Catherine Bott
@CatherineJBott
pronunciation fogey, shameless deployer of Elegant Variation, piano and dance fan, presenter of livestreamed concerts for @BSOrchestra and @Wigmore_hall
#thearchers Joy’s taken on another job: she’s just announced the imminent closure of the buffet on my London-bound train, well north of Peterborough but I guess she’ll have to dash on arrival at Kings X, 26 covers for lunch at the Bull
“Amol Rajan sings Sondheim”: Ed Reardon, you are spoiling me!
Last Sunday in June and the 2nd anniversary of my last live show on a well-known radio station. So of course, earworm of the day is by Alice Mary Smith (Symphony in a minor, finale) as a reminder that I never have to hear it again. There are many great women composers...
Standing by....
Coffee and note checking ahead of today's Record Review with @andrewCDmcg on @BBCRadio3 at 2pm. Four terrific new releases!🎉
There's just 2 days left to catch 'Friday Night is Music Night' on @BBCSounds celebrating Ernest Tomlinson's centenary and more fabulous music marking my debut with the fabulous musicians @BBCCO and on @BBCRadio3. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
Just finished listening to a revelatory, uplifting programme on Radio 4: I shouldn't have let it get to me, but the whole thing was almost ruined by the (mature, articulate) presenter's consistent pronunciation of the indefinite article "a" as "AY". This is new. And ugly.
#TheArchers can't now ask my late father @ShakspearMorris but I'm willing to bet that Morris dancers don't count in with "5, 6, 7, 8..." Happy to be disabused in the cause of truth.
Invisible Hands with David Dimbleby is fascinating @BBCRadio4 but the "sound design" aka intrusive manipulative music beds is beyond irritating.
Top chaps!
Our audition for Britain’s Got Talent is now live on YouTube for you to enjoy and share. It was an incredible day which will go down in choir history as we step into our next 100 years. #rossendale
In case anybody missed it first time round, don't miss this lovely @BBCRadio3 programme about the heyday of light music presented by @CatherineJBott and produced by Simon Hollis. I'm chatting along with John Wilson & others about the technicalities of the harmony and…
#TheArchers news from Ambridge Hall: after fasting for Ramadan and giving up flat whites for Lent, the Snells are about to give Purim a go.
Murdered. There is enough checked evidence. More than enough.
BBC just now: ‘those two little boys who were…. who also died in captivity’ Will find the recording
The great Kenneth Williams was #BOTD in 1926. Here's a small extract from my new feature-length documentary about his later years and mysterious death. Please like and RT if you would like to see the full film! #KennethWilliams
#TheArchers am v confused about “this” and “next”regarding Fridays, obvs my bad #sigh
I am CHUFFED to bits to confirm that whilst there are no new episodes planned, BBC FOUR will screen #TheArchitectureTheRailwaysBuilt Series 1 (originally on @YesterdayTweets during ‘lockdown’ in 2020) then will add to @BBCiPlayer from next Tuesday 4th Feb! bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
Calling all organists: come and work in two active and thriving Music Departments in Warwick. Please RT. @_cathedralmusic @RoyalAcadMusic @RCMLondon @BirmCons
Graduate Organ Scholar (King's High School) - a wonderful opportunity to work across two fantastic music departments at King’s High and St Mary’s, Warwick. Please share! warwickschoolsfoundation.co.uk/school-support…
#therestisentertainment it’s Bi-opic NOT bi-Opic ffs, even if Marina is right about the bankruptcy of music bios. She’s said the word more than a dozen times so far, Richard (I think) not at all…