Meirion Bowen writes: He constantly stimulated laughter, so that rehearsals were relaxed and easy
November 2022
Letter: Richard Burnett obituary
Meirion Bowen writes: Richard Burnett kept music alive and relevant to our lives now
August 2022
Letters: David Lloyd-Jones obituary
Michael Meadowcroft writes: He was immensely personable and put himself about in meetings and conferences
February 2021
Letter: Elijah Moshinsky obituary
Meirion Bowen writes: Elijah Moshinsky mixed innovation with insight
February 2019
Other lives
Veronica Slater obituary
Other lives: Radio producer and contemporary music promoter
July 2018
Letters: Oliver Knussen’s music was supremely ordered
Meirion Bowen writes: The house that Oliver Knussen had at Snape was once described on Radio 3 as chaotic
September 2017
Letters: Sir Peter Hall obituary
Meirion Bowen writes: Peter Hall played a key role in rescuing the reputation of Sir Michael Tippett as an opera composer
November 2016
From the Guardian archive
From the archive: David Munrow profile - 'not even Mick Jagger has such versatile lips'
9 March 1971: Meirion Bowen on the scholar, virtuosic musician and crumhorn whizzkid at the forefront of the period-instrument movement, who died tragically young 40 years ago
September 2015
Roger Smalley obituary
Composer and pianist who went from Britain to Australia, where he was active in musical life for four decades
July 2015
Edward Greenfield obituary
Classical music critic at the Guardian for almost 30 years, who sought to ‘appreciate’ rather than let nitpicking spoil enjoyment
February 2014
How King Priam saved Michael Tippett
For years Michael Tippett was criticised for muddled intellectualising and technical incompetence. So how, asks his artistic manager Meirion Bowen, did his second opera, King Priam, hit the right note?
