- Regular contributor to Gramophone. Recent cover stories and interviews have included Sir Simon Rattle, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, and the life and career of Herbert von Karajan. Recent reviews include music by John Taverner, Beethoven, Bruckner, Berg and John Adams. I also write news stories for Gramophone's fast-changing website
- Regular broadcaster on BBC Radio 3's CD Review. Recent features for 'Building a Library' have included Bach's The Art of Fugue, Mozart's last string quartet and Mahler's Ninth Symphony. Conversation pieces with Andrew MacGregor have taken in symphonies by Beethoven and Mahler, and the recorded legacy of Herbert von Karajan
- Programme notes for the BBC Proms; both printed programmes and interactive-tv notes for BBC4 broadcasts
- Annotator for the London Chamber Orchestra. This year's programme booklet is included as a PDF (right)
- Reviews and features for The Strad, Choir & Organ and Classic Record Collector
- Booklet notes for EMI Classics, Warner Classics and Delphian Records
- Obituaries for The Times and The Guardian
My specialisms include Renaissance polyphony, Bach, the Austro-German symphonic tradition, new music and the art of conducting.
