Alexander Thacker

Cardiff based Composer and Conductor. Vaughan Williams fanatic. Most at home perusing old country churchyards.

[Alexander Thacker @athackermusic]

@RestIsPolitics @RoryStewartUK @campbellclaret Bank of England Independence was a key New Labour policy and yet did not appear in their manifesto. What is the protocol regarding big policies which don't appear in manifestos and how can parties justify them? I understand that wars, pandemics etc can't be predicted.

[Alexander Thacker @athackermusic]

@ChrisGPackham @streetskitchen @BigIssue Unbelievable. I'm not the first person to say it but it's brazen performative cruelty

[Alexander Thacker @athackermusic]

Huge congratulations to my successor as Musical Director of Cheltenham Choral Society, Thomas Mottershead. I feel sure the choir - who I always miss dearly - will be in excellent hands.

[Thomas Mottershead @ThomasMotty]

I’m thrilled to be joining @CheltenhamChor1 as their new Musical Director from next month! Delighted to be adding them to the strong list of @malmesburysing, @AthenaeumSinger and @PromConsort (as well as my church choir in Monmouth)!

[Alexander Thacker @athackermusic]

@Helen5678dancer Sending my deepest condolences, Helen X

[Alexander Thacker @athackermusic]

@RoryStewartUK @RestIsPolitics A very sad state of affairs. It would, however, be interesting to see a parallel graph, plotting the accessibility of the MRI and CT machines to the general population. I wonder whether Japan and the US might come out so well on such a graph?

[Llandaff Choral @LlandaffChoral]

It's TODAY! 7pm Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff. Our Concert of Music by Bernstein, Randall Thompson, Lauridsen and Whittaker. Tickets on the door

[Alexander Thacker @athackermusic]

@FMHathaway75 @LlandaffChoral Thanks so much for coming along, Fran - it was really lovely to see you! Xxx

[Llandaff Choral @LlandaffChoral]

Ellie Martin and William Stevens will be the wonderful soloists for our performance of the Brahms Requiem in Llandaff Cathedral on 25th March. We are really looking forward to hearing them. Please join us: tickets are available from Ticketsource at
https://t.co/NC1uE9dAej

[Alexander Thacker @athackermusic]

Can't wait @WillStevens4693!

[William Stevens @WillStevens4693]

But first, Brahms.

[Andrew Nethsingha @ANethsingha]

2/2 …the group is to be abolished. I have been standing by some of the musicians’ memorials in Westminster Abbey wondering what Elgar, Walton, Howells, Britten, Boult and others would have made of this news. We must not return to being ‘the land without music.’

[Alexander Thacker @athackermusic]

Please do come to my final concert at MD for Llandaff Cathedral Choral Society. Couldn't think of a better piece to go out on!

[Llandaff Choral @LlandaffChoral]

Such a lively concert to look forward to coming up in the cathedral.

[Alexander Thacker @athackermusic]

Looking forward to working with you too, @WillStevens4693 !

[William Stevens @WillStevens4693]

Looking forward to joining these guys and soloing in one of my favourite pieces under the baton of my friend @athackermusic.

[Alexander Thacker @athackermusic]

Respect to Ardern for resigning at the time of her choosing rather than being the classic politician, outstaying their welcome. Thanks for your level headedness and for redesigning what being a leader in the modern world looks like.
https://t.co/WMLPwRZIfl

[Alexander Thacker @athackermusic]

Well said, Gordon Brown. Could do with including something about Proportional Representation but, failing that, this is a step in the right direction.

[Gordon Brown @GordonBrown]

12 years of Tory rule has made the UK the most regionally unequal economy in Europe.

To build prosperity and tackle poverty across the whole UK, we need to change not just who governs but how we are governed.

We need genuine political reform.

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[Alexander Thacker @athackermusic]

@mrjoelclark Goodness, what a glorious prediction! I always assumed the LDs would be main contenders here - let's hope they and the Greens put up paper candidates and do the right thing ...

[Sonia Liggett @sonialiggett]

Tonight!! St. Paul by Mendelssohn performed by Llandaff Cathedral Choral Society. Llandaff Cathedral Cardiff. 7.30. Tickets at the door. Dress suitably for a chilly Cathedral - the music will warm your spirit.

[Llandaff Choral @LlandaffChoral]

After another energetic rehearsal with @Alex Thacker we are very excited about Mendelssohn’s St Paul this Saturday 19th November Llandaff Cathedral and welcoming back our Bass Soloist Stephen Hammett.

[Alexander Thacker @athackermusic]

@WillStevens4693 @RoryStewartUK @campbellclaret @E_N_O @RestIsPolitics Very glad they mentioned this appalling situation, Will. I'm an avid @RestIsPolitics listener/reader but haven't heard this week's installments yet. I look forward to catching up...

[Llandaff Choral @LlandaffChoral]

Welcome back to Dominic Neville! Our Tenor soloist for our forthcoming performance of Mendelssohn’s St Paul. 19th November 7.30 Llandaff Cathedral.
TicketSource/llandaffchoral or on the Door

[Llandaff Choral @LlandaffChoral]

We are delighted that Ellie Martin will be the Soprano soloist for our performance of St Paul by Mendelssohn at Llandaff Cathedral on Saturday 19th November