Tag: Classical Connections
Classical Connections: Swiss roles
When the word Switzerland is mentioned what springs to mind? Perhaps lakes and mountains, or if you’re a food-orientated type, perhaps it’s chocolate and...
Classical Connections: Three’s company
“When shall we three meet again?” is, you may recall, the first line spoken in the Scottish play (for I dare not utter its...
Classical Connections: It’s all Greek to me
Well, I don’t know whether you’ve noticed but today, Friday 25th March is Greek Independence Day, a national holiday commemorating the start of the...
Classical Connections: Stringing along
It’s a well-known fact that orchestral string players tend to prefer the company of other string players and rarely mingle with the woodwind and...
Classical Connections: As different as…
I’ll leave you to complete the phrase but please try to think of something more imaginative than “chalk and cheese.” Anyway, the point is...
Classical Connections: When the world was a quieter place
Last night I was re-reading Jeremy Paxman’s entertaining and brilliantly perceptive book The English: a Portrait of a People. At least, I was attempting...
Classical Connections: Into Finn air
In must have been a good many years ago, but my one-and-only journey to Finland was to a music conference in Helsinki. I can’t...
Classical Connections: Mixed doubles
Go to almost any orchestral concert and you’ll find that there’s probably a concerto for something-or-other on the programme. Why are concertos so popular?...
Classical Connections: Squeeze me
What’s the difference between a macaw and an accordion? The answer is that one is loud, obnoxious and noisy; the other is a bird....
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EABC Luncheon: Welcome and Dialogue with the EU Ambassador to Thailand
BCCT members are invited to an Exclusive Luncheon with Our New Ambassador on Tuesday, 31 March 2026 at Conrad Bangkok.
About the event
The European Associations...
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