The first ever turbaned Sikh conductor? Jashandeep Reehal & Holland Park Sinfonia in Rachmaninoff

The Adagio from Rachmaninoff's Symphony no. 2 performed by the Holland Park Sinfonia and conductor Jashandeep Reehal.

Jashandeep Reehal, Holland Park Sinfonia
19 June 2026 (Photo: Marc Tunguz)

Jashandeep Reehal is a self-taught musician from Punjab, India who moved to London three to four years ago. He never studied music and taught himself how to play guitar, piano, compose and arrange. Growing up in a small town in India, classical music was never something that existed and as a culture, Sikh people never ever ventured into that world, and he speculates that he is most probably the first ever turbaned Sikh conductor.

After moving to London, Jashandeep went to see an orchestra performing for the first time, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Vasily Petrenko in February 2024. He decided he wanted to be a conductor. With absolutely no knowledge, skill, or network, he managed to convince an amateur orchestra last year to let him do a concert, performing Nielsen's Helios Overture, and he went on to conduct two more concerts with them.

Needing to find a way to stay in the UK to study conducting (his visa runs out next year, and he needs to apply for the Global Talent visa), Jashandeep decided to take risks and started his own orchestra—the Holland Park Sinfonia. 

Their first concert was in February 2026, performing Korngold's suite from Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, Warsaw Concerto, Casablanca suite, and more. They returned for their second concert on 19 June 2026 with a programme including Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2 and Barber's Violin Concerto with soloist Charlie Lovell-Jones.

Read more about Jashandeep and the orchestra on their website. 

 

The colour of love: a film of Augusta Holmès's Au bois dormant celebrates lovers in Soho

Irish-French composer Augusta Holmès's Au bois dormant from Paysages d’Amour is an uplifting song, full of joys the love-drunk lovers, and was recorded by tenor Thomas Elwin and pianist Lana Bode on the 2025 album le vase brisé [see my review]. Here the song forms the soundtrack to a lovely new film, released for Pride, which celebrates a pair of lovers, Ru Charlesworth and Michael Magennis, wandering around Soho, the colour of love gradually emerging in the film.

See on YouTube. 

From the Caribbean to Brazil with a bit of New Orleans on the way... Brixton Chamber Orchestra's Streetband Parade 2026

Brixton Chamber Orchestra took to the streets yesterday (Sunday 24 May 2026) for their Streetband Parade. The band consisted of brass (including, of course, a Sousaphone) and woodwind, along with electric guitar and drums. We all met on Rush Common at the foot of Brixton Hill then made our way by a circuitous route uphill to Holmewood Gardens where there was an impromptu picnic and concert.

Preparing to set off from Rush Common

The music was described as "From the Caribbean to Brazil with a bit of New Orleans on the way...". And of course, being Brixton there was rap too (a young man had the unenviable task of pedalling a cargo bike uphill bearing amp, power source and such). 

And a steel band. They formed a separate 'parade' and spelled the streetband, with the two playing together at the end.

Holmewood Gardens

The weather was kind, the music fun. People watched from their houses, joined the parade and had a great time. 

The whole thing was free, but Brixton Chamber Orchestra can only function with our support, so please be generous. And you can keep an eye on what's coming next via the website.

Leeds is alive with the Sound of Music

Opera North is at it again, serenading unsuspecting Leeds shoppers with music from their shows. Last year it was Anna Dennis singing the Queen of the Night in Trinity Leeds shopping centre, and this year it is Katie Bird as Maria in The Sound of Music having her Julie Andrews moment not on a hill but on the balcony of the Queens Hotel. The clip above fades out before the end, so it looks as if you'll have to go along to Leeds Grand Theatre for the complete thing.

The performance also marked a special week too, celebrating the 65th anniversary of The Sound of Music first arriving on London's West End. On 18 May 1961, the musical premiered at the Palace Theatre and subsequently ran for 2,385 performances. 

The original Broadway production had featured Mary Martin, but in the West End, Maria was played by British actress Jean Bayless (who would later feature in Crossroads on TV) with Constance Shacklock as the Mother Abbess. Shacklock had shared the title role in Britten's Gloriana with Joan Cross in 1953, and in 1949 when Joan Hammond travelled to Russia, singing Tatiana in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, Shacklock played Olga.

Opera North presents Rogers & Hammerstein's The Sound of Music at Leeds Grand Theatre from 9 July to 1 August 2026. Oliver Rundell conducts, Nikolai Foster directs with a cast including Katie Bird, Edward Bennett and Katherine Broderick.

Full details from Opera North's website. 

First recording of an early 19th century Portuguese radical chamber version of Mozart's Requiem

When faced with an established masterpiece that requires performing forces outside their capabilities many ensembles can only look on enviously. Mozart's Requiem does not make outrageous demands, but its requirements are still a cut above the average church service. A new recording from a Portuguese record label brings to light one creative solution.

In the Cathedral of Évora in Portugal the rediscovery of a manuscript of an arrangement of Mozart's Requiem dating from the early 19th century has brought this intriguing version to light. The work is scored for four singers and small instrumental ensemble, with the vocal parts being simply based on the Süssmayr edition. But the instrumental accompaniment is pared down simply to the instruments of the basso continuo (cello, bassoons, double-bass and organ), with the solo cello (rabecão peque-no) assuming a leading role.

Ricardo Bernardes and Americantiga Ensemble decided to investigate this chamber version in 2020, under the constraints imposed by the pandemic, which mirrored. They performed it in Lisbon and at subsequent concerts, leading to the recording on Americantiga label.

As Bernardes explains:

"The greatest challenge in the performance and in the interpretation of this repertoire lies, inevitably, in the constant comparison with the “canonical” orchestral version of Mozart’s Requiem. The extreme reduction of forces - five low instruments and four singers - exposes every musical line with uncompromising clarity, with-out the support of a full orchestral and choral texture. From a technical perspective, this demands a high level of precision, particularly in the highly virtuosic cello part, and in achieving a careful balance between voices and continuo, which here assumes almost orchestral functions. The challenge was to establish a distinct identity for this version, avoiding any perception of it as a merely impoverished adaptation. On the contrary, it was necessary to embrace fully its chamber character, valuing contrapuntal clarity, textual expressiveness and harmonic boldness, and to demonstrate that this historical reading offers a legitimate, alternative and artistically rich perspective on a work that is widely known."

Further details from the onHora website. 

Sailm nan Daoine (Psalms of the People): a new film exploring Gaelic psalm singing

Sailm nan Daoine (Psalms of the People) is a new documentary which explores one of the most emotionally resonant and culturally significant musical traditions: Gaelic psalm singing. Directed by Jack Archer, the film will be released in cinemas across the UK from 15 May 2026. Taking the form of a road trip, the film approaches psalm singing not as an artefact or historical curiosity, but as something communal and fiercely alive.

Spoken part in English, part in Gaelic, Sailm nan Daoine sees musician and sound designer Rob MacNeacail embark on a personal and communal road trip as both documentary participant and narrator across Scotland and Ireland. The journey brings up many questions in Rob’s mind about identity, culture and community as he immerses the audience in a new perspective through his music and portable sound recorder. Rob also composes the soundtrack to the film, incorporating melodies, field recordings and musical encounters he makes along the way.

The film’s release comes at a time that sees a surge of interest in Gaelic vocal traditions. In November, Radiohead played a recording of Psalm 9 sung in Gaelic during the interval of their sold‑out show at London’s O2 Arena, introducing tens of thousands of fans to the sound. Sailm nan Daoine is an entertaining and heart-warming film about the power of community, family and the resilience needed to keep a language alive.

Gaelic psalm singing, Salmadaireachd, is a tradition of psalmody in the (Scottish) Gaelic language found in Presbyterian churches in the Western Isles of Scotland. The psalms are sung unaccompanied, in a style known as "lining out" in which the leader of the performance sings a line, after which the rest of the congregation follows, with each member allowed to embellish the melody as they wish, in a free heterophonic fashion. The style is influenced by piobaireachd (pibroch) music native to the Scottish Highlands. 

The practice of lining out psalms was common in England and lowland Scotland in the 17th century. In 1659, the book of psalms was translated into Gaelic for the first time, and it is believed that the Highlanders began to sing the psalms at this point.

Sailm Nan Daoine had its World Premiere at this year’s Glasgow Film Festival. The film will be released in UK cinemas on 15 May 2026.

Further details from Hopscotch Films,  

Shake Up & Smell the Rain featuring children from Belham Primary school on Alex Paxton's new album, Candyfolk Space Drum

Alex Paxton's fifth studio album, Candyfolk Space Drum is released on 3 April 2026 on Jonah Records. As exuberant as ever, Paxton's music on the album features jazz musicians, school children, players from the London Sinfonietta and Riot Ensemble, as well as soloists including Paxton himself on trombone, Jennifer Walshe (voice) and Zubin Kanga (piano).

Candyfolk Space Drum asserts that art should be essential and embedded within society and that a composer can write on an international level while remaining part of the local community in which they live. Alongside virtuosic ensemble writing, the album foregrounds music with school children and jazz musicians who each bring layers of magic from their own performance practice. 

A formative image comes from Paxton’s past life as a primary school classroom music teacher in London, teaching children in groups of 30+, mainly singing in a joyful, ragged unison — full of character, with no attempt to smooth eccentricity into choral cohesion. That spirit runs throughout the album: individuality is preserved, collective energy is amplified and music becomes social and alive. 

As a taster of this approach, the track Shake Up & Smell the Rain has been released featuring an animation by Oz Animation (see video) with performers including the Children’s Chorus of Belham Primary school conducted by Aga Serugo-Lugo, musicians from the London Sinfonietta and Paxton on trombone.

Further information about the album from BandCamp.

Rooted in contemporary Russian poetry that confronts war, forced migration, collective guilt, & political protest: Maria Konoshenko's Walkabout from Songs of Exile

Next month, Helsinki-based mezzo-soprano, pianist and composer Maria Konoshenko releases Walkabout, the first official single from her forthcoming song cycle, Songs of Exile. The full album is scheduled for release in later this year on Michael J McEvoy’s label, Rezzonator Music, Maria Konoshenko is a striking new voice at the crossroads of classical art song, jazz harmony and cabaret-inflected storytelling, and the recording features jazz saxophonist, Paul Booth on clarinet, and Michael J McEvoy on guitar and bass.

Launched on the fourth anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the lyrics are based on the poem, Прогулка by theatre director/playwright and poet, Evgenia Berkovich, who is currently incarcerated in a Russian prison on false allegations of "justifying terrorism" for her involvement in a play, Finist the Brave Falcon. Walkabout is intended as an act of solidarity with Evgenia Berkovich, whose authorship is fully recognised.  

In 2022, Konoshenko left Russia with her young son. Like many artists and musicians who publicly opposed the Putin regime and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, she was ultimately forced into exile, relocating to Helsinki. This personal and political rupture became the catalyst for Songs of Exile, an evolving body of work rooted in contemporary Russian poetry that confronts war, forced migration, collective guilt, and political protest.  

Born and raised in Saint Petersburg, Konoshenko’s musical life has unfolded alongside a parallel career in linguistics. She is currently a researcher in the Department of General Linguistics at the University of Helsinki, specialising in prosody — the melody and intonation of speech — particularly in multilingual West African societies. This dual identity informs her songwriting, where text, sound and meaning are inseparable. 

Pre-save Walkabout. 

Robert Gromotka & Jonas Hain - The Unspoken

In the middle of the night. Somewhere in Berlin. 

In one of the last great halls of the old AEG turbine factory, a moment of rare musical meditation emerges. The vast industrial architecture lies in darkness, with only a single light falling on a piano.

In this silence, composer/pianist duo Jonas Hain and Robert Gromotka perform The Unspoken from their upcoming album Between Us - two pianists, two voices, a dialogue carried entirely through the piano, revealing a sense of intimacy that words could hardly match.

"Sometimes silence speaks louder than any words. That’s exactly the silence we wanted to make audible", says Jonas Hain.

The album is released on 23 January 2026 on the Neue Meister label. 

Pre-order: https://nm.lnk.to/betweenusID 

From 30 January to 7 February 2026, Hain and Gromotka will be touring Germany, further details. 

The Seal Man: Rebecca Clarke's song reinvented with shadow-puppet animation by Jeremy Hamway-Bidgood,

The Seal Man is Rebecca Clarke's best-known song. This new animated film from Daniel Norman's Positive Note features shadow-puppet animation created by Jeremy Hamway-Bidgood, to music performed by mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately, violist Max Baillie and pianist Anna Tilbrook. The project was created as part of The Everyday Listeners, a research initiative led by Dr Kate Guthrie (University of Bristol), supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. The film will be distributed to schools across the UK, inspiring children to create their own creative responses to Clarke’s powerful story and music.

Composed in 1922 to a text by John Masefield, The Seal Man tells a dark, otherworldly tale of a selkie — a mysterious half-man, half-seal creature — who lures a young woman away from her world to the depths of the sea. Clarke’s music is both lyrical and unsettling, filled with longing, danger, and irresistible beauty. 

The Seal Man also appears on The Complete Vocal Works of Rebecca Clarke, a new album by Kitty Whately, Nicholas Phan and Anna Tilbrook, released 7 November 2025 on Signum Records  

Libby Croad's Rivers released by The Dionysius Ensemble alongside photos from the project's Slough-wide Jubilee River photography competition

When I spoke to composer Libby Croad earlier this year [see my interview, 'Something juicy that you can get your teeth into'] she was just starting work on a new piece for the Dionysius Ensemble. This has now come to fruition and has been released. The work, Rivers is for string quartet, clarinet and harp, and the ensemble recorded it earlier this year in Slough.

The accompanying video includes river photos taken as part of the project's Slough wide Jubilee River photography competition, whose winner was Talvin Singh Deeks. 

The video is available on YouTube, and you can stream Rivers on various platforms [LinkTree]

The Journey of Strings: Paraguayan classical guitarist Berta Rojas explores the guitar’s history and evolution in Latin America

Paraguayan classical guitarist Berta Rojas has been fulfilling a dream to explore the guitar’s history and evolution in Latin America starting with the 15th century, from the arrival of the vihuela and early guitars brought by conquistadors to the creation of unique string instruments that voice the soul of the continent’s people. 

Over two years, travelling to 10 countries, Berta collaborated with 17 guest artists, each performing on string instruments native to Latin America—some tracing their origins back hundreds of years.  The result is a project that encompasses vinyl, streaming platforms, performance videos, and an innovative AR-enhanced book. There are eleven tracks in all, each accompanied by a performance video, exploring instruments from the sonorous bass of the giant 25-string Chilean guitarrón to the more mandolin-like Puerto Rican cuatro.

Berta Rojas & Evangelina Mascardi (Photo: Sol Capasso)

You can explore further at The Journey of Strings website, and there is a YouTube playlist.

The Great Toccata: Daniel Moult plays Bach on the Schnitger organ of the Martinikerk, Groningen as part of the Royal College of Organists' Play the Organ campaign

There is a nationwide decline in organists and to try and stem this the Royal College of Organists (RCO) is devoting 2025 to its Play the Organ campaign, aiming not just to increase the number of people learning to play the organ, but also the number enjoying live and recorded organ music.

As part of this, Will Fraser's Fugue State Films has filmed organist Daniel Moult playing Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565 on the Arp Schnitger organ of the Martinikerk, Groningen.  

The Schnitger organ of the Martinikerk is one of the largest Baroque organs in Northern Europe and it tooks its present form in the late 17th and early 18th centuries as Arp Schnitger and his son expanded and developed an existing organ. During the later 20th century it was restored back to its 1740 state.

Despite being one of Bach's most famous organ works, little is known of the origins of the Toccata and Fugue in D minor. There is no autograph score and the piece is known from a manuscript created by Johannes Ringk in the period 1730 to 1760. Ringk, a renowned organist and composer, had studied with one of Bach's pupils,  Johann Peter Kellner and it is possible that Ringk's copy of the Toccata and Fugue came from Kellner's collection.

As part of Play the Organ, the RCO has launched a new streaming service, in collaboration with Fugue State Films, devoted to the organ. The first film is a documentary made about the Toccata and Fugue; a 100-minute documentary followed by more than two hours of filmed performances and presentations. Full details from the RCO website.

Foxtrot: Shostakovich’s Jazz Suite No.1, arranged by Paul Campbell performed by mass orchestra (featuring over 200 young musicians) at Benedetti Foundation's London Sessions with Wynton Marsalis

Following an inspiring weekend at the Southbank Centre for the Benedetti Foundation's London Sessions, the mass orchestra (featuring over 200 young musicians) performed a new arrangement by Paul Campbell of Shostakovich’s Jazz Suite No.1, including an improvised solo from Wynton Marsalis! This performance was the culmination of the weekend’s work.

Led by violinist Nicola Benedetti, the London Sessions bring together young musicians and teachers for high-energy, high-inspiration workshops that explore everything from storytelling and improvisation to sound production and musical expression. This year’s guests included jazz trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis, and saxophonist and presenter Jess Gillam.

Further details from the Benedetti Foundation website.

Celebrating an icon: Argentinian bandoneonist Dino Saluzzi celebrates his 90th birthday with a new single on ECM Records

Yesterday (20 May 2025), Argentinian bandoneonist Dino Saluzzi celebrated his 90th birthday. A long time collaborator with ECM records [his discography is here], the label has released the first track from his upcoming album El Viejo Caminante (album release 11 July). 'El Viejo Caminante' translates as ‘The Old Wanderer’, and Dino Saluzzi is joined by his son José María Saluzzi (who first recorded with his father, at the age of thirteen, as drummer on Mojotoro) on classical guitar and Norwegian jazz guitarist Jacob Young,

The track is Quiet March, available via ECM's link tree. 

A key figure in contemporary South American music. Born in the small village of Campo Santo in northern Argentina in 1935, Dino Saluzzi began playing professionally while studying in Buenos Aires, where he met Astor Piazzolla, who was then in the process of shaping the Tango Nuevo idiom. In 1956, Saluzzi returned to the rural district of Salta to concentrate on his compositions, now consciously incorporating folk music elements.

He says of his background,  "My father worked on a sugar plantation, and, in his free time, he played the bandoneon and studied lead sheets of tango and folkloric music. There weren't books, or schools, or radio — nothing. Nevertheless, my father was able to transmit a musical education to me; music that, later, when I was studying, I realised that I already knew—not from the point of view of reason or rationality, but rather in a different way, a strange way, the way that is produced by oral transmission". 

That notion of centrality of the oral transmission of culture is one that has remained strong in Saluzzi’s musical identity ever since. His long collaboration with ECM Records, which began in 1982 with the solo album Kultrum - and was followed by a second album entitled Kultrum in 1988, a collaboration with the Rosamunde Quartet.

Celebrating what would have been Sondheim's 95th birthday: Imelda Staunton in 'Losing my Mind' live from the National Theatre

Stephen Sondheim would have been 95 today and in celebration here's a little gem. Imelda Staunton performs 'Losing my mind' from Follies, recorded live at the National Theatre in 2017 in the production directed by Dominic Cooke, featuring an orchestra of 21. On YouTube.

Night through dreams tells the myths forgotten by the day: Le Sommeil's new EP, Semele reflects a new project

Le Sommeil, collective of musicians originally from the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, has released a new EP and two videos to herald their upcoming debut album, featuring works by George Frideric Handel, Marin Marais, and John Eccles, drawn from operas inspired by the myth of Semele,

Building on their previous programme, which delved into the relationships between dreams, myths, and archetypes inspired by Carl Jung's philosophy, Le Sommeil continues to bring a distinctive perspective to Baroque music. Their motto, "Night through dreams tells the myths forgotten by the day" (C. G. Jung), encapsulates their mission: to revive stories and emotions that resonate universally yet remain hidden beneath the surface.

The performances feature Margarita Slepakova - mezzo-soprano, Elena Abbati and Soko Yoshida - violins, Giulio Padoin - cello, Pablo FitzGerald - archlute, Cristiano Gaudio - harpsichord. The videos were filmed by award-winning cinematographer Wawrzyniec Skoczylas and produced by Slepakova, in an abandoned Alsatian synagogue, now a vibrant art centre called le ventre. Founded by artists Mimi von Moos and Willem Mes, this historic venue bridges tradition and contemporary art.

The video above, O Sleep is available on YouTube,  and you can also catch their video, No, no I'll take no less on YouTube. The Semele EP is available from BandCamp.

Visionaries: a multi-sensory experience

Back in June 2024 Vache Baroque staged six multi-sensory concert experiences of Handel’s L’Allegro Part I (setting a text based on Milton) in collaboration with BitterSuite (a group that creates music experiences that take inspiration from and draw on expertise in both arts and wellbeing), Milton’s Cottage (a museum based in a house in Chalftont St Giles near The Vache where Milton once lived) and Bucks Council’s Integrated SEND Service (MSI Specialist Team).

This project has been awarded Best Collaboration 2024 by Bucks Culture as part of their inaugural Bucks Spark Awards.

Dancer Guides from BitterSuite led audience members through a blindfolded, immersive journey designed to heighten awareness of how sound and the senses unite. The performance features sopranos Sarah Gilford & Victoria Oruwari, alto Sarah Denbee, tenor Frederick Jones, baritone Malachy Frame, musical director Jonathan Darbourne. This short film created by videographer Hannah Lovell brings out the highlights of the project.

See the film on YouTube 

A journey through layers and roots in the pursuit of a revelatory vision: Simon Thacker's Songs of the Roma

Described as "a journey through layers and roots in the pursuit of a revelatory vision", classical guitarist Simon Thacker's new disc, Songs of the Roma, (released this week on Slap the Moon Records) draws on his immersion in the rich musical legacy of the Balkan and Romanian Romany, their origins on the Indian subcontinent. The album features Simon Thacker on classical guitar and Justyna Jablonska on cello, alongside special guests from Poland and Hungary, Lublin based singer-violinist Masha Natanson, cimbalom virtuoso Gyula "Julius" Csik and double bassist Gyula Lázár, both from Budapest.

The album features new creative versions of songs that originated from Roma writers and also existed as folksongs before being transformed by the Roma (often best known in their Roma form). The album features eight tracks including two new pieces one of which, Phirado is the video featured above. Simon Thacker says of this, "I think that every album (of mine) should contain at least one track that opens a portal to another world for future exploration. Both Jolta and Phirado, especially, appear to offer this possibility."

Phirado is a Romani word of many meanings: nomad, vagrant, wanderer, provocative, the past participle of phirel 'walk', and courted or wooed. Multiple meanings, many layers.

Further details from Simon Thacker's website.

The Light of Paradise: Paul Mealor's new choral opera inspired by medieval mystic Margery Kempe

The mediaeval mystic, Margery Kempe (ca.1373-1448) is a fascinating figure. She freed herself from the restraint of marriage and embarked on pilgrimages to sacred sites in Europe and the Middle East, dressed usually in white. Kempe considered her travels as a series of divine trials and whilst nowadays she can be seen a suffering the symptoms of various mental illnesses, she distilled them into The Booke, a spiritual autobiography that she began in 1430, despite being illiterate.

The manuscript was copied, probably shortly before 1450, by someone who signed himself Salthows; this scribe has been shown to be the Norwich monk Richard Salthouse. However after the 16th century Kempe's book was essentially lost; the only surviving manuscript was found again in 1934 the private library of the Butler-Bowdon family, and this is now in the British Library.

The Light of Paradise is a new work by Paul Mealor which was commissioned by the Zurich Chamber Singers. An hour long work for choir and saxophone quartet, Mealor describes it as a choral opera. Its fourteen movements, devotions Mealor calls them, are loosely based on the fourteen stations of the Way of the Cross, using words by Kempe to create a narrative arc, presenting the story of her pilgrimage as well as unfolding her religious universe. 

The result is neither opera nor oratorio, and mixes choral writing with solos and music for the saxophone quartet. Mealor creates a distinctive sound world all of his own. Whilst Mealor's musical style is a long way from that of Arvo Pärt, listening to The Light of Paradise you cannot help but think about the way Pärt reinvented the Lutheran passion in his own image. 

British composers have rather shied away from the more ecstatic, mystical side to Catholicism. You have to remember that Elgar's Dream of Gerontius was regarded as rather too Catholic for the Three Choirs Festival (even as late as the 1930s, the Dean of Peterborough banned the work from the cathedral). So it is intriguing, and heartening, to find Mealor treating religious mysticism so directly and in  work that makes it approachable.

Paul Mealor's The Light of Paradise was premiered by the Zurich Chamber Singers and Sonic Art Saxophone Quartet, conductor Christian Erny in January 2024 [see details], and is released on the Berlin Classics label - https://BC.lnk.to/lightofparadiseID