Kaikhosru Sorabji’s Letters to Philip Heseltine

Kaikhosru Sorabji’s Letters to Philip Heseltine

Nov 15, 2020 | News

Composer-critic Kaikhosru Sorabji Two extraordinary personalities, and one remarkable friendship, are reflected in the unique corpus of letters from Anglo-Parsi composer-critic Kaikhosru Sorabji (1892-1988) to Philip Heseltine (Peter Warlock) (1894-1930): a...
PARRY, BANTOCK, MAXWELL DAVIES: The English Connection

PARRY, BANTOCK, MAXWELL DAVIES: The English Connection

Nov 15, 2020 | CD reviews

Argovia PhilharmonicDouglas Bostock conductor COVIELLO SACD COV 92017 This beautifully produced SACD unites three disparate English works which are seldom heard in concert, and certainly not on the same programme. Parry’s Symphonic Variations from 1897 is a...
PARRY, ELGAR & JACOB: British Music for Strings 1

PARRY, ELGAR & JACOB: British Music for Strings 1

Nov 15, 2020 | CD reviews

Southwest German Chamber OrchestraDouglas Bostock conductor  CPO 2020 This lacklustre trio of prosaic string pieces don’t happily co-exist together, especially under the grandiosely overblown title of this release.  An odd mix of works by those well-regarded British...
Heaven Full of Stars: Choral Music

Heaven Full of Stars: Choral Music

Nov 15, 2020 | CD reviews

Vasari SingersJeremy Backhouse conductor NAXOS 8.574179 The repertoire of the Vasari Singers under their indefatigable musical director, Jeremy Backhouse, has played a significant role in the commissioning and performance of a considerable quantity of contemporary...
GEORGE DYSON: The Open Window

GEORGE DYSON: The Open Window

Nov 6, 2020 | CD reviews

Simon Callaghan piano Cliodna Shanahan piano SOMMCD 0622-2 I have heard it said that Sir George Dyson’s church music is the musical equivalent of the Conservative party at prayer. It could be thought that some of this piano music, much of it written for young pianists...