The journey Birmingham Festival Choral Society (BFCS) have taken to reach this point hasn't been an easy one. It was only recently they discovered that the Lichfield Cathedral Chorus were…

[This post contains affiliate links] As many of you know, I'm a big fan of Editions Musica Ferrum publications, not least having recently reviewed James Welburn's Adventures and Accolades. Italian…

If I could only use one word to described the singing of the Birmingham Bach Choir, it would be effortless. That's not to devalue the huge amount of work it…

I own many, many books seeking to dispel the mystery of learning scales and arpeggios for the piano. There are scale books, scale manuals, books to improve your scales and…

I'll admit, I went for the Shostakovich. I went for the Britten too. I didn't go expecting to like the Thorvaldsdottir, a CBSO Centenary Commission (in conjunction with the Berlin…

[This post contains affiliate links] ABRSM have not had the best of press recently. I was one of many who experienced problems making my exam entries online this session, and…

[This post contains affiliate links] I have to say, I feel a little bit of a fraud reviewing a book about the clarinet. I don't teach clarinet, and indeed my…

[This post contains affiliate links] If you don't know Pam Wedgwood's name, where have you been?! She has been a doyenne of the music world, not just throughout my own…

There are a lot of music theory books on the market. In the past, these have largely been driven by exam syllabuses, but there are nevertheless books which exist in…

[This post contains affiliate links] I get a lot of things sent to me for review. In fact, you may be surprised to hear that I get far more items…

The enthusiasm of the CBSO's Principal Guest Conductor, and Chief Conductor and Artist Advisor-elect, Kazuki Yamada, is infectious, and no more was this evident than in today's programme of which…