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He/Him Presenter for @bbcradio3 Bassoonist•Broadcaster•Activist•Illustrator•MU ED&I committee chair•Board member✊🏾•🏳️‍🌈•🇯🇲•🇬🇧 views my own

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@LintonStephens
Linton Stephens
2 years
If 8 year old me could’ve seen this orchestra then, he’d never have asked his mum if he really belongs classical music. And if 8 year old me could see this now, playing the most lush bsn duet from the worlds most famous symphony to a sold out RAH. Well I think he’d be dead proud.
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10 months
One of these moments 😊 (I deffo feel seen about being asleep in A level maths though) @BBCRadio3
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@LintonStephens
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1 year
@slayonetta Drag doesn’t mock women. If anything it mocks the patriarchal idea of femininity. Which is not exclusively owned by women.
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@LintonStephens
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2 years
@_mrseras @RoganJoshh I get it and I get why you’d want to do it for your own sanity. But you shouldn’t have to sign post your race akin to wartime regimes from the early 20th century.
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2 years
I’ll be standing in for the irreplaceable @MannGeorgia on essential classics today. Starting with the obligatory #onthewaytowork selfie. Join me at 9am for music from Ruth Crawford Seeger, Sibelius and beautiful song by Agnes Baltsa ✌🏾 @BBCRadio3
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1 year
I get asked a lot about whether we should still play music with outdated stereotypes or problematic language. After a few conversations with other ED&I specialists, I’ve pulled together a little guide of things to consider when programming such music.
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@LintonStephens
Linton Stephens
1 month
What is the collective noun for a group of radio 3 presenters…? Thanks to @MusicMagazine for a brilliant evening
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2 years
Thanks to everyone for your kind comments and the wonderfully supportive radio 3 listenership. Bloody loved it. Big up to producer David for his music choices today and special mention to producer Elizabeth making this whole process so smooth! See you at the proms @MannGeorgia
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@LintonStephens
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2 years
Presenting BBC music magazine awards with @BBCRadio3 royalty @MannGeorgia @PetrocTrelawny
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@LintonStephens
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9 months
THE most important feedback I’ve had about last night was from an 8 year old. ‘That was SOOOOOO good!’ It goes to show even the most complex art can be accessible if presented well. Already got withdrawal from this amazing @auroraorchestra project and my fellow bassoons 🫶🏾
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7 months
For anyone that missed #Blacktober here’s the link. Over 13 hours of music by the Black and ethnically diverse composers illustrated below.
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3 months
I’m delighted be able to announce that I’ll be moving to afternoons on @BBCRadio3 a new slot called classical live joining @elizabethalker & @tom_mckinney With this comes the sad news that Classical Fix will end but I’m so excited for this next chapter.
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@LintonStephens
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2 years
Carlsberg don’t make bassoon sections. But if they did….
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@LintonStephens
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9 months
Next year in collaboration with @BLKLivesinMusic we hope to launch the UK’s (and possibly Europe’s) first Black, ethnically diverse and underrepresented classical & instrumental music festival. It’s an ambitious task but we’re moving forward and will hopefully have more news soon
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@LintonStephens
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4 months
Solidarity brother
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Dr Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason
4 months
Replying to the barrage of racism against my son @ShekuKM this week. So many feel it’s ok to call for deportation, flogging, sending him ‘back to Africa’ and to use ‘Ni**er’ against someone trying to engage in a conversation about music and inclusion. Horror, rage, heartbreak.
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@LintonStephens
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10 months
And so. We begin… @AmyHarmanBsn
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11 months
The 9-12 slot on @BBCRadio3 means it’s time for the obligatory @MannGeorgia style selfie. Also Georgia I clocked your little Stockhausen teddy bear challenge on Thursday 😉 join me for music from Mel Bonis, @Hanpeel , Ravel and more.
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@LintonStephens
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1 month
Teaching my colleague, Tom Service’s daughter the way of the Jedi
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@LintonStephens
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1 year
Because Tannhauser is just that bit too challenging for women horn players… Now listen. I know they get women in. Every so often. But what message are you sending @RoyalOperaHouse
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Jonathan Lipton
1 year
Horns! @RoyalOperaHouse Tannhauser!! (Most of us offstage!😅) including ⁦ @londonsymphony ⁩ reunion. ⁦⁩
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1 year
‘We want to help modernise classical music. We don’t play the normal rep. With us you’ll get something unexpected. Something different and emotional that challenges the cannon and changes the landscape’ Proceeds to play obscure Mozart piano concerto
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@LintonStephens
Linton Stephens
3 months
Good mornting. In the great tradition of @MannGeorgia join me from 9 am on @BBCRadio3 now I know I’m supposed to be impartial but you may hear my slight bias for the bassoon today….
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@LintonStephens
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10 months
Arriving at a rainy RAH poised to relieve @MannGeorgia
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@LintonStephens
Linton Stephens
1 year
Women composers. Until we don’t have to talk about it being a thing, we have to talk about it being a thing. Amazing to hear albums focusing on rep by women, by exquisite artists like @rosalindventris and @Aoyarzabalpiano drop this morning 💥
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@LintonStephens
Linton Stephens
10 days
Snippets from Eric Fogg’s gorgeous bassoon concerto. With the wonderfully welcoming Scarborough Symphony Orchestra
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@LintonStephens
Linton Stephens
25 days
Saturday breakfast from 6:30 on bbc radio 3 with the lovely Les looking after me in the producers chair. Loads of great music from the likes Ida Moberg and Albeniz to enjoy with your morning coffee
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@LintonStephens
Linton Stephens
2 years
Such an important and incredible runway by the gorgeous @CheddarGorgeous
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@LintonStephens
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2 years
Cobalt blue gown for tonight’s outing. What a pleasure it was to play in @ndanielmusic birthday concert. Poulenc with @WatkinsHuw and all looking resplendent. @wigmore_hall a real joy. Happy birthday Nic xx
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@LintonStephens
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2 years
Speech and language therapy for quite a few years as a child, for a fairly debilitating speech impediment and stutter. And now I talk for a living. Literally nothing can hold you back!
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@LintonStephens
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2 months
I had a pretty traumatic night after work and ended up writing off my car after a collision with a Deer on the M6 toll. Biggest thing is that I’m fine, aside from a little shock. Big thanks particularly to Lizzie, Paul & Jeremy at BBC who were incredibly supportive and managed to
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@LintonStephens
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2 years
Outfit reveal. Serendipitous colour combos between myself @FoxyMoron87 and @PetrocTrelawny catch us chatting about an exquisite program by @the_halle from 8pm on BBC @bbcproms
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@LintonStephens
Linton Stephens
1 month
Today’s the day. My first run on afternoons. Classical Live from 1pm showcasing some of the greatest live performances from across the uk and Europe with a focus this week on music from Scotland. And I’d be absolutely delighted if you’d join me. 😊
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@LintonStephens
Linton Stephens
8 months
If I can ask, please don’t use my illustrations without permission. They took me so so long to draw. And to everyone asking I’ll make them into a poster and time permitting free education resource at the end of the month.
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@LintonStephens
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6 months
Ah so that’s what triple f means
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@LintonStephens
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1 year
So many arguments I hear about trans women are really actually about predatory men. There’s a huge difference.
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@LintonStephens
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2 years
Some teach Mozart. Some Beethoven. But with me as your teacher you’ll be learning…..
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@LintonStephens
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2 months
It’s here!!!! But I won’t have time to do any posting out till next week unfortunately.
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@LintonStephens
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2 months
Ok so on everyone’s advice I’ve added names and dates. And a QR code that takes you directly to the playlist on Spotify. DM me if you’d like a copy for your music dept and I’ll see if it’s enough to get printed up. I’ll only charge printing cost plus p&p.
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@LintonStephens
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12 days
Aside from my bsn teachers. I owe much of my playing career to 3 amazing women who saw undeveloped potential and put me on the right path. Lydia Dalby my first bsn teacher, Victoria Wells my A-level teacher and Karen Humphries (now retired) head of JRNCM, a 🧵 about junior depts
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@LintonStephens
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2 years
25 years since @spicegirls album Spiceworld was released. A little illustration in honour @OfficialMelB @EmmaBunton @GeriHalliwell @MelanieCmusic @victoriabeckham
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@LintonStephens
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16 days
The Cadenza from Eric Fogg bassoon concerto. Head to Scarborough this Saturday at 7:30 for the whole thing with the wonderful Scarborough Symphony Orchestra. PLUS the UK PREMIERE of Grant-Still symphony number 4.
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@LintonStephens
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2 years
Preparations. 10 points if you can name the piece (bassoonists not allowed)
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@LintonStephens
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3 years
Don’t tell me there aren’t enough incredible female brass players to fill our sections….
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@LintonStephens
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7 months
For Halloween this year I’m going as… a rank and file viola player 😱😱😱
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@LintonStephens
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2 years
I take my job saving the world very seriously thanks
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@LintonStephens
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6 months
Just reposting this as a few people have asked for it. Planning on something slightly similar for women’s and lgbtq+ history months too so watch this space!!!!
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Linton Stephens
7 months
For anyone that missed #Blacktober here’s the link. Over 13 hours of music by the Black and ethnically diverse composers illustrated below.
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1 year
I’ve always hated the word ‘accompanist’. 9 times out of 10 it reflects the music and not the performers. Not to mention pianists often have a more nuanced and even more difficult job than the soloist - sometimes playing a reduction of their an entire orchestra.
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@LintonStephens
Linton Stephens
2 years
This is what happens when every entry is low and pianissimo. @Opera_North Parsifal bassoons.
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@LintonStephens
Linton Stephens
11 months
You only need watch this video to see how much I LOVE working with @MULTISTORYORGUK . ROUTES is on for one more night only at bold tendencies in Peckham. Tomorrow (Friday) at 7pm.
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@LintonStephens
Linton Stephens
8 months
Quick coffee stop on my way to present the Sunday morning shift. Join me from 9 for great music by Hamish MacCunn, Mozart and an beautifully serene piece by Daniel Herskedal. @BBCRadio3
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@LintonStephens
Linton Stephens
2 years
Delighted to have been re-elected onto @WeAreTheMU Equality Committee. Hand on heart my equality work is my true passion. Working towards a more inclusive industry and making things better for everyone. I won’t let you down.
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@LintonStephens
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1 year
Making my rite debut in its entirety this year. Having only ever played excerpts. And what better way than to do it memorised 😂 actually can’t wait for this dream team of ‘oons tho
@auroraorchestra
Aurora Orchestra
1 year
💥 RITE OF SPRING at the @bbcproms 💥 That's right, we're bringing Stravinsky's masterpiece to the @RoyalAlbertHall this summer. By heart, with a staged introduction. You might want the sound on for this one...
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#Blacktober 31 days of Black and ethnically diverse composers to listen out for Day 10 Ayanna Witter-Johnson @AyannaWJ Born 1985 Islington, London A second-gen Brit-Jamaican, whose music represents, celebrates and pays homage to her ancestral heritage, culture and identity.
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@LintonStephens
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2 years
Here we go one last time this season @JessGillamSax
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3 months
Are you at RPS Awards. Tag yourself in #rpsawards @RoyalPhilSoc
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@LintonStephens
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2 years
Ok spent all afternoon adding bling to this jacket for an even on Wednesday. What are our thoughts on the asymmetry of the zjuzh?
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@LintonStephens
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1 year
Not officially back at work yet as I’ve three more weeks in the splint then physio, but as there’s a key in place of the A hole (no pun intended)I can just about navigate the contra
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@LintonStephens
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28 days
Even managed to get a poster up in the radio 3 office in Salford 🤗 @BBCRadio3
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1 year
Somewhere over the rainbow (jumpers) in a studio high above London….
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@LintonStephens
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🩷💜❤️A thorn between two roses @MannGeorgia @SaraMohrPietsch #UKARIAS
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@LintonStephens
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2 years
A tribute to the birthday boy himself @ndanielmusic
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6 months
It’s rubbish being in work on your birthday but there are some perks….
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@LintonStephens
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14 days
Ok Twitter. What we saying for a concerto outfit. Green or pink?
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@LintonStephens
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3 months
Coming up this Women’s History Month March of the Women 31 days of women composers and conductors with illustrations complete with biogs and a playlist.
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@LintonStephens
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8 months
I try to display my political stance in actions rather than words on Twitter. But with the anti-trans bile I’m hearing this week I’m reiterating my solidarity. No body and indeed nobody should be treated as less than human. 🏳️‍⚧️
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@LintonStephens
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#Blacktober 31 days of Black and ethnically diverse composers to listen out for Day 11 Eleanor Alberga OBE Born 1949 Kingston, Jamaica A highly regarded British composer whose music is played all over the world.
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5 months
Work begins for a concerto next year - but who’s it by?
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March of the women 31 days celebrating women composers Day 5 Florence Price Born 1887 Little Rock,Arkansas Died 1953 Composer, Pianist & Music teacher and widely acknowledged to be the first Black woman to have a symphony performed by a professional orchestra.
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@LintonStephens
Linton Stephens
2 years
Well a suit like this deserves a second outing no?
@MannGeorgia
Georgia Mann
2 years
What a thrill presenting my first TV Prom with these two ⭐️s @LeahBroad @LintonStephens Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony, Grace Williams’ Sea Sketches & Carwithen Bishop Rock. Catch it @BBCFOUR4 Friday evening. BEHOLD, THE 🌊 ❤️⭐️🎶 @bbcproms
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#Blacktober 31 days of Black and ethnically diverse composers to listen out for Day 9 Julius Eastman Born 1940, New York Died 1990 Composer, pianist and vocalist whose work is a combination of improvisation, performance art and activism.
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@LintonStephens
Linton Stephens
2 years
At last weeks Prom with @the_halle I talked to @PetrocTrelawny about what makes a good conductor. Aside from keeping a steady beat, what do you think makes a good conductor?
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@LintonStephens
Linton Stephens
2 months
It’s very important to follow performance directions
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2 months
Should I make this into an educational resource poster. Would people be interested in that?
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@LintonStephens
Linton Stephens
1 year
‘The unions are ruining our Christmas holidays which we wouldn’t even have if it wasn’t for the unions’ Solidarity with the nurses (postal workers, rail workers and more) enough is enough.
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@LintonStephens
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My favourite moment in the whole concerto I think
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@LintonStephens
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8 months
20 drawn. 11 to go. 31 days of Black & ethnically diverse composers to listen out for #blactober2023
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@LintonStephens
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I’m not one for clangs but this man’s music has literally been a part of my life since the age of about 3. His piece for NYO is something else!!! Tune in tonight at 7:30 on @BBCRadio3 #meetingamusicalhero @dannyelfman
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@LintonStephens
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#Blacktober 31 (plus) days of Black and ethnically diverse composers to listen out for Day 1 Adolphus Hailstork (For more info head to @insta_sketcher on Instagram)
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@LintonStephens
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2 years
Not Dublin airport security trying to make me take every joint of my bassoon out of its case to put through the scanner in a separate tray 🙄
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@LintonStephens
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9 months
What is it like to perform Rite of Spring from memory. A colleague described it as collective trauma bonding 🤣🤣🤣
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@LintonStephens
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It’s amazing to see my poster popping up in music departments across the country. Not cos it’s my illustrations (that’s pretty awesome) but because women in classical music historically and today - are starting to get the recognition they’ve deserved for literally centuries.
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BCCS Music
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Our new display in the BCCS music department foyer. Thank you to @LintonStephens for the brilliant poster and links to inspiring composers and conductors. Also thanks to @bccs_sixthform for making a surrounding montage of our very own BCCS women in music 🌟🎶
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@LintonStephens
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I’m absolutely spoilt this weekend. Not one but two proms. Presenting the @Chineke4Change for @BBCRadio3 and playing Rite of Spring with my absolutely fab colleagues in @auroraorchestra . 🫶🏾
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I have strong political opinions but I generally don’t share them on here. However one thing I will say is that we should change the lexicon around politics and talk about how parties and MP’s are voted into service and not power.
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@LintonStephens
Linton Stephens
1 year
Snapped tendon so no playing for a bit. Just cross your fingers (cos I can’t) that it’ll heal without the need for surgery.
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#Blacktober 31 days of Black and ethnically diverse composers to listen out for - celebrating Women composers Day 27 Errolyn Wallen CBE @ErrollynWallen Born 1958 Belize Renaissance woman of contemporary British music.
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If you’re one of the 47% of attendees who went to the proms for the first time this year, and want to explore more classical music then check out the brand new series of #classicalfix . A new episode this week with the brilliant @Karen_Bryson
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#Blacktober 31 (plus) days of Black and ethnically diverse composers to listen out for Day 2 Margaret Bonds Born 1913, Illinois Died 1972 🧵 Playlist in bio @insta_sketcher on Instagram
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2 years
Absolutely delighted to be re-elected as chair of the @WeAreTheMU Equalities committee. Working with @AliyeCornish as vice chair. Hugely productive first meeting!
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@LintonStephens
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2 months
I wanted to give this thank you its own post. To the incredible team behind classical fix. All pictured here. Matt, Laura, Rachael, Charlotte, Nick, Becky & Jessica. The people who make me sound half decent which as Rachel said is ‘not easy sometimes but someone’s gotta do it’
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#Blacktober 31 days of Black and ethnically diverse composers to listen out for - celebrating Women composers Day 24 Florence Price Born 1887 Little Rock,Arkansas Died 1953 Composer, Pianist & Music teacher and the 1st Black woman to have a symphony played by a pro orchestra
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@LintonStephens
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5 months
As if we need any more bassoons in this house.
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@LintonStephens
Linton Stephens
2 years
On tour with Dame HP @Hanpeel
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@LintonStephens
Linton Stephens
1 year
Also can we lose the word ‘gay’ as an adjective preceding a noun. Its not a gay wedding. It’s a wedding.
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#Blacktober 31 days of Black and ethnically diverse composers to listen out for Day 17 Samuel Coleridge Taylor Born 1875 Holborn, London Died 1912 The earliest and probably most well known Black British composer from the late 19th and early 20th century.
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@LintonStephens
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3 months
Slow and steady gets you ready…. Fogg bassoon concerto prep for May
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@LintonStephens
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18 days
Talking a break from social media. I’ll be back in around 15 minutes.
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@LintonStephens
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1 year
When the bouncer saw my date he told me I’m a lucky man. And he wasn’t wrong @Hanpeel
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