and the Faber Pocket Guide to Mozart (2005) and Faber Pocket Guide to Bach (2011). He edited the influential Authenticity and Early Music (1987), and the BBC Proms Guides to Great Symphonies, Great Concertos, Great Choral Works and Great Orchestral works. In 2021 he published The Life of Music: New Adventures in the Western Classical Tradition (2021). “Rule Britannia” discussion In 2020 Kenyon commented on a controversy about whether Rule, Britannia! should be sung at the Last Night of the Proms. In recent years the inclusion of the song has been criticised because of its jingoistic words, for example by Leonard Slatkin, the second non-British person to conduct the Last Night of the Proms. In 2020 the BBC proposed to perform the music in the Royal Albert Hall without the words, citing the difficulties the traditional arrangement posed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Kenyon dismissed the criticism of this decision as "kneejerk" BBC bashing. In the end, there was a u-turn and the lyrics were sung after all. References External links Guardian article by Kenyon on the influence of recording and broadcasting on musical tastes 1951 births Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford BBC music executives People associated with the BBC Proms BBC Radio 3 controllers British music critics Commanders of the Order of the British Empire English music journalists Honorary Members of the Royal Academy of Music Knights Bachelor Living people People educated at St Bede's College, Manchester Recipients of the President's Medal (British Academy) Opera critics