A Century of Music by British Women

A Century of Music by British Women

Mar 27, 2021 | News

BMS member Madeleine Mitchell directed the London Chamber Ensemble in a wonderful programme of British music filmed at St. John’s Smith Square on March 8. The focus of the concert was to celebrate a Century of Music by British Women from 1921-2021 on International...
Vacancy: BMS Journal Editor

Vacancy: BMS Journal Editor

Mar 27, 2021 | News

Our present Journal Editor Dominic Daula has informed the Society that he will be stepping down from this role after production of the 2021 Journal is complete at the end of this year. The Society is very grateful for the long hours and dedication Dominic has devoted...
Elgar Symphonies CDs for sale

Elgar Symphonies CDs for sale

Mar 27, 2021 | Inbox

December 2021 update: Andrew Youdell still has copies for sale of Sir Colin Davis’ LSO recordings of the three Elgar Symphonies live at the Barbican and first released nearly 20 years ago. Long out of print, this set has now become a collector’s item. Andrew has a...
ROBERT SIMPSON: Symphonies 5 & 6

ROBERT SIMPSON: Symphonies 5 & 6

Mar 27, 2021 | CD reviews

LSO: Andrew Davis conductorLPO: Charles Groves conductor LYRITA SRCD.389 The young Andrew Davis was entrusted with Robert Simpson’s new 5th symphony in 1972 – and delivered one of the great premières. The staggering virtuosity of the LSO and the completely...
COLLOQUY: Works for Guitar Duo

COLLOQUY: Works for Guitar Duo

Mar 27, 2021 | CD reviews

Duo Guitartes EMR CD067 Life in Elizabethan England might have been ‘nasty, brutish and short’. But on hearing the music of Peter Philips, his Pauana dolorosa Tregian from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, John Dowland’s two movements from ‘Lacrimae’ and two pieces by...