Dan Shilladay

Viola player and conductor: good jokes about either career choice welcome. Also on Mastadon

[Dan Shilladay @DanShilladay]

Cycling to the train station today the pealing bells of @selby_abbey ricocheting off the buildings in the town square totally made my morning after a difficult few weeks. Thanks to all the bellringers!

[Dan Shilladay @DanShilladay]

@HollieAnneB Cripes! Hang on in there - sending restorative thoughts

[Dan Shilladay @DanShilladay]

Another totally original and brilliant concert from @SinfoniaSmithSq and @_MattBelcher. This seasoned pro was left alternately wide eyed and blinking hard by an epic yet deft piece of musical storytelling https://t.co/Q7g8z63rxu

[Dan Shilladay @DanShilladay]

Playing as part of @SinfoniaSmithSq for the @CBeebiesHQ prom makes me inordinately happy

[Dan Shilladay @DanShilladay]

I loved all that I saw of @BirminghamOpera’s New Year, but why were the published timings so far off? It was already 10 minutes over and showed no sign of ending by the time I had to leave for the last train home. Would have made very different plans had I known.

[Berkeley Ensemble @BerkeleyEnsembl]

The crowdfunder for our project to record Dorothy Howell's String Quartet is half way to its target! The album will also feature music by her mentors, Tobias Matthay and John Blackwood McEwen. Find out more about Matthay in the 🧵below, or skip to the end to donate...

[Dan Shilladay @DanShilladay]

Lovely to see you there, Helen! What a lot of notes.

[Helen Bradshaw @HelenBradshaw19]

Just been to a wonderful recital given by ⁦@BerkeleyEnsembl⁩ ⁦@CHSunConcerts⁩ with beautiful music by Dorothy Howells - what an incredible composer! The Berkeley are crowd funding to record her works - the only musicians to do so.

[Dan Shilladay @DanShilladay]

I BLOODY LOVE MY JOB when the music is as special as the Elgar and the players are as brilliant as Simon and the Berkeley Ensemble...

[Berkeley Ensemble @BerkeleyEnsembl]

It's only something in my eye... Despite appearances to the contrary, we've been plumbing the emotional depths of Elgar's darkly passionate Piano Quintet with the wonderful @simondcallaghan today, ahead of our Sunday concert at @ConwayHall

[Dan Shilladay @DanShilladay]

The Howell quartet is one of my favourite pieces - help us to get it the audience it deserves…

[Berkeley Ensemble @BerkeleyEnsembl]

And we’re off! Help us to win back Dorothy Howell’s rightful place in the repertoire: donate now to our crowdfunder to make a premiere recording of her fantastic String Quartet and Adagio and Caprice. More here https://t.co/7Iy7VpMRsB

[Dan Shilladay @DanShilladay]

Hold the front page! Literally *nothing* is more newsworthy today than me finding a likeness of King Charles’s latest portrait in my borscht…

[Berkeley Ensemble @BerkeleyEnsembl]

Can’t wait a year for our next Somerset course? Don’t panic! Our next London weekend course takes place 12-14 July and is now open for booking. Play side-by-side with us - Apply now! https://t.co/tCJTnuHzBJ

[Dan Shilladay @DanShilladay]

@dennzz @LoveInner Not sure like is quite the word. But you're absolutely right - for a seemingly monolithic work there are countless ways to kill your mum.

[Dan Shilladay @DanShilladay]

@ComposersEd I like Elgar, VW *and* twenty-first century music; I'm not sure setting up false dichotomies is the best way of recruiting new listeners to new work.

[Dan Shilladay @DanShilladay]

Very much looking forward to tomorrow’s Death and the Maiden with my wonderful colleagues from the @TheHanoverBand quartet. Catch us at @StationersHall tomorrow at 1pm. Tickets here https://t.co/74lewOVJa1

[Dan Shilladay @DanShilladay]

Music and the night sky: two of my favourite things…

[Dan Shilladay @DanShilladay]

.@SouthTrains Great idea to have dedicated coffee cup recycling at Clapham Junction. Terrible idea not to tell anyone where it is. None of your signs telling me to recycle cups separately nor any cafe staff knew where to take them.

[Dan Shilladay @DanShilladay]

I thought uncharacteristically long and hard about my wardrobe choices this morning. Very touched others seem to have done, too.

[Nonesuch Orchestra @NonesuchOrch]

What a fantastic day so far on John Adams’ mesmeric Shaker Loops. Great to see @JoeKeenan33 and so glad he go the memo about minimalism-inspired clothing…

[Dan Shilladay @DanShilladay]

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[CoMA @CoMA_NewMusic]

It's your last chance to sign up to @NonesuchOrch play Day on John Adams' Shaker Loops taking place on 7th September!

Sign up here: https://t.co/JSRucwQ6GY

[Dan Shilladay @DanShilladay]

Some top music on the roster here - should be lots of fun

[Berkeley Ensemble @BerkeleyEnsembl]

Very excited to announce our inaugural Chamber Sessions weekend course for amateur musicians playing side-by-side with members of the Berkeley Ensemble, 24th to 26 November 2023. Applications open until 17th September, or sooner if capacity is reached! https://t.co/Xf7Bt50vhK