World premiere to support charity

World premiere to support charity

BMS member Paul Henley (pictured) will present the World Première of his new work for String Orchestra, To the Gentle Light on 25 and 26 September in Shropshire. The work has been composed in memory of Cleo Postlethwaite, the daughter of two of the musicians who play...
MERVYN ROBERTS: Summer’s Day

MERVYN ROBERTS: Summer’s Day

Music for Piano Christopher Williams piano Tŷ Cerdd Wales Millennium Centre TCR032 I knew the Welsh Composer Mervyn Roberts (1906-90) personally through correspondence and by visiting him and his wife Eileen at their home in Horsham in 1987. He generously gave me all...
THE MUSIC OF FREDERICK DELIUS

THE MUSIC OF FREDERICK DELIUS

Jeremy Dibble Boydell Press If all you knew of Delius was Brigg Fair you would think he was an English composer.  If all you knew was Appalachia or the Florida Suite you would think he was an unusually good American one. If it were the Song of the High Hills, then...