Happy birthday Ravel! He was one of Rebecca Clarke's favourite composers, & she frequently played his works - she performed for his London concerts when he visited the city in 1928, and then in true Clarke style told his fortune at the after-party #botd

*NEW POST* Always a joy to speak to Samantha Ege about her work - this time about Margaret Bonds for my choral column in Choir & Organ! Read the full article here: gramophone.co.uk/choir-and-orga…

Coming soon: 8th March, 18:00h on BBC Radio 3 - our 2023 Resonus Classics recording of Smyth's gothic tale of doomed love with Natalya Romaniw 🇺🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Rob Murray Claire Barnett-Jones leading a star-studded cast.

*NEW POST* As we move into March I'm thinking about International Women's Day - why it still matters and how we can use it to move forward. Full post on my Substack 👇🏻

If it weren’t for Dr Leah Broad’s ‘Quartet’, we wouldn’t be reading this top notch piece by Carwithen in my Monday Orchestra. ❤️

“It is here that Wallen’s variety is heard to its clearest and sparkiest effect.” Celebrating release day with this lovely review from the The Guardian. Congratulations Errollyn Wallen Resonus Classics BBC Concert Orchestra BBC Radio 3

ALBUM OF THE WEEK Europadisc "an absorbing and generously-filled disc which will be the perfect introduction for those new to Wallen’s music. Excellent recording, committed performances and helpful booklet notes by Dr Leah Broad all make this a most attractive album."

The Women's Prize throwing a great party as ever - huge congratulations to the shortlisted fiction authors!!!

Off to The Courtauld to speak about the women on Katrina Lee's new album of solo violin works! Join us if you're in London this evening: courtauld.ac.uk/whats-on/chron…

Wondering if anyone in your networks might be interested Matthew Owens, 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘄𝘀, Dr Leah Broad? Perhaps of interest to someone with performance as well as musicological/cultural history background?

This year’s BBC Music Magazine Premiere Award goes to composer Adrian Sutton, for his Violin Concerto plus other orchestral works, recorded by Fenella Humphreys and the BBC Philharmonic on the Chandos label.

Tonight!! On BBC Radio 3 exploring how Beethoven was used in World War II. Featuring the only interview Elly Ney's family have given to English language media 😱 this was such a thought provoking doc to make CTVC

Now online: the fascinating story of how a British and a German pianist each used the music of #Beethoven to keep up morale in their respective countries during World War II. With Dr Leah Broad. A CTVC production by Mike Lanchin. #veday2025 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Hello sunny Sheffield! Thrilled to be here to present a concert celebrating Avril Coleridge-Taylor with Ensemble 360 Music in the Round. TODAY at 2pm - come if you can, rehearsal sounds 🔥🔥🔥! sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/events/celebra…

For my German-speaking friends, It was lovely to chat to Antonia Goldhammer for WDR on Grace Williams' musical language and symphonic style:

If this ‘critic’ had bothered to do his research, he would have seen that it’s not called ‘The Relaxing Prom’. It’s a ‘Relaxed Prom’, often attended by those with additional needs. The BBC Proms is for everyone. And I make absolutely no apology for that. thecritic.co.uk/democratising-…

Thanks to everyone who came to my discussion of Roman women with @leahbroad at Buxton International Festival yesterday. It was really good to meet and talk to members of the audience afterwards.

My extremely awake 7 month old is really getting in to Anna Lapwood's all night prom on BBC Radio 3, especially loved Seckou Keite 😂 might she be the Prom's youngest listener?!