Ruth Palmer
@palmerviolin
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Joined May 2014
This afternoon in PMQs, @JohnSlinger stressed the importance of music education and asked the Prime Minister to invest in music and creatives subjects so that they are accessible for all children. Hear the question and the PM's response👇
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Paris again! This Saturday 14th October at 15:00 I will be performing with Kiichiro Ogawa, painter and Pierre-Marie Braye-Weppe, jazz violinist . It will be filmed for broadcast so wear your best “costume”… Address: espace brut, 27 Rue Descartes Ivry-sur-Seine 94200
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In a sea of women composers, come and find out why Ravel is the odd man out with his Tzigane at the Lyceum Club in Florence this Friday 29th at 6pm. Dr Claudia Tobin and I present music and poetry with pianist Alessio Enea, (our Dante…) RSVP: https://t.co/EvsjruAsx1
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How did music score and underscore the swell of women’s increasing liberties at the turn of the twentieth century? Lecture / Violin and piano recital – Claudia Tobin, Ruth Palmer, Alessio EneaLyceum...
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For my Parisian friends, I will be playing at Eglise Saint-Philippe-du-Roule (75008), 25th May at 20:30 with Mark Anderson, piano, and Emma Ringrose, oboe. I’ll play one of my favourite sonatas, Mendelssohn's F minor. It’s in aid of Armenian churches, refugees and orphans.
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Word of the day (and of many more) is the 16th-century ‘respair’: fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.
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Now it’s spring I feel like maybe it’s appropriate to draw attention to this Paris Practice episode of Lili Boulanger’s D’un Matin de Printemps which I recorded in, umm, August
I’m sharing short clips of my practice in Paris #parispractice
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How to register for a free March Madness ticket! https://t.co/xaI5qF9Jd1.
#UKFestivals #FreeEvents #accessibility
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Join me for @FestivalSpirit March Madness tomorrow for free programming from poets, musicians, comedians and more! Tickets and the full schedule are available here:
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From today, those experiencing domestic abuse will be able to go into a Boots or indie chemist & seek help. If they say the codeword ‘ANI’ they’ll be taken to a private room & asked if they want to call 999 or domestic abuse helpline. ANI stands for Action Needed Immediately
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https://t.co/kxPMfhAXsB Playing #Bach Siciliana (BWV1001) from Vernon Lee’s window to socially distanced researchers and artists resident at il Palmerino, home of Vernon Lee, before Firenze went into lockdown. #ilpalmerino #palmerinopractice
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The ugly side of the beauty industry - rape, abuse in the palm oil fields of Indonesia and Malaysia that are linked to top beauty brands
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Cadenza! While Tuscan inspiration seeps in via mosquito bites, here is more practice from Paris - Chausson’s Cadenza from Poème #parispractice
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Poème: tonight's edition. Work on Chausson's opening never ends, like cleaning a cathedral... #parispractice
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Musical icon Nadia Boulanger, composer, conductor, pupil of Fauré, teacher/influence on Copland, Carter, Lipatti, Menuhin, Piazzolla, Barenboim, Gardiner, R Levin, Bernstein, etc, b otd 1887. Music was her life! "Do not take up music unless you would rather die than not do so."
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When singing solo is an act of defiance. Because singing is prohibited for Iranian women. #Iran
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Not exactly spring today... but here's part 3 of 3 of Lili Boulanger D'un matin de printemps #parispractice
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Lili Boulanger again, part 2 of 3 https://t.co/hKSp1Kqkpw
#parispractice
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Poème phrase: final three notes sabotaged by iPhone storage limit, but the sky’s so pretty...
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