There is a prayer that never fails to move me in the Shabbat service I play for on Friday evenings at West London Synagogue. 'We bless...

It was in the mid 1980's at a time of some personal turmoil and indecision that I walked into a book shop in Ottawa, Canada and pulled a...

OLIVIER MESSIAEN AND THE BIRDS I think I am not alone in having found solace during the pandemic in the sky, the clouds, the trees and,...

Hello friends and fellow music history enthusiasts.  This is the last lesson in our tour of Western music. It's been quite the journey....

Hello friends and welcome back to the penultimate lesson of this whirlwind tour of Western music. I left you thinking about the polymaths...

Hello music history enthusiasts and welcome back.  I left you listening to the haunting Op.27 No. 1 Nocturne of Chopin and perhaps...

Welcome back dear music history enthusiasts (and welcome any of you who have decided to jump in at Lesson 7). This lesson looks at two...

Hello dear friends and fellow music lovers.  When I last saw you we had been listening to Beethoven and thinking about melody and harmony...

Hello and welcome to Lesson 5 of A Complete - or slightly incomplete! - History of Music.    We were looking last time at the life and...

Hello music lovers and welcome to Lesson 4 of this whirlwind tour of Western Music. I am beginning to think it is notable for all that I...

Welcome to Lesson 3 of our whirlwind tour of music history! If you have come back, I'm very pleased. If you are just starting here, you...

A Complete History of Music in 10 Lessons: 2 Hello again and welcome back! If you're joining for the first time, Lesson 1 is a quick read...

Welcome to Lesson 1 of 'A Complete History of Music in 10 Lessons'.  This course is aimed at music lovers, amateur instrumentalists and...