VIDEO PODCAST: Slava Ukraini! - recorded on 24 February 2022, the day Europe woke up to the news that Vladimir Putin's Russian forces had invaded Ukraine. A fifty minute video which also features Caitríona O'Leary and Eric Fraad discussing their new film Island of Saints, and pays tribute to Joseph Horovitz, Malcolm Troup and Maria Nockin.
VIDEO PODCAST: John Dante Prevedini leads a discussion about Youth Involvement in Classical Music - this specially extended illustrated feature includes contributions from Christopher Morley, Gerald Fenech, Halida Dinova, Patricia Spencer and Roderic Dunnett.
American pianist and writer about music Charles Welles Rosen was born on 5 May 1927, and studied piano with Moriz Rozenthal, but was also influenced by hearing the playing of Josef Hofmann.
He studied French and gained a PhD in French Literature from Princeton. He held positions as a professor at various universities. His best-known book about music was The Classical Style (1971) which examines the nature of classical music from the perspective of Beethoven, Haydn and Mozart, and which received the US National Book Award for non-fiction in 1972.
His career as a concert pianist took him to many countries, and he was invited by various composers - including Stravinsky, Elliott Carter and Pierre Boulez - to record their work.
Rosen died in New York City on 9 December 2012, aged eighty-five.
Echoes of Oblivion by Robert McCarney - Fragments of Utopia
Ensemble. A Sparkling Account - The Kanazawa-Admony Piano Duo pays tribute to Carola Grindea, reviewed by Malcolm Miller
Record Box. Superb Performances - Ursula Oppens plays Elliott Carter, celebrated by Patric Standford
Profile. Tête-à-Tête - Bill Newman talks to British pianist Mark Bebbington