William Glendinning

Tenor for hire.
Choir trainer. Artist and visionary. Available for parties.

[William Glendinning @willglendinning]

@BBCRadio3 @PetrocTrelawny It was first performed in the bombed-out Kreuzkirche in August 1945, and has been sung in a ceremony on February 13th every year since as I understood. A difficult anniversary to mark, but it's a very moving and story and piece, if you were able to.

[William Glendinning @willglendinning]

@BBCRadio3 @PetrocTrelawny On the night of February 13th and in the small hours of the 14th, 1945 the Allies firebombed the city of Dresden. 25,000 people perished that night, including 11 choristers of the Kreuzkirche. Rudolf Mauersberger, wrote Wie liegt die Stadt so wüst

[William Glendinning @willglendinning]

@BBCRadio3 @PetrocTrelawny as a “Lament for the city of Dresden.” His deeply moving setting of excerpts from the Lamentations of Jeremiah about the destruction of the beautiful city of Jerusalem is a timeless lament for victims of all wars.

[William Glendinning @willglendinning]

@HelenaCooke8 @fatboyclayton Honestly the most mesmerising tenoring I've ever heard. Spellbinding. And was in the pub before anyone else. ❤️

[William Glendinning @willglendinning]

@ashbeauchamp @RoyalOperaHouse @fatboyclayton It was my first Grimes, and I'm not sure where one goes from there. Still have goosebumps from this moment you mentioned, the ensemble was unreal. And that panting. Good lord.

[Meldrew Point @MeldrewPoint]

Happy Meldrew Point Day, Will Smith! You’ve reached 19,537 days old and hit Meldrew Point - the age of Richard Wilson on the first airing of One Foot in the Grave. I don’t believe it!

[William Glendinning @willglendinning]

@LBFlyawayhome Great! Still wearing shorts!

[William Glendinning @willglendinning]

@TheAnorak @LBFlyawayhome He's my dad!

[Helen Day @LBFlyawayhome]

The reference photo for this idylic Peter and Jane illustration was actually taken in a back garden in Hampstead Garden Suburb. Artist #MartinAitchison's two young neighbours (in real life Jean and Andrew) posed regularly for the books, circa 1963

[William Glendinning @willglendinning]

Germany seemed to ask Robin Van Persie to dye his hair and pretend to be Dick and/or Dom #eurovision

[PAPANANAAMA @nastynapalm]

germany vs finland #Eurovision #euroviisut

[TechnicallyRon (On all the platforms) @TechnicallyRon]

Germany's entry is like having coffee poured into your eyes while someone shouts JUST CHEER UP at you #Eurovision

[Hugh Laurie @hughlaurie]

The sun came out for 7 minutes. People stood in the street, staring at it like it was Halley’s comet. Dogs howled, children wept.

[William Glendinning @willglendinning]

@jackbern23 This sounds genuinely brilliant

[Tess Pearson @tesspearson89]

Day TEN and we're in for a close harmony treat for our @HelpMusiciansUK fundraiser: 'The Bear Necessities' sung by Quarantine Crooners @LaurelNeighbour @Eve_McG @tesspearson89 @am_blythe @LissiePaul @willglendinning @GregLink_ James Priest & Alex Porteous https://t.co/fZTYZSuhgo

[Fergus Craig @FergusCraig]

Once we're all vaccinated, I think every single person should get a boxing ring style entrance for their first visit back to the pub.

[William Glendinning @willglendinning]

@HelenaCooke8 I have an Italian friend, a self styled philosopher and renaissance man, who shuns the news. "Once you've read Plutarch and Petrarch you realise it has all happened and will happen again". I bet they'd love twitter though

[William Glendinning @willglendinning]

@HelenaCooke8 Hmm yes, belatedly follows? Either way, bleak. But you're not alone, and you deserve praise for sticking it out because it is crap and you're doing it. Prizes all round.

[William Glendinning @willglendinning]

@HelenaCooke8 The terrible Tuesday that follows blue Monday. Perhaps we've all reached that point where we can no longer feel the progress of this odd cyclic existence, we just need that break in routine/perspective. Hurry up, Spring!