Previous events
Events 2023
| 18 January-29 March | 10.30am-12.30pm: A weekly course, The long 19th century II: Salons and symphonies at City Lit (taught online) |
| 19 January-16 February | 2-4pm: A weekly course, Rachmaninoff: An Introduction at City Lit (taught in person) |
| 2 February | 6pm: Insights Talk for Philharmonia’s Dances of Death & Desire, Royal Festival Hall |
| 18 February | 11am-5.30pm: Leader of Wye Valley Chamber Music Festival ‘Discovery Day’, with music by Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms and Antonín Dvořák, Treowen Manor, Monmouthshire |
| 26 February | 10am-2pm: Speaker for Philharmonia’s Insights Day: Music, Protest and Change, Royal Festival Hall |
| 2-30 March | 2-4pm: A weekly course, Amy Beach: An Introduction at City Lit (taught in person) |
| 8 March | 1pm: Livestream introduction for Héloïse Werner and Tippett Quartet at Wigmore Hall (International Women’s Day)
7.30pm: Livestream introduction for The Hermes Experiment at Wigmore Hall (International Women’s Day) |
| 3 April | 8pm: Lecture, ‘Name that Tune?’, for Kingston and District Chamber Music Society, New Malden |
| 6 April | 2-4pm: A one-off session, Great Works: Grieg’s Piano Concerto, at City Lit (taught in person) |
| 15-16 April | Panel discussion chairing for Ludlow English Song Weekend, Ludlow Assembly Rooms |
| 22 April | 9.30am: Discussion of ‘New Releases’ for BBC Radio 3’s Record Review with Andrew McGregor |
| 26 April-5 July | 10.30am-12.30pm: A weekly course, The long 19th century III: National Pride and New Directions at City Lit (taught online) |
| 26 April | 6.20pm: Pre-concert talk on the music of Anna Thorvaldsdottir and Tchaikovsky for the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Royal Concert Hall Nottingham |
| 13 May | 6pm: Pre-concert talk for the Sitkovetsky Trio and Friends, Menuhin Hall, Surrey Hills International Music Festival |
| 15 June | 6.30pm: Pre-concert talk on the songs of Brahms, Robert Schumann and Kurt Weill for Leeds Lieder |
| 16 June | 12.30pm: Study event for Leeds Lieder, ‘I am’, with performances from Leeds Lieder Young Artists |
| 6.30pm: Pre-concert talk introducing an evening concert by Ailish Tynan and Joseph Middleton at Leeds Lieder | |
| 23-30 June | Expert lecturer for ‘Music Along the Rhine‘, cultural tour with Martin Randall Travel |
| 9 August | 10.30am-12.30pm: A one-off session, Great Works: Grieg’s Piano Concerto, at City Lit (taught in person)
2-5pm: A taster session, Classical Music: An Introduction, at City Lit (taught in person) |
| 10 August | 9am: Guest on How to Play: Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden” String Quartet with the Heath Quartet on BBC Radio 4 |
| 19 August | 9.30am: Choice of 5 top recordings of Robert Schumann for Record Review on BBC Radio 3 |
| 19 September-28 November | 10.30am-12.30pm: A weekly course, Topics in Romantic Music, at City Lit (taught online) |
| 20 September-18 October | 2-4pm: A weekly course, Exploring Samuel and Avril Coleridge-Taylor, at City Lit (taught in person) |
| 22 September | 2.30pm: Festival talk, Old Sounds, New Histories, for the New Paths Autumn Festival, Beverley |
| 25 September | 7pm: Season overview talk for Ripon Concerts, Holy Trinity, Ripon |
| 14 October | 4.30pm: Pre-concert talk and season overview for the Nash Ensemble’s series From my Homeland, Wigmore Hall |
| 1-29 November | 2-4pm: A weekly course, Exploring Brahms’s Symphonies, at City Lit (taught in person) |
| 3-5 November | Expert lecturer for ‘Consone Quartet – From Haydn to Bruckner on period instruments‘, cultural tour with Martin Randall Travel, Taunton |
| 11 November | 10.30am: Building a Library on Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony no.9, ‘From the New World’, for Record Review on BBC Radio 3 |
Events 2022
| 11 January-22 March | 11.50am-1pm: A weekly course, The long 19th century II: Salons and symphonies at City Lit (taught online) |
| 13 January-24 March | 2-4.10pm: A weekly course, What is Music? at City Lit (taught in person) |
| 13 January | 7.30pm: Livestream introduction for Jean-Efflam Bavouzet and Dmitry Shishkin, Wigmore Hall |
| 15 January | 9.30am: Record Review survey of recording by Amy Beach, BBC Radio 3 |
| 28 January | 6.30: Pre-concert talk on Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto, Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham |
| 19 February | 9.30am: Record Review survey of Brahms’s orchestral music by Thomas Dausgaard and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, BBC Radio 3 |
| 20 February | 5.30pm: Insight event with Natasha Loges on Dvořák’s Ninth Symphony ‘From the New World’ for the Philharmonia Orchestra, Southbank Centre |
| 8 March | 8.45pm: Post-concert discussion with Elaine Mitchener and Gilane Tawadros at Wigmore Hall after the performance WOMENS WORK for International Women’s Day |
| 12 March | 5.30pm: Interview with Leslie Caron at Wigmore Hall as part of the Nash Ensemble’s series reconstructing National Gallery wartime concert programmes |
| 13 March | 4pm: ‘Brahms and the Cello 1‘, lecture recital with Selma Gocken and John Lenehan, Razumovksy Trust |
| 20 March | 4pm: ‘Brahms and the Cello 2‘, lecture recital with Selma Gocken and John Lenehan, Razumovksy Trust |
| 22 March | 5.30pm: Learn Live: Exploring Beethoven, online session on Beethoven’s music and the current exhibition at the British Library |
| 23 March | 7:30pm: Interview with Evelyn Glennie as part of the British Library online event, Feeling Sound Revisited |
| 24 March | 7pm: ‘The Healing Power of Music‘, discussion panel for Royal Philharmonic Society with Amina Hussain, Katherine Spencer, David Ayre and Natalie Ellis, at Marylebone School |
| 6 April | 11am: Red House Discovery Session on Ethel Smyth, in connection with the Red House’s exhibition Britten & Women |
| 7 April | 2-4pm: A one-off session, ‘Great Works: Janáček’s “Intimate Letters” Quartet’, City Lit |
| 8-10 April | Panel discussion chairing at Ludlow English Song Weekend, including discussions with Kate Kennedy and Donald Macleod, and narrations for the closing recital ‘Still Alive and Frying Bacon’ |
| 21 April | 6.30pm: Friends insight event on Monteverdi’s Orfeo for Garsington Opera, held at Wolfson College Oxford |
| 26 April-5 July | 11.50am-1pm: A weekly course, The long 19th century III: National Pride and New Directions at City Lit (taught online) |
| 26 April | 6.30pm: French Operetta evening at Fidelio Café, Clerkenwell, for friends of Opera Rara |
| 28 April-26 May | 2-4.10pm: A weekly course, Ethel Smyth: An introduction at City Lit (taught in person) |
| 29 April | 6.20: Pre-concert talk on Vaughan Williams’s London Symphony ahead of a performance by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, at the Royal Concert Hall Nottingham |
| 1 May | 12pm: ‘The Birds and the Bees: Lieder and the natural world’ study event for Leeds Lieder, Howard Assembly Room
7pm: Pre-concert talk for Louise Alder and Joseph Middleton at Leeds Lieder, Howard Assembly Room |
| 6 May | 6.30pm: Pre-concert talk for Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in a programme of music by Beethoven and Weber, Hexagon, Reading |
| 15 May | 6.30pm: Online presentation for the Wagner Society of Scotland, ‘Wagnerism, “Smetana-ism”, and cosmopolitan Bohemians’ |
| 28 May | 10.30am: Review of Richard Strauss’s orchestral works on BBC Radio 3’s Record Review |
| 30 May | 8pm: Lecture, ‘At home with the Schumanns’, for Kingston and District Chamber Music Society, New Malden |
| 10 June | 2pm: Pre-performance talk on the String Quartets of Béla Bartók, ahead of a complete performance of his quartets by the Doric Quartet, Pears Recital Room, Snape Maltings |
| 18 June | 4pm: Festival talk, ‘Bettering Beethoven?’, for the Marryat Players Chamber Music Festival, Wimbledon |
| 19-25 June | Guest Lecturer for the Martin Randall ‘Schubertiade’ tour to Schwarzenburg (including daily presentations) |
| 28 June | 2.30pm: ‘Research Communication’ presentation for the Centre of Applied Research in the Arts, University of Hull |
| 12 July | 2pm-5pm: One-off course for City Lit, ‘Classical Music: An Introduction‘ (taught online) |
| 14 July | 1.30pm-3.30pm: One-off course for City Lit, ‘Wagner’s Ring Cycle: An Overview‘ (taught in person) |
| 15 July | 10.30am-5.30pm: Convenor for Cheltenham Festival’s annual Composium, with Mahan Esfahani and Fenella Humphreys |
| 17 July | 7pm: Pre-concert talk, ‘The Wanderer’ at Duncombe Park for the Ryedale Festival |
| 19 July | 2pm: Pre-concert talk, ‘Handels Acis & Galatea‘ at All Saints’ Church, Helmsley for the Ryedale Festival |
| 20 July | 7pm: Pre-concert talk, ‘Mystical Songs’ at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Pickering for the Ryedale Festival |
| 25 July | 7.30pm: Guest in the box at the BBC Proms for BBC Radio 3 – the CBSO with Kazuki Yamada (Glinka, Smyth, Rachmaninov) |
| 30 July | 6pm: Pre-concert talk, ‘Looking West’ with Julian Philips and Rebecca Hurst, at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Pickering for the Ryedale Festival |
| 20 August | 7.06pm: Guest on BBC World Service for BBC Proms broadcast of music by Dvořák and Eisendle |
| 10 September | 9.30am: Guest on Radio 3’s Building a Library panel discussion about how to build a library! – POSTPONED – SEE BELOW |
| 21 September-30 November | 10.30-12.30am: A weekly course, The long 19th century I: Romantics, poets and virtuosos at City Lit (taught online) |
| 22 September-1 December | 2-4pm: A weekly course, Music Criticism: A History at City Lit (taught in person) |
| 1 October | 2.30pm: ‘At home on stage’, festival talk for the Beverly Chamber Music Festival, Toll Gavel United Church, Beverley |
| 4 October | Talk and discussion as part of the Bach Cello Suites day at Temple Music Foundation, Temple Church |
| 14 October | 6.30pm: Pre-concert talk on the music of Dvořák, Janáček and Pavel Haas for the Orsino Ensemble at the Two Moors Festival, Dulverton |
| 22 October | 7.30pm: Reader for Ludlow English Song Day at the Wigmore Hall: ‘Still alive & frying bacon: Gerald Finzi’s life in songs and letters’ |
| 23 October | 5.30pm: Pre-concert talk, ‘Music Among Friends’, for Greenwich Trio at Conway Hall (part of the Bloomsbury Festival) |
| 25 October | 2pm: Panellist for a conference and professional development day for emerging young artists run by OperaWorks, Chelsea Theatre |
| 14-28 November | 5.30-7pm: A 3-week online course, Learn Live: 19th-century Song, run with the British Library |
| 16 November | 6.20pm: Pre-concert talk with Isata Kanneh-Mason at the Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham |
| 19 November | 10.30am: Building a Library on Grieg’s 3rd Violin Sonata for BBC Radio 3’s Record Review
4.30pm: Introductory talk ‘Beethoven and the Romantics‘ for the Nash Ensemble’s new season of concerts at the Wigmore Hall |
| 3 December | 9am: Panellist on BBC Radio 3’s Record Review discussion about how to build a library!
6.45pm: Pre-concert talk with Anne Rushton for the Essex Symphony Orchestra, Christ Church Chelmsford |
| 11 December | 1.30pm: Insights talk for Philharmonia Orchestra, ahead of a performance with Yuja Wang of works by Rachmaninov, Royal Festival Hall |
Events 2021
| 11 January | 7.30pm: Introducing the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective at Wigmore Hall, livestreamed |
| 12 January-23 March | 10.50am-1pm: A weekly course, The Long Nineteenth Century II: Salons and Symphonies at City Lit (taught online) |
| 14 January-25 March | 2-4.10pm: A weekly course, Schubert in Focus at City Lit (taught online) |
| 30 January | 9.30am: New chamber music releases, BBC Radio 3’s Record Review |
| 12 February | 1-2pm: Three’s Company 1 – Beethoven’s Piano Trio in C minor, Op.1 no.3, a lunchtime talk for Benslow Music |
| 19-20 February | Introducing livestream broadcasts from the Bath Bachfest at Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford-on-Avon |
| 21 February | 5pm: Guest contributor to The Listening Service with Tom Service, BBC Radio 3 |
| 26 February | 1-2pm: Three’s Company 2 – Schubert’s Piano Trio in E flat major, D929, a lunchtime talk for Benslow Music |
| 1 March | 7.30pm: Introducing Septura brass ensemble at Wigmore Hall, livestreamed |
| 3 March | 7.30pm: Introducing the Leonore Piano Trio at Wigmore Hall, livestreamed |
| 5 March | 1pm: Introducing Martin Roscoe at Wigmore Hall, livestreamed
7.30pm: Introducing Carolyn Sampson and Joseph Middleton at Wigmore Hall, livestreamed |
| 12 March | 1-2pm: Three’s Company 3 – Brahms’s Piano Trio in B major, Op.8, a lunchtime talk for Benslow Music |
| 26 March | 1-2pm: Three’s Company 4 – Dvořák’s ‘Dumky’ Trio, Op.90, a lunchtime talk for Benslow Music |
| 15 April | 2-4pm: A one-off session introducing Dvořák’s Eighth Symphony at City Lit |
| 17 April | 10am: Building a Library on Robert Schumann’s Piano Quintet, BBC Radio 3’s Record Review |
| 20 April-29 June | 10.50am-1pm, A weekly course, Robert Schumann in Focus at City Lit (taught online) |
| 22 April-1 July | 2-4.10pm: A weekly course, The long 19th century III: national pride and new directions at City Lit (taught online) |
| 24 April | 11.30am & 3pm: Introducing Brian Elias day at Wigmore Hall, livestreamed |
| 4-6 June | A weekend course, Introducing Ludwig, at Benslow Music (taught online) |
| 9 June | 7.45pm: Introducing Michael Foyle & Martin Cousins in a Park Lane Group recital, 22 Mansfield Street |
| 20 June | 10.30am-12pm: Study event, ‘Schubert and Beethoven, the birth of the Lied Cycle and a new voice in Romanticism’ as part of Leeds Lieder 2021, featuring performers from the LL Young Artists scheme |
| 23 June | 1-4.30pm: City Lit one-off course, Dido and Aeneas: From Virgil to Purcell with Nikoletta Manioti |
| 9 July | 10.30am-5pm: Chairman/host of Composium at Cheltenham Music Festival |
| 17 July | 9.30am: Building a Library on Liszt’s B minor Piano Sonata for BBC Radio 3’s Record Review |
| 2 August | 7.30pm: Interval guest on BBC Radio 3 for Proms performance with Ryan Bancroft & BBC National Orchestra of Wales |
| 7 August | 9.30am: Introducing top 5 recordings of works by Felix Mendelssohn as Proms Composer on BBC Radio 3’s Record Review |
| 10 August | 7.30pm: Interval guest on BBC Radio 3 for Proms performance with John Storgårds & BBC Philharmonic |
| 6 September | 6.30pm: Opening season talk for Ripon Concerts |
| 7 September | 7.30pm: Interval guest on BBC Radio 3 for Proms performance with Mark Elder & the Hallé Orchestra |
| 21 September-30 November | 11.50am-1pm: A weekly course, The long 19th century I: Romantics, poets and virtuosos at City Lit (taught online) |
| 23 September-2 December | 2-4.10pm: A weekly course, Benjamin Britten: Place, Poetry Music at City Lit (taught in person) |
| 24 September | 10.30am: In Camera-Ex Camera, a talk for Beverley Chamber Music Festival |
| 3 October | 2pm: Radio interview discussing the forthcoming Nash Ensemble series on the Sunday Supplement with Tony Barnfield, Cambridge 105 Radio |
| 7 October | 1pm: Introducing The Myra Hess Concert 2021 at the National Gallery, given by The Nash Ensemble |
| 8 October | 6.15pm: A talk, ‘Bach: The Mathematics of Beauty and their Origins in Nature‘ for the Two Moors Festival, All Saints’ Church, Dulverton |
| 9 October | 10.30am: In conversation with Tamsin Waley-Cohen and Huw Watkins at the Two Moors Festival, All Saints’ Church, Dulverton |
| 13 October | 11am & 3.15pm: ‘The Brilliant Abyss‘, a two-part conversation and performance with Helen Scales, Laurence Crane, Harriet Burns and Cole Knutson at the Oxford Lieder Festival |
| 16 October | 5.30pm: Pre-concert discussion with Nigel Hess, Libbie Foster and Dame Patricia Routledge ahead of the first of the Nash Ensemble’s season of National Gallery Wartime concert reconstructions, Wigmore Hall |
| 23 October | 9.30am: Building a Library on Felix Mendelssohn’s Octet for BBC Radio 3’s Record Review |
| 30 October | 10am: Leading the LESW Think Tank, a panel discussion at Ludlow English Song Weekend, St Lawrence’s Church, Ludlow |
| 12 November | 11am: Talk, online and in person, ‘How to listen to music’, ahead of an evening performance from the OAE Experience Ensemble at the Wiltshire Music Centre |
| 16 November | 7.30pm: Livestream host and interviewer for ‘Female Portraits’, a recital with Lucy Crowe and Anna Tilbrook at Bach Mozartfest |
| 19 November | 11am: ‘Mickey Mouse and the Curious Case of the Musical Goat’, a talk on music and cartoons for Stonar School |
| 21 November | 10.30am: Study morning for the Britten Weekend at Snape Maltings, with Dr Lucy Walker and Prof Simon McVeigh |
| 29 November-3 December | Guest all week on BBC Radio 3’s ‘Composer of the Week‘, exploring the life and works of Emilie Mayer (1812-1883) |
| 9 December | 2-4pm: A City Lit one-off session on William Walton’s First Symphony |
| 10 December | 1.30-5pm: A City Lit one-off session with Nikoletta Manioti on the Orpheus myth, including settings by Monteverdi and Gluck |
2020
| 14 January-24 March | 10.50am-1pm: A weekly course, Music in wartime 2: émigré musicians abroad at City Lit |
| 16 January-26 March | 2-4.10pm: A weekly course, Johannes Brahms: Romantic Classicist at City Lit |
| 16 January | 6pm: Pre-concert interview with Mark-Anthony Turnage ahead of the world premiere of his Horn Concerto, Royal Festival Hall |
| 19 January | 6.30pm: ‘Wagner, Paris and the origins of The Flying Dutchman‘, talk for the Wagner Society of Scotland, Edinburgh Society of Musicians |
| 5 February | 10.15-12.15: Music TalksChrist Church Kensington on Berg’s Wozzeck |
| 7 February | 12pm: ‘Listening to Song‘, a pre-concert talk introducing song concerts to the uninitiated, at the Barber Institute, Birmingham |
| 8 February | 9.30am: BBC Radio 3 Record Review overview of the Bruno Walter Complete Columbia Album Collection |
| 24 February | 7.30pm: Insight Event on Beethoven’s Fidelio at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden |
| 26 February | 10.15am-12.15pm: Music Talks at Christ Church Kensington on English Song, with Timothy Salter and Emily Gray |
| 29 February | 6.20pm: Pre-concert talk on Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony for the Hallé, Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham |
| 4 March | 6.30pm: Interview with Dame Evelyn Glennie for Chiltern Arts, Henley-on-Thames |
| 7 March | 11am-9pm: Focus day on Beethoven string quartets with the Marmen Quartet, Wiltshire Music Centre |
| 10 March | 6pm: Pre-concert talk for Jess Gillam, Reading Town Hall |
| 11 March | 10.15am-12.15pm: Music Talks at Christ Church Kensington, in conversation with Sally Beamish |
| 15 March | 10am-12pm: Insights: Beethoven – Fiction and Reality, Royal Festival Hall, with John Deathridge and Flora Willson |
| 2-3 April | Oxford Lieder Festival online interviews for Social DistanSong, with Robin Tritschler and Benjamin Appl |
| 21 April-30 June | 10.50am-1pm: A weekly course, Beethoven for Beginners, at City Lit (taught online) |
| 23 April-2 July | 2-4.10pm: A weekly course, Czech Stories: Dvorák and Janáček, at City Lit (taught online) |
| 23 May | 9.30: BBC Radio 3 Record Review, overview of new Beethoven releases |
| 9 June | Online panel discussion on Gender in Lieder, with Roderick Williams, Anna Lapwood, Alice Coote, Carolyn Sampson, Natasha Loges, Joseph Middleton, Cheryl-Frances Hoade and Madeline Robinson |
| 13-20 July | 1.30-3.30pm: A two-week course, Great Works: Verdi’s Requiem, at City Lit (taught online) |
| 18 July | 9.30am: BBC Radio 3 Summer Record Review, with my top 5 Beethoven recordings as part of the summer Proms season |
| 19-26 July | Online introductions and interviews for Ryestream, the Ryedale Festival’s online performance series |
| 4 August | 2pm-5pm: Wagner’s Ring Cycle: an overview, at City Lit (taught online) |
| 9 August | 7pm: Guest on Is It Canon?, The Listening Service, BBC Radio 3 |
| 11 August | 2pm-5pm: Exploring Classical Music Online, at City Lit (taught online) |
| 16 August | 6.15pm: Guest on Proms Preview: A Week at the Proms, on BBC Radio 3 |
| 15 September-24 November | 10.50am-1pm: A weekly course, Choral music from Handel to Weir, at City Lit (taught online) |
| 17 September-26 November | 2-4.10pm: A weekly course, The Long Nineteenth Century I: Romantics, poets and virtuosos, at City Lit (taught online) |
| 22 September | 7.30pm: Introducing the Castalian String Quartet live from Wigmore Hall |
| 27 September | 11.30am: Introducing Gautier Capuçon & Frank Braley live from Wigmore Hall
7.30pm: Introducing Renaud Capuçon, Gautier Capuçon & Frank Braley live from Wigmore Hall |
| 1 October | 7.30pm: Introducing IMS Prussia Cove performers live from Wigmore Hall |
| 5 October | 7.30pm: Introducing Sir András Schiff live from Wigmore Hall |
| 12 October | From 11am: Introducing a day’s worth of concerts and study events from the Oxford Lieder Festival, beginning with an hour-long interview with Ian Bostridge |
| 7 November | 9.30am: Building a Library on Beethoven’s ‘Hammerklavier’ Sonata Op. 106 on BBC Radio 3’s Record Review |
| 19 November | Online pre-concert talk interview with Charles Owen for concert at the Blyth Centre, Imperial College |
| 3 December | 2-4pm: A one-off session introducing Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas at City Lit |
| 26 December | 9am: New releases slot on BBC Radio 3’s Record Review |
2019
| 15 January-26 March | 10.50am-1pm: A weekly course, The Long Nineteenth Century II at City Lit |
| 17 January-28 March | 2-4.10pm: A weekly course, Benjamin Britten: Place, Poetry, Music at City Lit |
| 24 January | 6pm: Pre-concert interview with Santtu-Matias Rouvali and Alice Sara Ott, Clore Ballroom, Royal Festival Hall |
| 31 January | 6pm: Pre-concert talk celebrating Franz Schubert’s birthday at the Wigmore Hall |
| 10 February | 5pm: Guest on The Listening Service on BBC Radio 3 |
| 27 February | 10.15am-12.15pm: Music Talks at Christ Church Kensington on John Adams’s Nixon in China |
| 18 March | 6pm: Pre-concert talk on Brahms’s Piano Concertos for the OAE, Royal Festival Hall |
| 20 March | 10.15am-12.15pm: Music Talks at Christ Church Kensington with Karl Lutchmayer |
| 21 March | 7pm: Directing Middlesex University Singers’ Ensemble Concert at Burgh House, Hampstead |
| 28 March | 6pm: Pre-concert talk for the Doric String Quartet, Reading Town Hall |
| 4 & 11 April | 2-4.10pm: A two-week focus course on Brahms’s Ein deutches Requiem at City Lit |
| 5-7 April | Presentations and panel discussions at the Ludlow English Song Weekend |
| 9 April | 3pm: Wigmore Hall Friends’ event on women composers with archivist Emily Woolf |
| 13 April | 9.30am: Building a Library on Brahms’s Cello Sonata no.1 in E minor, Op. 38, on BBC Radio 3 |
| 16 April | 10am: Interview with Param Vir for ISM Members’ Day, Birmingham Conservatoire |
| 23 April | 7.30pm: Pre-concert talk on Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem Op.45 for Cambridge Brahms Festival |
| 30 April-9 July | 10.50am-1pm: A weekly course, The Long Nineteenth Century III at City Lit |
| 2 May-11 July | 2-4.10pm: A weekly course, Disney: Music and Image at City Lit |
| 3 May | 4.30pm: Guest on The Listening Service on BBC Radio 3 |
| 24 May | 6pm: In conversation with Igor Levit at the Wigmore Hall |
| 8 June | 9.30am: Guest on Record Review, discussing new releases, on BBC Radio 3 |
| 15 June | 4pm: Festival lecture for the Marryat Players, Wimbledon, ‘Sound Stories’ |
| 26 June | 7.30pm: Curation and introduction of an evening concert from the Voices of London Festival (further details to follow!) |
| 29-30 June | Introducing concerts in the series ‘A Voyage to the New World‘ at Syde Manor, part of the the Cheltenham Festival |
| 10 July | 10am-6.30pm: Host of Composium, a day-long celebration of contemporary music at the Cheltenham Festival |
| 15-19 July | Four concert introductions on the chamber music of Johannes Brahms, ‘Behind the Beard‘, at the Ryedale Festival |
| 21 July | 3pm: Interview with Roxanna Panufnik, composer in residence at the Ryedale Festival |
| 25 July | 5.15pm: Proms Plus talk on the music of Brahms, Strauss and Broström, Imperial College Union |
| 31 August | 9.30am: Discussing Top 5 Brahms recordings with Andrew McGregor on BBC Radio 3’s Record Review |
| 15 September | 11.30am onwards: Hosting the second day of the Wigmore Hall’s Beethoven Festival Weekend |
| 17 September-26 November | 10.50am-1pm: A weekly course, Music in Wartime 1: London during World War II, at City Lit |
| 19 September-28 November | 2-4.10pm: A weekly course, Clara Schumann and her Circle, at City Lit |
| 24 September | 4.30pm: ‘A brief introduction’, the first of four talks on the history of music for the Royal Overseas League |
| 25 September | 7pm: ‘Why Singing Matters’, a panel discussion for the Royal Philharmonic Society with Sir John Tomlinson, Nadine Benjamin and Matthew Peacock MBE, Royal Festival Hall |
| 27 September | 5pm: Pre-concert talk ‘Written on the Skies – Elgar’s Late Chamber Works’, for the Beverley Chamber Music Festival |
| 4-6 October | A weekend course (Friday evening to Sunday afternoon), ‘At Home with Brahms and Friends’ at Benslow Music |
| 8 October | 4.30pm: ‘A brief introduction’, the second of four talks on the history of music for the Royal Overseas League |
| 12 October | 6pm: Pre-concert talk to the Nash Ensemble’s 2019/20 series ‘Around Schubert’ at the Wigmore Hall |
| 15 October | 7.30pm: Introduction to a programme inspired by the soirees held by Lord Leighton at Leighton House, in a concert by the Kensington & Chelsea Music Society |
| 19 October | 4pm: Sounding out Song, an introduction to art song, at Witney Corn Exchange (part of the Oxford Lieder Festival) |
| 20 October | 3pm: Sounding out Song, an introduction to art song, at St Peter’s Church, Wallingford (part of the Oxford Lieder Festival) |
| 22 October | 4.30pm: ‘A brief introduction’, the third of four talks on the history of music for the Royal Overseas League |
| 26 October | 9.30am: Building a Library on Dvořák’s ‘Dumky’ Trio, BBC Radio 3 |
| 5 November | 4.30pm: ‘A brief introduction’, the last of four talks on the history of music for the Royal Overseas League |
| 12 November | 6.15pm: Pre-concert talk, ‘A Voyage Around Hardy’, with Iain Burnside and Richard Goulding, as part of the Bath Mozartfest |
| 13 November | 10.15-12.15: Music Talks at Christ Church Kensington on Rebecca Clarke’s Viola Sonata |
| 20 November | 10.15-12.15: Music Talks at Christ Church Kensington on Janáček’s ‘Intimate Letters’ Quartet |
| 5 December-12 December | 2-4.10pm: A two-week course on Debussy’s Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune at City Lit |
| 14 December | 9am: Guest on End of Year Record Review, BBC Radio 3 |
2018
| 16 January-20 March | 10.50am-1pm: A weekly course, Vienna and Music 1890-1920 at City Lit |
| 18 January-22 March | 2-4.10pm: A weekly course, Music Criticism: a history at City Lit |
| 20 January | 9.30am: Conversation with Andrew McGregor of new chamber releases on Record Review, Radio 3 |
| 14 February | 10.15am-12.15pm: Music Talks at Christ Church Kensington: ‘Light and Landscape’ with Jo Lewis |
| 23 February | 6.30pm: Pre-concert talk at Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, for the Hallé |
| 7 March | 7.30pm: Directing Middlesex University Singers’ Ensemble Concert (music by Bernstein and Sondheim) at Burgh House, Hampstead |
| 12 March | 6pm: Performance skills workshop with Sally Burgess, Royal College of Music |
| 14 March | 10.15am-12.15pm: Music Talks at Christ Church Kensington: ‘The turning tide’ with Jo Lewis |
| 19 March | 2.30pm: ‘Brahms and his Poets‘ discussion panel led by Natasha Loges, Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
| 6-8 April | Presentations and panel discussions at the Ludlow English Song Weekend |
| 17 April-26 June | 10.50am-1pm: A weekly course, Beethoven, Bartók and the String Quartet at City Lit |
| 19 April-28 June | 2-4.10pm: A weekly course, Music and Philosophy at City Lit |
| 21 April | 9am-11.45am: Discussing new releases live in conversation with Andrew McGregor on BBC Radio 3’s Record Review |
| 25 April | 7pm: Insight talk on Strauss’ Capriccio for Garsington Opera |
| 26 April | 10am: Interview with Sir James MacMillan for ISM Members’ Day, LSO St Luke’s
7pm: Host of Golden Sounds, on the history of the Saxophone, at Christ Church Kensington |
| 4 May | 6.30pm: Pre-concert talk at The Hexagon, Reading, for the Bruckner Linz Orchestra and Bournemouth Symphony Chorus |
| 12 May | 12.15pm: Slot on BBC Radio 3’s Music Matters discussing composers who were also artists |
| 16 May | 10.15am: ‘Brahms in Context’, a talk with musical illustrations by Joo Yeon Sir, for Music Talks at Christ Church Kensington
8.45pm: Post-concert talk with Roderick Williams and Iain Burnside at the Wigmore Hall |
| 16 June | 4pm: Festival lecture, ‘This timeless town…’: Music in Paris, from Franck to Stravinsky Marryat Players Chamber Music Festival, Wimbledon, for the |
| 13-19 July | Four talks on the music of Antonín Dvořak at the Ryedale Festival |
| 14 July | 9am-11.45am: Discussing new releases live in conversation with Andrew McGregor on BBC Radio 3’s Record Review |
| 19 July | 5.30pm: In Conversation with Chi-Chi Nwanoku at the Ryedale Festival |
| 20 July | 2pm: In Conversation with Judith Weir at the Ryedale Festival |
| 25 July | 7pm: In Conversation with Robert Hollingworth at the Ryedale Festival |
| 2 August | 2-5pm: Classical Music: An Introduction at City Lit |
| 4-5 August | Come and Sing Duruflé’s Requiem at City Lit, with Edward Breen |
| 7 August | 5.45pm (and later on Radio 3): Proms Plus talk on Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem with Lucy Winkett |
| 9 August | 2-5pm: Wagner’s Ring Cycle: An Overview at City Lit |
| 16 August | 2-5pm: Lieder: A Beginner’s Guide at City Lit |
| 19 August | 4pm: An introduction to Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde at the North Norfolk Music Festival |
| 13 September | 9.30pm: Post-concert interview with Pekka Kuusisto at the Wigmore Hall |
| 18 September-27 November | 10.50am-1pm: A weekly course, The Long Nineteenth Century I at City Lit |
| 20 September-29 November | 2-4.10pm: A weekly course, Lieder:Music and Poetry at City Lit |
| 30 September | 6pm: Insights talk on the music of Bruckner, Wagner and Schoenberg for the Philharmonia Orchestra |
| 6 October | 12pm: Study day on Mahler’s Symphonies 1 and 5 with Gavin Plumley at the Southbank Centre |
| 10 October | 10.15am-12.15pm: Music Talks at Christ Church Kensington on Debussy’s Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune |
| 16 October | 7pm: Introduction to a curated concert at Leighton House for Kensington & Chelsea Music Society |
| 20 October | 6pm: Pre-concert introduction to the Nash Ensemble’s 2018/19 season ‘German Romantics’ at the Wigmore Hall |
| 31 October | 10.15am-12.15pm: Music Talks at Christ Church Kensington on Walton’s Symphony no.1 |
| 8 November | 6pm: Pre-concert interview with Lionel Meunier, founder of Vox Luminis, at the Wigmore Hall |
| 10 November | 9am-11.45am: Discussing the best releases of 2018 live in conversation with Andrew McGregor on BBC Radio 3’s Record Review |
| 14 November | 10.15am-12.15pm: Music Talks at Christ Church Kensington on Ives’s ‘Concord’ Sonata and Copland’s Quiet City |
| 16 November | 6.30pm: Pre-concert talk on Mozart’s Symphony no.41 for Sinfonia Viva at the Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham |
| 24 November | Presentation on Berlioz and the 1851 Great Exhibition as part of the Berlioz Society‘s annual study weekend |
| 2 December | 7.30pm: Hosting live stream of Jonathan Plowright’s Wigmore Hall recital, including interval interview |
| 6-13 December | 2-4.10pm: A two week focus course on Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde at City Lit |
| 15 December | 9am-11.45am: Discussing new releases live in conversation with Andrew McGregor on BBC Radio 3’s Record Review |
2017
| 16 January | 7.30pm: ‘Introducing the miller boy: telling the tale of Die schöne Müllerin‘, talk for the Cathedral Concert Society, Ripon, followed by a performance with Nick Pritchard and Ian Tindale |
| 18 January-30 March | 2.00-4.10pm: A weekly course, The Long Nineteenth Century II at City Lit |
| 26 January | 6.30pm: Pre-concert talk for the Carducci Quartet, Reading Concert Hall |
| 1 February | 10.15am: Music Talks at Christ Church, Kensington: ‘All together now! Operatic ensembles’ |
| 8 February | 10.15am: Music Talks at Christ Church, Kensington: ‘A sense of place: Programme music’ |
| 12 February | 1.30pm: ‘Music into Words‘, an exploration of writing about music, panel discussion at Morley College |
| 9 March | 6.30pm: Pre-concert talk at the Royal College of Music on Mahler’s Sixth Symphony |
| 19 March | 10am-5pm: LSO Discovery Day on Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem and Schubert’s ‘Unfinished’ Symphony, LSO St Lukes |
| 25 March | 7.30pm: Performance with the Ionian Singers, The Full Heart, St Clement Danes |
| 20 April | 6.30pm: Pre-concert talk for the Vienna Piano Trio, Reading Concert Hall |
| 21 April | 10.30am: Interview with Mark-Anthony Turnage for ISM Members’ Day 2017 |
| 23 April | 7pm: ‘Love in pen and ink’, a talk for the New Paths Festival, Beverley |
| 25 April-4 July | 3.30-5.40pm: A weekly course, Writing and blogging skills for musicians at City Lit |
| 27 April-6 July | 2.00-4.10pm: A weekly course, The Long Nineteenth Century III at City Lit |
| 20 & 21 May | Talks and discussions for the Ludlow English Song Weekend |
| 24 May | 8pm: Conducting MDX Dances at Artsdepot, Finchley |
| 4 June | 4pm: ‘Among friends, and with special guests: chamber music from 1870 to 1945’, a talk for the Marryat Festival, Wimbledon |
| 1 July | 2pm: Introducing BOAT (for Peter) with artist Helen Stokes, APG Works, Sheffield |
| 22-24 July | Three talks on Schubert’s last year at the Ryedale Festival |
| 25 July | 2pm: Interview with composer Sally Beamish at the Ryedale Festival |
| 3 August | 2-5pm: Classical music: An introduction at City Lit |
| 5-6 August | Come and Sing: Handel Coronation Anthems at City Lit |
| 10 August | 2-5pm: Introducing Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring at City Lit |
| 17 August | 2-5pm: Exploring Classical Music Online at City Lit |
| 19 September-5 December | 10.50am-1pm: A weekly course, Choral Music from Handel to Weir at City Lit |
| 21 September-7 December | 2-4.10pm: A weekly course, What is Music? at City Lit |
| 22 September | 10am-3pm: Music history sessions for post-16 students at Cornwall Music Hub, Falmouth University |
| 11 October | 10.15am-12.15pm: Music Talks at Christ Church Kensington: ‘The bigger picture: an introduction to the course’ with Jo Lewis |
| 18 October | 10.15am-12.15pm: Music Talks at Christ Church Kensington: ‘The power of myth: Bach and Domenichino’ with Jo Lewis
3pm: ‘Songs and Soundworlds’, exploring the Lieder of Richard Strauss at the Oxford Lieder Festival |
| 7 November | 7.30pm: Adjudicator for Bath Young Musician of the Year 2017, The Pump Room, Bath |
| 8 November | 10.15am-12.15pm: Music Talks at Christ Church Kensington: ‘Ruins and fragments: Schumann and Sir John Soane’ |
| 11 November | 6pm: Pre-concert talk with David Bates of La Nuova MusicaBath Mozartfest for , Friends Meeting House, Bath |
| 12 November | 7.30pm: ‘The relationship between Brahms and Wagner’, a talk for the Wagner Society of Scotland, Edinburgh Society of Musicians |
| 22 November | 10.15am-12.15pm: Music Talks at Christ Church Kensington: ‘When Sondheim met Seurat’ with Jeremy Sams |
| 25 November | 9am: Building a Library on BBC Radio 3, Brahms’s Third String Quartet op.67
7.30pm: Concert with the Ionian Singers, All Saints Church, West Dulwich |
2016
| 13 January | 10am: Music Talks at Queen’s Gate: ‘Let there be light: Haydn’s Creation‘ |
| 14 January-17 March | 3.45-5.45pm: A weekly course, Schubert in Focus at City Lit |
| 27 January | 10am: Music Talks at Queen’s Gate: ‘Magical tenderness: Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas‘ |
| 5 February | Talk for the Festival Chorus, Wandsworth on Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem |
| 10 February | 10am: Music Talks at Queen’s Gate: ‘Life’s consolation: Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem‘ |
| 16 February | 7.30pm: Concert with clarinettist Emily Worthington at St Peter’s Church, Streatham |
| 8 March | 12.45: Research seminar: ‘Instruments and orchestral parts as sources’ with Emily Worthington, University of Huddersfield |
| 9 March | 10am: Music Talks at Queen’s Gate: ‘Song of the Earth: Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde‘ |
| 30 March | 6.30pm: Pre-concert talk for the Nash Ensemble, Reading Concert Hall |
| 2 April | 12pm: Broadcast on Radio 3’s Building a Library, choosing a recording of Brahms’s Violin Sonata in G major op.78 |
| 14 April-5 May | 2-4pm: A weekly course, The Schumanns: A Romantic Partnership at City Lit |
| 7 April | 6.30pm: ‘Of romance, role-models and… hedgehogs? Johannes Brahms meets the Schumanns’, talk at the New Paths Festival, Beverley |
| 12 May | 6.45pm: Pre-concert talk on Brahms’s Piano Concertos for performance of Brahms’s First concerto and Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony by Denis Kozukhin and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, City Halls, Glasgow |
| 26 May-23 June | 2-4pm: A weekly course, Lieder: Music and Poetry at City Lit |
| 11 June | 4pm: ‘Musical hometowns: Vienna, Leipzig and their composers’, talk at the Marryat Players Chamber Music Festival, Wimbledon |
| 2 July | 10am-4pm: ‘Of Suffragettes, Singers and Symphonists’, study day for Stevenage & Knebworth Arts Group |
| 11-13 July | Conference paper, ‘Natalia Macfarren and the English German Lied’, at the 19th Biennial International Conference on Nineteenth-Century Music, University of Oxford |
| 19-23 July | Four pre-concert talks for ‘A meeting of minds: T.S. Eliot and Beethoven late quartets’, with the Heath Quartet and Jeremy Irons, Ryedale Festival |
| 26 July | In conversation with Sir James MacMillan, Ryedale Festival |
| 2 August | 11am-4pm: Day school, ‘British concert institutions’ at City Lit |
| 4 August | 2-4.30pm: Taster session, ‘Classical music: an introduction’ at City Lit |
| 12-14 August | Workshops with Edward Breen, ‘Come and sing Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas‘ at City Lit |
| 20 September – 29 November | 3.30-5.40pm: A weekly course, An A(merica) to Z(lonice) of Antonín Dvorák at City Lit |
| 22 September – 1 December |
2-4.10pm: A weekly course, The long 19th century I: Romantics, poets and virtuosos at City Lit |
| 7 October | 10am-3pm: Music history sessions for post-16 students at Cornwall Music Hub, Falmouth University |
| 12 October | 10.15am: Music Talks at Queen’s Gate: ‘Consonance and Dissonance: Monteverdi’s Fifth book of madrigals’ |
| 19 October | 10.15am: Music Talks at Queen’s Gate: ‘Keys and harmony: Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier’ |
| 23 October | 3pm: ‘Schumann at the Opera’, part of the Oxford Lieder Festival |
| 29 October | Broadcast on Radio 3’s Building a Library |
| 13 November | 6pm: Pre-concert talk for the Nash Ensemble at Bath Mozartfest: the history of the Leipzig Gewandhaus concerts |
| 23 November | 10.15am: Music Talks at Queen’s Gate: ‘The shock of the new: Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring‘ |
| 3 December | 6.30pm: Pre-concert talk on Brahms’s Second Symphony for the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham |
2015
| 21 January | Music Talks at Queen’s Gate: ‘At home with friends: the interior world of Brahms’ |
| 27 January | Pre-concert talk: Sinfonia Viva, Brahms’s Symphony no. 4 (Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham) |
| 8 February | Stage presence workshop, Royal College of Music (with Eric Whitacre, Colin Lawson, Vanessa Latarche, Sally Burgess, Imogen Bland and Joo Yeon Sir) |
| 14 February | ‘New Releases’ on BBC Radio 3’s CD Review, with Andrew McGregor |
| 3 March | 6pm: Introduction to Beethoven Violin Sonatas 1, with Joo Yeon Sir, Royal College of Music |
| 11 March | Music Talks at Queen’s Gate: ‘A(merica) to Z(lonice): an A-Z of the symphonies of Dvořák’6pm: Introduction to Beethoven Violin Sonatas 2, with Joo Yeon Sir, Royal College of Music |
| 6 May | Focus day at Queen’s Gate: ‘How to make a jolly good show: 120 years of British musical life’ |
| 20 May | Focus day at Queen’s Gate: Of Suffragettes, Singers and Symphonists: Women composers in the 19th and 20th centuries’ |
| 30 June | 6pm: Introduction to Beethoven Violin Sonatas 3, with Joo Yeon Sir, Royal College of Music |
| 2 July | Accompanying Emily Worthington for ‘(Re-)Constructing Richard Mühlfeld? Rubato and Rhythmic Freedom in Brahms’s Clarinet Sonata Op. 120 No. 2 Mvt. 1.’ at Performing Brahms in the Twenty-First Century, University of Leeds |
| 7 July | 6pm: Introduction to Beethoven Violin Sonatas 4, with Joo Yeon Sir, Royal College of Music |
| 11 July | 9am: Broadcast of Radio 3 Building a Library episode, exploring Brahms’s Cello Sonata no.2 in F major op.99 |
| 19-22 July | Daily talks for the mini-series, Haydn, Bartók and the String Quartet at the Ryedale Festival, featuring the Doric Quartet & the Heath Quartet |
| 1 October-3 December | 2-4pm: A weekly course, Brahms: Romantic classicist at City Lit |
| 7 October | 10am: Music Talks at Queen’s Gate: ‘‘Holy Song of Thanks’: Beethoven’s String Quartet in A minor, Op.132’ |
| 21 October | 10am: Music Talks at Queen’s Gate with players from the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment |
| 7 November | Pre-concert talk: Sinfonia Viva, Brahms’s Symphony no. 1 (Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham) |
| 11 November | 10am: Music Talks at Queen’s Gate: ‘Late masterpiece: Schubert’s Piano Trio No.2 in E flat’ |
| 25 November | 10am: Music Talks at Queen’s Gate: ‘Ariel in all his Quality: Singing Shakespeare’ |
| 26 November | 1pm: Lunchtime concert by Bonner & Hamilton at City Lit |
| 22 December | From 3pm: Bonner & Hamilton do St Pancras! Come and hear us play in St Pancras station |
2014
| 21 March | 1pm: Lunchtime concert with Maria Setiadi at Regent Hall, Oxford Street 6pm: Introduction to the Belle Shenkman Music Programme, National Gallery: The Herschel Ensemble, Room 34 |
| 2 April | 1.10pm: Lunchtime concert with Maria Setiadi at Riverhouse Barn, Walton-on-Thames |
| 9 May | 6.15pm: Pre-concert talk: RCM Philharmonic, Strauss Horn Concerto no. 1 (Royal College of Music) |
| 23 May | 6pm: Introduction to the Belle Shenkman Music Programme, National Gallery: Trio Incendia, Room 41 |
| 6 June | 6pm: Introduction to the Belle Shenkman Music Programme, National Gallery: Kate Simko, Room 34 |
| 18 June | Presentation at the 18th Biennial Conference on Nineteenth-Century Music, University of Toronto |
| 15 July | Presentation at the annual conference of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (IAML), Antwerp |
| 19 August | Presentation for Chipping Norton Ladies’ Group, ‘Wartime, wizards and the Wigmore Hall’ |
| 5 October | Appearance on BBC Radio 3’s The Choir, discussing Brahms’s vocal music |
| 10 October | Appearance on BBC Radio 3’s Live in Concert from St George’s Bristol, debating ‘The Trouble with Brahms’ |
| 14 October | 4.30pm: Postgraduate seminar, Cardiff University: ‘”A man of many hobbies…”: Alan Adair and the concerts of the Adair War Wounded Fund’ |
| 21 October | Seminar, University of Nottingham: ‘Working with concert programes: Wizards at the Wigmore Hall, and other stories’ |
| 6 November | 5.30pm: Kingston Shakespeare Seminar with Michael L. Roberts: ‘”The radical gap between words and action: Singing Shakespeare’, Rose Theatre, Kingston |
| 22 November | 10.30am-4.30pm: Presentation and concert hosting for the National Gallery’s study day, Culture in Times of Conflict |
| 23 November | 1pm: Concert hosting for the National Gallery’s The National Gallery Remembers Myra Hess and the Blitz |
| 26 November | Book launch for Brahms in the Home and the Concert Hall, Royal College of Music |
