Who’s Who?

Who’s Who?

Some of our BMS friends and members have been sorting through their photo collections over Christmas and have unearthed some interesting photographs of musicians. Now we would like your help to identify who they are. Some we recognise but we are not sure about many of...
A Century of Music by British Women

A Century of Music by British Women

Celebrating A Century of Music by British Women (1921-2021), Madeleine Mitchell directs two concerts on International Women’s Day which will include the world premiere of a new violin work by Errollyn Wallen CBE. These two concerts present a fantastic range of chamber...
A Nice Conundrum

A Nice Conundrum

Pianist, composer and writer Alan Poulton (pictured) has announced the publication of his autobiography A Nice Conundrum – my life in two worlds. One world was in Industrial Chemicals, the other in classical music. He worked on and off as Sir Malcolm Arnold’s...
YORK BOWEN: Fragments

YORK BOWEN: Fragments

Fragments from Hans Andersen & Studies Nicolas Namoradze pianoHyperion CDA68303 The revival on CD of Bowen in recent years – not least from Hyperion – has been astonishing, although I wonder if he has yet found a wider public. (It’s hard to imagine a Bowen...