At the beginning of this week, I had the very sad news that Professor Robert Pascall, internationally-renowned Brahms scholar, wonderful teacher, and dear friend, had died. Robert was the most amazingly generous, inspirational man and had friends and grateful students all over the world. I wanted to take a moment
Well, here we are in the middle of the summer holidays. There’s time off to go walking, visit new places, watch too much telly, drink beer with friends… and start noticing things you don’t tend to pay much attention to the rest of the time. As I sat on a
Well, it’s most definitely That Time Of Year again, as evidenced by the glitzy-to-laughable arrays of Christmas lights sprawled across high streets, and the impossibility of avoiding Little Drummer Boy and Calypso Carol even when doing your weekly food shop. Santa is polishing his sleigh as I type this –
This week, something VERY exciting has happened. Ladies and gentlemen, I present the first book in the world which has my name on the cover. Hurrah! Brahms in the Home and the Concert Hall is a project some four years in the making, from the conference in 2011 that prompted
