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Patrick Allies
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Patrick Allies
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- Went to buy 4 highlighters but 15 was cheaper so now I’m sitting here like I’m highlighter Monet or something
- This is probably a bit controversial, but I’ve decided that Christmas would be better if we basically ignored it until Dec 24th, then put up trees and lights etc, and had 12 days of merriment. I don’t think the long buildup to just 24 hours of fun (or not) is healthy.
- When I'm Prime Minister everyone will have to do music theory exams up to Grade 8.
- Replying to @PatrickAlliesPlease don’t follow me for more pen stuff. This will be my only pen tweet.
- At ENO, musicians got their redundancy emails during the interval of a show. During the interval. And then carried on with the performance because they are professionals, which cannot be said for the people running the place.
- Who was the musicologist who went to a dinner with Ben Shapiro? How upset were you when he introduced himself as "Ben Shapiro"?
- Just having a little cry in Pret. Well done everyone.
- fwiw, I think this is how classical music dies. Not its ageing audience, not the price of tickets. Telling people that its not for them, that they will find it too difficult and should stick to something simple.
- Some parental news… late on Friday, Caspar Cecil Keynes-Allies arrived. He and his quite extraordinary mum are now safely at home. Looking forward to starting my embarrassing dad era.
- Not a lot of people know this, but all the music for English coronations is written in the key that corresponds to the first name of the monarch. So Charles III's service will be entirely in C major, Elizabeth II's was in E major, George V's was in G major etc etc
