at this insecure time for all freelancers.

[ISM @ISM_music]

Have you checked out the brilliant podcast about music and social justice by @GunnessChris and @BarbicanCentre ? Definitely worth a listen > https://t.co/9COYtgvDmi

[ISM @ISM_music]

Have you checked out the brilliant podcast about music and social justice by @GunnessChris and @BarbicanCentre ? Definitely worth a listen > https://t.co/9COYtgvDmi

[Chris Gunness @GunnessChris]

.@stephenfry with @GunnessChris on "clinging 2 love & hope" through 3 suicide attempts; on being "a miserable adolescent who knew nothing about sex air-conducting Beethoven"; & on "having vocal chords that sound alike they're made of tweed" https://t.co/A6CmF1iECD @BarbicanCentre

[Chris Gunness @GunnessChris]

@msmirandasawyer Dear Miranda, I'd like to send you information about the Stephen Fry podcast which goes live today. Would you be kind and send an email address? Thank you. Chris

[Chris Gunness @GunnessChris]

Part 1 of 4 podcasts 4 #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth: vintage @stephenfry. The starting point is Beethoven's suicide note (Stephen became Beethoven in front of me!) & then moved me 2 tears describing his suicide attempts & manic depression @BarbicanCentre
https://t.co/1DF8KXX7h5

[Chris Gunness @GunnessChris]

2 #Beethoven is the starting point. @stephenfry's understanding & visceral sympathy 4 the great man is palpable. From Beethoven we discuss the suffering Romantic artist, the nature of genius & why his vocal chords sound like they're made of tweed - Stephen's that is, not Ludwig's

[Chris Gunness @GunnessChris]

1. I will tweet a link to each episode of the interview with @stephenfry every week. Follow me & you'll get a notification & all you need do is click & listen. Stephen is a national treasure & this 4-part series proves why. His rendition of Beethoven's suicide note is sublime.

[Chris Gunness @GunnessChris]

1. I will tweet a link to each episode of the interview with @stephenfry every week. Follow me & you'll get a notification & all you need do is click & listen. Stephen is a national treasure & this 4-part series proves why. His rendition of Beethoven's suicide note is sublime.

[Chris Gunness @GunnessChris]

@BridgyL @stephenfry @pocketcasts Hi I will tweet the link as soon as it comes out tomorrow. if you follow me you'll get a notification & all you need do then is click on the link & you'll hear it. @stephenfry is a national treasure & this four-part series proves why.

[Chris Gunness @GunnessChris]

My four-part podcast series with @stephenfry begins on Wednesday: such a joy to interview - hilarious, erudite & paint-stripper honest about bipolarity, his suicide attempts & the healing power of Beethoven. + he quoted "Cabaret" to Elsie our engineer!
https://t.co/Rc2OjsXrjE RT

[Chris Gunness @GunnessChris]

A Sunday morning burst of Wagnerian energy from the orchestra of the @MetOpera: the Prelude 2 Act 3 of Lohengrin. All in splendid isolation https://t.co/BQMI3qlasM

[Chris Gunness @GunnessChris]

The @BarbicanCentre is keeping our brains alive, our souls nourished, our hearts warm & our communities connected. Here's my latest podcast; humbling to feature the #BelarusFreeTheatre who've been dealing with isolation so creatively. Enjoy & pls RT
https://t.co/i9IZzpkb3A

[Chris Gunness @GunnessChris]

Natalia & Nikolai remind us all of what theatre at its best is about - so humbling to find oneself at the cutting edge of theatre in a basement in east London. Please have a listen & share my regret that CV19 has seen their performances at @BarbicanCentre cancelled RT

[Barbican Centre @BarbicanCentre]

✨New podcast episode✨

How do you create theatre in exile? @GunnessChris heads into rehearsal with underground political theatre company, @BFreeTheatre to speak to Natalia Kaliada and Nikolai Khalezin to learn more about creating theatre in exile

https://t.co/jHG1sIZKUX

[Chris Gunness @GunnessChris]

Sadly a spoonful of Clorox will not make the President go down. Enjoy!

https://t.co/ENmNrKj7p1

RT

[Chris Gunness @GunnessChris]

When @Opera_North 's concert performances of Strauss’ 'Also Sprach Zarathustra' were cancelled as the coronavirus pandemic intensified, players from the Orchestra of Opera North decided that the show must go on – virtually. What heart! Thank you.

https://t.co/nSWbgUjuUD

[Chris Gunness @GunnessChris]

Virtually self-isolating with @ShekuKM & family. What a privilege to hear this lovely rendition of the 1st movement of one of my favourite #cello #sonatas -- by #Rachmaninov
https://t.co/fphLoAOiZ8

[Chris Gunness @GunnessChris]

Last movement of Mozart's Musical Joke, is a fitting soundtrack 2 the news that #Trump says injecting disinfectant is an antidote to CV19. Could someone tell him it's proven to be highly effective in curing defective human brain when injected deeply? RT

https://t.co/yIiN4hRdBl