July, 2021 - British Music Society

Ernest John MOERAN: His Life and Music

Jul 20, 2021 | Book reviews

Ian Maxwell THE BOYDELL PRESS (355 pages) Ian Maxwell has been examining and researching the life and work of E J Moeran for over 15 years and this book is the distillation of these efforts into a magnificent book detailing his conclusions. The scholarship is...

One Hundred Years of British Song

Jul 19, 2021 | CD reviews

Oops! Looking for VOYAGE OF A SEA-GOD? Click HERE Volume 2 James Gilchrist tenorNathan Williamson piano SOMM RECORDINGS 0636 Volume 1 in this projected three-part series consisted of songs by Gurney, Rebecca Clarke, Holst and Bridge, note – not necessarily the usual...

BMS Essay Competition

Jul 19, 2021 | News

Dominic Daula reminds us that the closing date for entries for the second British Music Society Essay Competition 2021 is 30 September 2021 Student researchers are warmly invited to submit entries for this competition. The winning essay will be published in a future...

Leading opera director dies

Jul 19, 2021 | News

We record, with regret, the sudden death, on July 17th, of leading opera director Sir Graham Vick at the age of 67. Founder of the Birmingham Opera Group in 1987, his revisionist and often inspired productions graced the leading opera houses of the world for over...

ALBERT KETÈLBEY: A Dream Picture

Jul 19, 2021 | CD reviews

Rosemary Tuck piano NAXOS 8.574299 For many people, in England and beyond, the years spanning the life of composer Albert Ketèlbey (1875-1959) were less than happy, what with two World Wars and in the thirties, the Great Depression. But was it all bad?...