Margaret has played in major concert halls and released a wide selection of CDs, always bringing out the beauty and the poetry of the music she plays.
She has been hailed as one of the most poetic pianists of her generation and has captivated audiences in many different countries with her imaginatively designed recital programmes, A World of Piano Themes.
In these programmes she explores the highways and
byways of the piano repertoire, personally introducing the music to the audience from the keyboard.
As a concerto soloist she has appeared with the London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the London Mozart Players, working with eminent conductors such as Leonard Slatkin, Rudolf Barshai, Paul Daniel, Sir Edward Downes and Vernon Handley, performing in venues such as the Royal Festival Hall, Royal Albert Hall and the Barbican.
She is often heard on BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM, and her film and television work has included an appearance in Testimony, Tony Palmer's film about Shostakovich.
Her numerous discs reflect her long-standing fascination with exploring lesser-known repertoire, and include works by Bax, Berkeley, Bloch, Dukas, Falla, Grieg, Howells, Leighton, Novak, Stanford and Suk.
She was also the soloist in the world première recording of Percy Young's arrangement of Elgar's sketches for his Piano Concerto slow movement, with the Munich Symphony Orchestra conducted by Douglas Bostock. Her most recent release, Edgar Bainton's Concerto Fantasia with the BBC Philharmonic and Paul Daniel, received high praise.
She taught piano at the Royal Northern College of Music for a number of years and she is currently a Visiting Tutor at the Birmingham Conservatoire. She is much sought after to give masterclasses, including Chetham's International Summer School for Pianists and Dartington International Summer School.
She has also been an adjudicator for the BBC Young Musician of the Year on several occasions.
* Tomorrow at 7.30pm - From My Homeland with music by Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Janacek, John Ireland, Grieg and Ginastera.
Admission £8, members £7, full-time
students £4. Non-members welcome.