Stephen Bull

Classical Musician (Hindustani & Western baroque), always looking out for how the brain handles music. Lisbon based, but often itinerant, mainly UK & India.

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@seatsixtyone Yes, it’s a pity about Oriente Station: seemed good on day 1. Now smelly, dark, rather dysfunctional and sad. And Intercidade trains (much more pleasant than later Alfas, which make you feel like you’re sealed into an aeroplane), keep a flavour of the old Portuguese railways.

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@thevirdas Spend every spare hour you have (and when it’s open) at the Kabuki theatre.

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@SimoninSuffolk Happy birthdays to you both. My friend Viriato is sleeping at the end of my bed - recently 4 years old, and (I’m) hoping here for at least another 16.

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@cblatts @jacobgoldstein So good! From a different, but maybe contingent field, check if you’re relying on a corporate entity (you mentioned Google); even they might not exist later on - and someone you interact with might, wrongly or rightly, have some doubt about their suitability.

[Ben Lovell @DrBenLovell]

👀Arrived today: reprint of my lost Grade 8 piano certificate (proudest achievement).

I studied for my Grade 8 whilst revising for my A-levels & trying to get into med school over one insane summer.

I’ve subsequently never been able to recapture that work ethic of my 18 yo self

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@RichardGowers Translated from Czech, perhaps? Missing an apostrophe?

[The King's Singers @kingssingers]

Sharing information here about the short-notice cancellation of our recent concert in Florida:

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@RogerHighfield You have to eat that in Porto at Christmas!

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@jamestanton Assuming lines must cross within the circle, as close to 52 minutes and 30 seconds (in clock description) as possible. The shaded area will be the area of the circle, minus the area of the largest square that can fit in the circle - all divided by two (??)

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@samir_savant Hi Samir, you need to find out what time they come out of the oven, and make sure you’re there 30 minutes later. At that moment they’re at their best. (I’m sure you can fix all rehearsals, meetings, etc., round that?)

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@WKCosmo Thank you for sharing what is a beautiful story - in spite of, or all the more because of, the hardships which made his dedication shine through

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@divbyzero Nasturtiums?

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In case it’s my last tweet: WHY has there never been an opera of ‘Cold Comfort Farm’? Everyone from ‘the renaissance of English music’ to ‘the cowpat school’ would have something to say. Is there a copyright problem?

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Interesting Histories of the Ephemeral on #SoundCloud
https://t.co/oWwJE2QksR

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@TansuYegen Did the ethics committee permit this?

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@DrBenLovell They (cats) do appreciate the personal touch.

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@JohnWeightman6 @ABlondeAvocado 20*5 - 2*5

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@OwlyChamberlain Do you mean someone who plays the lute? If so, conventionally they’re called lutenists. (And, since violin makers were once often also lute makers, a violin maker is, even now, called a luthier.)

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@JeremyPound71 Look up Bhutan; more than just your typical anthem

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@DrYohanJohn Is there an auditory equivalent?