The Silent Musician ~ Why Conducting Matters

Secrets: On Shostakovich Symphony No. 4

Terror and Tragedy: On Shostakovich Symphonies Nos. 5, 6, & 10

Resistance: On Shostakovich Symphony No. 7

Requiem: On Shostakovich Symphony No. 8

Odes to Freedom: On Shostakovich Symphony Nos. 9 & 12

Revolution: On Shostakovich Symphony No. 11

Tombstones: On Shostakovich Symphony No. 13

Love and Death: On Shostakovich Symphony No. 14

‘In my beginning is my end’: On Shostakovich’s first and last symphonies

Why should we play the music of our time?

Owen Wingrave – a private and public opera

Taste the Difference