Barry Ife

Cultural historian, specialising in Spain; Research Professor at the Guildhall School; director of Texting Scarlatti project; creator of order from chaos.

[Instituto Cervantes London @CervantesLondon]

🎙️Talk: "George Vivian's Spanish Scenery and the politics of the 1830s"
💬 By professor Sir @BarryIfe, organised by @durham_uni, @ArtesOrgUk, @EmbSpainUK & @CervantesLondon
📅 9 November 2022 - 6:00PM - 7:00PM
✳️ Online, booking is essential: https://t.co/ZLY6w8QbAC

[Barry Ife @BarryIfe]

@MahanEsfahani @southbankcentre I’d be there but I’ve gone completely deaf, I’m afraid - a viral infection that went ape. Hope it goes well. Certain it will. Barry

[Barry Ife @BarryIfe]

@MsLanguages4ALL Thank you. No idea how this happens - it’s a mystery, but a very nice one!

[Barry Ife @BarryIfe]

So proud to receive the Encomienda of the Order of Isabel la Católica at the Spanish Embassy today, and in the company of Jonathan Ruffer. Spain has been my career and my life, and I am so grateful for the opportunities it has given me. Muchísimas gracias!

[Embassy of Spain UK @EmbSpainUK]

Thank you for sharing with us the Spanish National Day. It was an amazing reception to celebrate the old and deep bonds of friendship between Spain and the UK. ¡Muchas gracias! #DíaDeLaFiestaNacional #12Octubre

[Embassy of Spain UK @EmbSpainUK]

Thank you for sharing with us the Spanish National Day. It was an amazing reception to celebrate the old and deep bonds of friendship between Spain and the UK. ¡Muchas gracias! #DíaDeLaFiestaNacional #12Octubre

[Barry Ife @BarryIfe]

@MahanEsfahani Not a great deal since 1992. Fernández Armesto (OUP, 1991) is a good read; WD and CR Phillips (CUP) is well informed; but Nicolás Wey Gómez, The Tropics of Empire (MIT, 2008) is lengthy but the best. If you give me your postal address I will send you something (short) of my own.

[HENRY MORRIS @mrhenrymorris]

Just off to downstream a tennis pitch so I can exercise my sport.

[The Gesualdo Six @TheGesualdoSix]

On Maundy Thursday, here is the end of Thomas Tallis’ Lamentations of Jeremiah, sung @fontevraud.

It was amazing to sing this English music in the Loire Valley, next to the graves of Henry II, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and Richard the Lionheart.

[Barry Ife @BarryIfe]

@Alejandra_Dipe Yes, indeed! You can’t drag me away…

[Barry Ife @BarryIfe]

Enhorabuena! Bienvenidos a Gran Bretaña!

[Embassy of Spain UK @EmbSpainUK]

El embajador y su esposa listos para salir hacia Buckingham Palace.

[Embassy of Spain UK @EmbSpainUK]

El Embajador se reúne con Deborah Swallow, directora de @TheCourtauld, con motivo de la reapertura de la galería @CourtauldGall, tras tres años de renovación. Una de las obras a destacar de la maravillosa colección es el retrato de Francisco de Saavedra de Goya.

[Guildhall School of Music & Drama @guildhallschool]

Don't miss our very special production of @dovecomposer's 'The Little Green Swallow', our Spring 2021 opera that moved from a live, in person experience to a remote & recorded one.

Now available to watch until 11.59pm on 1 January > https://t.co/FALUwY9pcJ

[Embassy of Spain UK @EmbSpainUK]

The Embassy of Spain @SpainCultureUK was happy to present ‘Women composers of Spain and Spanish America’ a private concert given by senior students of @guildhallschool featuring works by Narcisa Freixas y Cruells, Pauline Viardot, Teresa Carreño, Tania León and Alicia de Larrocha

[Barry Ife @BarryIfe]

@guildhallschool Well done Graham. Terrific honour for a wonderful musician and scholar.

[Alexandra Coghlan @AlexaCoghlan]

This is brilliant

[Guildhall School of Music & Drama @guildhallschool]

Missed our #Opera double bill of Bizet's Le docteur Miracle & Viardot's Cendrillon, with a new chamber orchestration by Guildhall doctoral composer Amy Crankshaw?

You can now watch two performances free & on-demand for the next week > https://t.co/8l1MuWn9cZ

📸 @helenmurraypix

[Pamela Nugent @pamelamnugent]

Healthy At Home are thrilled to announce the launch of TAPAS AT HOME! Authentic Spanish tapas are back in Eye. To celebrate this we are having a competition. All you have to do to be in the draw is like and share this post for a chance to win a delicious tapas meal for two.

[Barry Ife @BarryIfe]

Song in the novel: a multidisciplinary conference | The British Academy https://t.co/LWLjX2YwgF

[Barry Ife @BarryIfe]

Wonderful to hear ⁦@nickythespence⁩ triumphant in the world premiere of ⁦Robin Holloway’s orchestration of Britten’s ‘Winter Words’. A lovely performance all round. ⁦@GuildhallAlumni⁩ https://t.co/vaX5tmgWYw

[Barry Ife @BarryIfe]

My Christmas-flowering amaryllis has finally made it. Worth the wait, though…