Funny old question, that. Until June 2020 I was in New York where I\u2019d been located for three years. However, that tricksy old pandemic forced me to return to the U.K. \u2013 I\u2019m a Brit \u2013 and I\u2019ve been stuck in darkest Cornwall ever since. Prior to New York I was ten years in Sydney, so I guess I now have ears in three different continents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Currently I wear several hats. As Editor-at-Large for Australia\u2019s Limelight Magazine<\/a>, among other things I curate their monthly recorded music reviews (CD, DVD, streaming etc.). I also review classical music and opera recordings \u2013 as well as live events \u2013 for Musical America<\/a> (where I am their Directory Features Editor) and for Opera News. <\/p>\n\n\n\n As a freelance feature writer and critic I also work for other publications, most recently Steinway magazine and BBC Music Magazine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Right now I\u2019m listening to an old 1965 recording of Stravinsky conducting his Pulcinella Suite<\/em> – wonderfully lively, though always questionable as to how much of these recordings was Igor and how much was Robert Craft. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019ve just finished listening to a 2001 recording of Strauss\u2019s opera Die \u00c4gyptische Helena<\/em> \u2013 fabulous performances, but not exactly his strongest work despite a singing mussel and a chorus of elves! Any minute now I\u2019m about to start on the Berlin Phil\u2019s complete Mahler symphonies \u2013 seven different conductors captured over ten years. Most curious to hear Kirill Petrenko\u2019s take on the Sixth.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhat are you listening to?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
How do you discover new music?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n