A selection of my articles and reviews. Click on the title to read.

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James McMillan interview (Andante.com, 2002)

Dancing to Monteverdi (The Spectator, 25 October 2003)

Opera for the masses (The Spectator, 22 November 2003)

Playing to the gallery (The Spectator, 17 January 2004)

Is he worth it? (The Spectator, 25 June 2005)

Orchestrating support (The Spectator, 29 April 2006)

In the shadow of the master (The Spectator,  13 May 2006)

Making arrangements (The Spectator, 23 September 2006)

Time for change (The Spectator, 9 December 2006)

Kaija Saariaho's Adriana Mater - an interview with the composer (Opera, March 2006)

On the demise of the BBC World Service (Classical Music Magazine, 2006)

Book review - How equal temperament ruined harmony (Sunday Times, 31 December 2006)

Book Review - Tchaikovsky by David Brown, Prokofiev Diaries Vol 1 (Sunday Times, 19 November 2006)

Book Review - Stravinsky: The Second Exile by Stephen Walsh (Sunday Times, 16 July 2006)