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Barry Ife

@BarryIfe

Cultural historian, specialising in Spain; Research Professor at the Guildhall School; director of Texting Scarlatti project; creator of order from chaos.

Joined December 2010
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🎙️Talk: "George Vivian's Spanish Scenery and the politics of the 1830s" 💬 By professor Sir @BarryIfe, organised by @durham_uni, @ArtesOrgUk, @EmbSpainUK & @CervantesLondon 📅 9 November 2022 - 6:00PM - 7:00PM ✳️ Online, booking is essential: bit.ly/SirBarryIfeGeorgeVivi…
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So proud to receive the Encomienda of the Order of Isabel la Católica at the Spanish Embassy today, and in the company of Jonathan Ruffer. Spain has been my career and my life, and I am so grateful for the opportunities it has given me. Muchísimas gracias!
Embassy of Spain UK (@EmbSpainUK) profile pictureEmbassy of Spain UK
@EmbSpainUK12 Oct 2022
Thank you for sharing with us the Spanish National Day. It was an amazing reception to celebrate the old and deep bonds of friendship between Spain and the UK. ¡Muchas gracias! #DíaDeLaFiestaNacional #12Octubre
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Thank you for sharing with us the Spanish National Day. It was an amazing reception to celebrate the old and deep bonds of friendship between Spain and the UK. ¡Muchas gracias! #DíaDeLaFiestaNacional #12Octubre
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Just off to downstream a tennis pitch so I can exercise my sport.
PoliticsJOE (@PoliticsJOE_UK) profile picturePoliticsJOE
@PoliticsJOE_UK22 Apr 2022
"Downstream your movies." "Tennis pitches." Digital, culture, media, and sport secretary Nadines Dorries proves she has no idea about digital, culture, media, or sport

Nadine Dorries doesn't understand her job

"Downstream your movies." "Tennis pitches." Digital, culture, media, and sport secretary Nadines Dorries proves she has no idea about digital, culture, media, or sport

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On Maundy Thursday, here is the end of Thomas Tallis’ Lamentations of Jeremiah, sung @fontevraud. It was amazing to sing this English music in the Loire Valley, next to the graves of Henry II, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and Richard the Lionheart.
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Enhorabuena! Bienvenidos a Gran Bretaña!
Embassy of Spain UK (@EmbSpainUK) profile pictureEmbassy of Spain UK
@EmbSpainUK15 Feb 2022
Replying to @EmbSpainUK
El embajador y su esposa listos para salir hacia Buckingham Palace.
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El Embajador se reúne con Deborah Swallow, directora de @TheCourtauld, con motivo de la reapertura de la galería @CourtauldGall, tras tres años de renovación. Una de las obras a destacar de la maravillosa colección es el retrato de Francisco de Saavedra de Goya.
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Don't miss our very special production of @dovecomposer's 'The Little Green Swallow', our Spring 2021 opera that moved from a live, in person experience to a remote & recorded one. Now available to watch until 11.59pm on 1 January > bit.ly/3p5BaBO
Jonathan Dove (@dovecomposer) profile pictureJonathan Dove@dovecomposer20 Dec 2021
A Christmas treat: “The Little Green Swallow” has been turned into a magical singing picture book — a brilliant solution devised by the Guildhall opera team when lockdown prevented live performance. Online just for the next few days. gsmd.ac.uk/autumn_2021/the_l…
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The Embassy of Spain @SpainCultureUK was happy to present ‘Women composers of Spain and Spanish America’ a private concert given by senior students of @guildhallschool featuring works by Narcisa Freixas y Cruells, Pauline Viardot, Teresa Carreño, Tania León and Alicia de Larrocha
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This is brilliant
English National Opera (@E_N_O) profile pictureEnglish National Opera@E_N_O18 Nov 2021
Everything you need to know about Wagner's The Valkyrie 🔥👇 All summed up for you by @nickythespence, @KatieStevenson and @cbjmezzo ahead of tomorrow's #ENOValkyrie opening night ⚡

Everything you need to know about The Valkyrie

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Missed our #Opera double bill of Bizet's Le docteur Miracle & Viardot's Cendrillon, with a new chamber orchestration by Guildhall doctoral composer Amy Crankshaw? You can now watch two performances free & on-demand for the next week > bit.ly/3wTJlmW 📸 @helenmurraypix
Cendrillon and cast in ball costumes on stage

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Cast of Le docteur Miracle on a dining room set

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Cendrillon and the sisters on stage with an ornate door behind them

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Le docteur Miracle cast with arms held high on a dining room set

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Healthy At Home are thrilled to announce the launch of TAPAS AT HOME! Authentic Spanish tapas are back in Eye. To celebrate this we are having a competition. All you have to do to be in the draw is like and share this post for a chance to win a delicious tapas meal for two.
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Song in the novel: a multidisciplinary conference | The British Academy thebritishacademy.ac.uk/even…
Song in the novel: a multidisciplinary conference

Song in the novel: a multidisciplinary conference

What role does song have in the novel? Scholars from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds will come together to consider this, and other questions, in collaborative, cross-period, transnational...

thebritishacademy.ac.uk
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Wonderful to hear ⁦@nickythespence⁩ triumphant in the world premiere of ⁦Robin Holloway’s orchestration of Britten’s ‘Winter Words’. A lovely performance all round. ⁦@GuildhallAlumni⁩ snapemaltings.co.uk/whats-on…
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My Christmas-flowering amaryllis has finally made it. Worth the wait, though…
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Wigmore Hall celebrates its 120th birthday today. 🎶🥳 John Gilhooly picks 12 of the hall’s greatest – and most unexpected – moments @guardian theguardian.com/music/2021/m…
Sexual congress, cigarettes and David Bowie: the Wigmore Hall’s hidden history

Sexual congress, cigarettes and David Bowie: the Wigmore Hall’s hidden history

The world famous London concert hall celebrates its 120th birthday today. Its artistic director picks 12 of the hall’s greatest – and most unexpected – moments

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Congratulations to @AshleyFripp on a stunning doctoral recital and superb thesis @guildhallschool today. What a treat to hear live music in Milton Court! Well done Dr Fripp.
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MusicHE strongly disagrees with the OfS proposal of a ‘reduction of 50 per cent to the high-cost subject funding allocated to subjects in the performing arts’. Our full statement is below. Responses to the OfS consultation are invited by 6th May 2021: officeforstudents.org.uk/med…
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The Government has announced plans to impose a catastrophic 50% funding cut to arts subjects at HE level in England, including music. They believe it is not a priority. What is wrong with these people? The Arts will form the core to pandemic recovery. We will fight this.
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