I think pretty much everyone reading this can agree that the United Kingdom’s Brexit negotiations were not safe in @DavidGHFrost ‘s hands.

Now I never knew this @auroraorchestra being a week older than @YouTube makes me feel a little….old

HAPPY 20th BIRTHDAY to @auroraorchestra !!! 😌🎉🥳 I had no clue of course that our first concert back in 2005 would be the beginning of something that would still be here today. So many amazing memories. So many people to be grateful to. Here’s to another 20!

So many treasures to see at Ainola, the house for 50 years of Jean and Aino Sibelius. And I was allowed to rummage around upstairs(!) - amused to see a score of Walton’s opera on his shelf. I’m not sure he opened it many times. Many scores of Bach and Beethoven however…

this is why we need the department of education😭

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and

Wow. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde fearlessly calls out Trump and Vance to their faces. This is heroic.

For those within the EU (!) I’ve made a 5-part TV documentary: conversations with Finnish conductors about…. conducting. 😊The wonderful #PekkaKuusisto @DaliaStasevska @MalkkiConductor @esapekkasalonen @hlintu were brilliant.

Tonight 7pm @BBCFourTV a repeat from 2012 of @auroraorchestra ‘s @bbcproms with #WallaceandGromit . I even got to have a telephone chat with Wallace. Nice chap

Whhhhaaaattttt?! This is pushing my mental acuity

The guy who wrote biscuit puns for Kemi Badenoch

The remarkable Herbert Blomstedt conducting the wonderful @Yle_Rso in Mahler 9 this week. Is there any other profession where a 97-year old can share their experience and knowledge in such an enriching way?

Voting queues at San Francisco city hall.:…

3pm San Fran time. Settling in for along afternoon/night of US election special

With the US election hanging in the balance, here’s a fitting photo I took last week on top of a Swiss Alp, 2000m above Lake Lucerne

Off to 🇺🇸 for the US election (and a visit to the @SFSymphony ). Exciting times

Tonight, @nicholascollon and his @auroraorchestra embark on a European tour, starting at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. 🎟️ Book tickets: https://t.co/5qr3ttLwQv ℹ️ Discover Nicholas Collon: https://t.co/LUUqFarvA2 #Intermusica #ClassicalMusic #Performance #London #Switzerland

I’m late to the party but @VikingurMusic ‘s Goldbergs recording is the bee’s knees. A piece about which I have strong and subjective ideas and desires. At every point they have been questioned. And at every point I have been thrilled. What a triumph

What a fabulous piece this is, by @Thomas_ades