Inside Story articles

Margaret Thatcher and the moral neutrality of art (April 2013)
Watching the audience (WOMADelaide, March 2013)
Well-made music (life and work of Lennox Berkeley, February 2013)
The sparkle of the miniature (life and work of Peggy Glanville-Hicks, December 2012)
More than the sum of their parts (the song cycle and Paul Kelly, October 2012)
The symbiotic relationship (composers and players, October 2012)
The eloquence of the compact disc (Eloquence label, Septembe 2012)
Musical paranoia (music as the target of political and religious fundamentalists (August 2012)
Getting personal (composer and his piano, June 2012)
Why We Need Music (May 2012)
Tim Stevens's undertow (CD review, April 2012)
Misinterpretations (Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' and John Lennon's 'Imagine' March 2012)
The Art of Relevance (November 2011)
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (October 2011)
Fresh Ears (Bach and babies, September 2011)
Shall They Overcome? (protest songs, July 2011)
Dark Pop (June 2011)
The New Trend (Bossa nova, May 2011)
Black Dyke Days (March 2011)
Less is more (Sondheim, December 2010)

Composer's Notes columns

October 2003
January 2004
February 2004

Samples from books

The Sound of Pictures
In Defence of Classical Music
Speaking in tongues
Illegal Harmonies
Undue Noise
Composer to Composer

For details of the books, see also: the books page