In this episode, we spoke to Dr Caroline Potter, who is Visiting Reader in French Music at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Caroline has published books with Routledge on composers Nadia and Lili Boulanger, and Henri Dutilleux. She is a freq

Pyotr Tchaikovsky (with Philip Ross Bullock)

Apr 10th, 2021 1h 6m

This episode’s guest is Professor Philip Ross Bullock, who is professor of Russian literature and music at the University of Oxford. Philip’s areas of expertise include theories of gender and sexuality, interdisciplinary approaches to the relat

Thomas Tallis (with Kerry McCarthy)

Mar 5th, 2021 41m 36s

In this episode, we spoke to Dr Kerry McCarthy, a musician and author known for her work on early English music. Kerry has published articles in the journals The Musical Times and Early Music. She was given the Nicolas Slonimsky Award for Outst

Ludwig van Beethoven (with Laura Tunbridge)

Dec 20th, 2020 43m 29s

This episode’s guest is Professor Laura Tunbridge, who is Professor of Music at the University of Oxford. Laura’s research centres on German Romanticism, with a particular interest in reception through criticism, performance, and composition. H

Leonard Bernstein (with Paul R. Laird)

Nov 22nd, 2020 38m 46s

In this episode, we spoke to Professor Paul Laird. Paul is Professor of Musicology at the University of Kansas where he teaches courses in Baroque music, twentieth-century music, the history of musical theatre, and American music. He has publis

On Biographies (with Joanne Cormac)

Oct 25th, 2020 45m 23s

This episode’s guest is Dr Joanne Cormac, who is Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow at the University of Nottingham. Joanne’s research interests include the music of Franz Liszt, nineteenth-century music and culture, historiography, and bi

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