Notes from a pianist is my occasional series of essays on aspects of the piano and piano-playing, with a few diversions into spiritual and institutional subjects.

• Using the score in performance
• Lockdown recordings
• Please don’t do this
• The spiritual dimension
• The unity of opposites
• The mafia
• The unkindest cut of all
• Playing for the audience
• Pedalling with the ear
• The pianist as recording editor and producer
• False claims of copyright on YouTube
• The ties of the Royal College of Music
• Raymond Lewenthal on Ervin Nyiregyhazi
• Obituary – Yu Chun-Yee
• Obituary – Maurice Merrell
• Death of Dame Patricia Routledge