Concert introduction with the Heath Quartet at the Ryedale Festival, © Gerard Collett
Events 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 |
| 31 October | 9.30am: Building a Library on Beethoven’s ‘Hammerklavier’ Sonata Op. 106 on BBC Radio 3’s Record Review |
| 3 December | 2-4pm: A one-off session introducing Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas at City Lit |