Dr Leah Broad
@LeahBroad
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Writer | Presenter | Historian QUARTET out now @faberbooks at https://t.co/fnMAUqXzqO
London
Joined August 2011
Having a can't-quite-believe-it's-real moment, but my next book has received a @WhitingFdn grant š„¹It's about how women exert agency in the most difficult circumstances, feminism & fascism, & why/how music is political. There's an extract here:
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My extremely awake 7 month old is really getting in to @annalapwood's all night prom on @BBCRadio3, especially loved Seckou Keite š might she be the Prom's youngest listener?!.
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RT @polblonde: Thanks to everyone who came to my discussion of Roman women with @leahbroad at @BuxtonFestival yesterday. It was really goodā¦.
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RT @classicjacko: If this ācriticā had bothered to do his research, he would have seen that itās not called āThe Relaxing Promā. Itās a āReā¦.
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The āworldās greatest classical music festivalā. Such has been the tagline of the BBC Proms for as long as I, at least, can remember. But is there weight to this claim? Founded by the musicalā¦
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RT @JKAConductor: For my German-speaking friends, It was lovely to chat to Antonia Goldhammer for WDR on Grace Williams' musical language aā¦.
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Hello sunny Sheffield! Thrilled to be here to present a concert celebrating Avril Coleridge-Taylor with Ensemble 360 @MusicintheRound. TODAY at 2pm - come if you can, rehearsal sounds š„š„š„!
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RT @ThingsUnseenPod: Now online: the fascinating story of how a British and a German pianist each used the music of #Beethoven to keep up mā¦.
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How two women used Beethoven's piano music to shape wartime culture in Germany and Britain
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Tonight!! On @BBCRadio3 exploring how Beethoven was used in World War II. Featuring the only interview Elly Ney's family have given to English language media š± this was such a thought provoking doc to make @ctvc.
Fascinating @BBCRadio3 Sunday Feature coming up tonight in which the marvellous @LeahBroad explores how Myra Hess in Britain and Elly Ney in Nazi Germany each turned Beethoven to their own purposes during World War II.
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RT @MusicMagazine: This yearās BBC Music Magazine Premiere Award goes to composer Adrian Sutton, for his Violin Concerto plus other orchestā¦.
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RT @AlastairHackney: Wondering if anyone in your networks might be interested @MatthewOwensUK, @JKAConductor, @LeahBroad? Perhaps of intereā¦.
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Off to @TheCourtauld to speak about the women on Katrina Lee's new album of solo violin works! Join us if you're in London this evening:
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The @WomensPrize throwing a great party as ever - huge congratulations to the shortlisted fiction authors!!!
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RT @JKAConductor: ALBUM OF THE WEEK @europadisc ."an absorbing and generously-filled disc which will be the perfect introduction for thoseā¦.
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RT @JKAConductor: āIt is here that Wallenās variety is heard to its clearest and sparkiest effect.ā. Celebrating release day with this loveā¦.
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RT @CliffGagliardo: If it werenāt for @LeahBroadās āQuartetā, we wouldnāt be reading this top notch piece by Carwithen in my Monday Orchestā¦.
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RT @LeahBroad: Happy birthday Ravel! He was one of Rebecca Clarke's favourite composers, & she frequently played his works - she performedā¦.
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*NEW POST*. As we move into March I'm thinking about International Women's Day - why it still matters and how we use it to move forward. Full post on my Substack šš»
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*NEW POST*. As we move into March I'm thinking about International Women's Day - why it still matters and how we can use it to move forward. Full post on my Substack šš»
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RT @JKAConductor: Coming soon: 8th March, 18:00h on @BBCRadio3 - our 2023 @resonusclassics recording of Smyth's gothic tale of doomed loveā¦.
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*NEW POST*. Always a joy to speak to Samantha Ege about her work - this time about Margaret Bonds for my choral column in @ChoirandOrgan!. Read the full article here:
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