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I'll hopefully be speaking to Sig.ra Lara Bocelli❎🌱🦢, Oliver Craske & Oliver Soden about the art of music biography soon for a Presto Music podcast - so I better 'take five' out of my day to finish this excellent example...

3 eminent music biographers, Sig.ra Lara Bocelli❎🌱🦢, Oliver Craske & Oliver Soden joined me on the latest Presto Music podcast for a fascinating discussion on the art of music biography - listen here prestomusic.com/classical/arti…

While waiting to get into the Royal Albert Hall it was great to chat to Rainer Hersch about the wheres and whys of Promming for his Proms in the Pub podcast! shows.acast.com/rainer-herschs…

My colleague Presto Music James Longstaffe had a fascinating chat with John Wilson about his terrific new Film Music disc with the Sinfonia of London on Chandos Records - including shedding light on the mysterious (to me at least) Novachord... Listen here tinyurl.com/3z66d7f7

Thanks very much for a fascinating chat Marina!

The perfect Christmas confection for Anna Lapwood courtesy of Brysons Bakery of Keswick!

Great to hear Natasha Loges on BBC Radio 3 this morning with Andrew McGregor - wonderful selection of new discs (the Ina Boyle is a real discovery!) combined with tremendous erudition and insight

Released last Thursday, Dr Leah Broad's new book 'Quartet' has been quite rightly lauded -you can listen to my chat with Leah about the book for a Presto Music Podcast here! prestomusic.com/classical/arti…

Dancing on the edge of a sublime abyss - only to finally embrace the great 'undiscovered country' - no better work to hear on the anniversary of Mahler's death than the 10th - courtesy of the CBSO and Robert Treviño

Her highly enjoyable new book on Rachmaninoff is called 'Goodbye Russia', but to discuss it on the latest Presto Music podcast I got to say 'Hello' to Fiona Maddocks! prestomusic.com/classical/arti…

Honoured that my birthday today is deemed so important as to justify the assemblage of all these fine people but really BBC Proms and David Pickard you needn't have gone to *that* much trouble!

...and we love to listen! The latest from Carolyn Sampson 🇪🇺 and joseph middleton now available to pre-order from Presto! prestomusic.com/classical/prod…

Am confused as to why Signum Classics didn't simply call this album 'Noel's House Party', especially as it would have meant they could have incorporated a beloved TV character on the cover like below... Mary Bevan 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 joseph middleton @BourletKim

Paging Robert Flute - The new Dream of Gerontius from Paul McCreesh & Gabrieli is now available for pre-order! prestomusic.com/classical/prod…

Liz Truss the cherry on top of one of the most entertaining nights of telly ever!

Hollywell Music Room - the oldest concert hall in Britain, and my office for the next few weeks! Oxford Song (formerly Oxford Lieder)