500th issue sells out

500th issue sells out

William Wordsworth Orchestral Works Volume III – 5th Symphony and Cello Concerto with Florian Arnicans, Liepaja Symphony Orchestra and John Gibbons – is the fastest ever selling Toccata Classics disc and has sold out in under a month (immediate repressing...
New book author bites back!

New book author bites back!

Philip Hunt’s suggestion in last month’s Bite-Back that the announcement of my biography of E. J. Moeran in the April Newsletter “overlooks” Geoffrey Self’s The Music of E. J. Moeran rather misses the point of announcing the publication of a new book. If he buys and...
Centenary celebrations at summer festival

Centenary celebrations at summer festival

London Song Festival’s summer season of concerts is currently under way with a series of four concerts taking place at Hinde Street Church W1. Due to the continuation of Covid restrictions, social distancing measures will be in operation, temperature checks will be...
Welcome to our new Journal editor

Welcome to our new Journal editor

We are delighted that Dr Ian Maxwell will be joining the team once again as BMS Journal Editor following Dominic Daula’s sterling work on the publication over the past few years. Dr Ian Maxwell graduated with a BMus (Hons) degree from the University of Aberdeen in...
ACOUSTICS IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

ACOUSTICS IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

Raf Orlowski www.crowood.com (£20) This is ‘simply’ a book about sound.  Except it is not simple at all.  For such a commonplace entity, its control and dissemination is a hugely complex matter, encompassing our experiences ranging from concert halls to...