John Warburton

University of Surrey course director, Tonmeister lecturer, radio newscaster, village organist, film maker, marathon runner, Bach — all opinions are mine alone.

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For any writer/broadcaster/filmmaker, it's vital to know the law. Law is your power—you may need to use it against those who'd silence you.

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@BernadetteEakin Definitely hearing that. 𝄢 𝄡

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@classicjacko @armslengthal Bidding war. Cooking tea, here, to wall-to-wall Palestrina. (Only joking. But wouldn't it be great if the owner, if selling, donated to a music charity?)

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@carolinefrmus You now have the evidence. The enigma of the augmented fourths / diminished fifths reflects the mystery of the faith.

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@carolinefrmus It'll be the local equivalent of "Le Banquet Céleste" but easier to bring to a close when the half-time drinks 'n' nibbles are all gone. 🍞🍷

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@AlexaCoghlan It was emphatic and jolly noisy. Dog needed comforting. Reminded me to rejoin the Simon de Montfort Society whose annual dinner I enjoyed in Evesham as recently as 1988. https://t.co/w1OnAmelZd #Lewes

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@jademclean75 @SouthernRailUK Phenomenal. And we are, what, ten years without even a tea trolley on these expensive services?

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@sophiearumble Essential.

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@MannGeorgia @ivanhewett @sowetokinch Putting your opinions and contributions into my microphones and live streams, @ivanhewett, was and always will be an opportunity I shall not miss: but my radio at home is permanently—pleasurably—tuned to @BBCRadio3. Let's always keep the debate honest and full of wonderful music.

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New broadcast time signals to cover the UK, to provide further resilience? Government press release, issued a few moments ago. "Cutting-edge timing technology to protect vital services" - https://t.co/WpfOByjqjb #radio #time #chronometry #MSF

[John Ireland Trust @JIrelandtrust]

Saturday 7 March 2026, 19:30
All Saints Centre, Friars Walk, Lewes, East Sussex BN7
John Ireland: A Downland Suite
Musicians of All Saints
Supported by the John Ireland Trust
https://t.co/JkzXjtkIMa

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@carolinefrmus Oh! Up a crazy tone only four bars later! As you say, "WTF".

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@carolinefrmus You've doubtless analysed it yourself: though, if I needed to memorize it in a hurry, I'd think C#⁷sus4. Isn't it great?

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"January brings the snow, makes your feet and fingers glow.
February's ice and sleet freeze the toes right off your feet. "

Michael Flanders & Donald Swann "A Song of the Weather" (1957) https://t.co/3T0jJOMgrx

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@carolinefrmus 💯🙏🏻

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@greatbiggiantL @TowelyTowel @JaneFallon I always like to wind up the morning with a little Handel. As others have correctly noted, this is a movement from the first of the Op. 6 collection of Concerti Grossi, first played in 1739 in London. The bright light of genius at work.

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@amwilson_opera @classicjacko @E_N_O I learned much — in and out of the conference.

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@amwilson_opera @classicjacko Which reminds me: that was a fabulous talk you gave at the "Inclusivity in Opera" event in March, for our Theatrical Voice Research Centre. Hope we shall hear much more. @E_N_O were great hosts, too.

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Treasures from #Surrey that reached the hands of all of us at my local state school, enabling generations to read and play music: Haslemere man Carl Dolmetsch sparked a recorder revival in the UK - BBC News
https://t.co/VWhs8CYS8P #music #teaching