A tribute: Dr Thomas Rajna

A tribute: Dr Thomas Rajna

Aug 21, 2021 | Features

1928 – 2021 Thomas Rajna was an adventurous performer, an imaginative composer, and a truly endearing person. I wonder how he would have taken the order in which I have listed his musical occupations: on one of my visits to his home in Claremont, Cape Town, he...
Rebrand for Holst Museum

Rebrand for Holst Museum

Aug 21, 2021 | News

The Holst Birthplace Museum is rebranding to become Holst Victorian House on 10 September. The house is the building in which British composer Gustav Holst was born in 1874 and where you can hear more about his life and view some personal items, including a piano on...
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Folk Songs Vol. 3

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Folk Songs Vol. 3

Aug 19, 2021 | CD reviews

Roderick Williams baritoneNicky Spence tenorMary Bevan sopranoWilliam Vann piano and musical director ALBION RECORDS   ALBCD044 This is the third in a series of four CDs supported by The Ralph Vaughan Williams Society. It includes 15 Folk Songs from the Eastern...
FRANCIS POTT: Christus

FRANCIS POTT: Christus

Aug 19, 2021 | CD reviews

Tom Winpenny organ NAXOS   8.574252-53 (Two CDs)                 This current Naxos release is the third commercial recording of Christus by Francis Pott following on from the World Première performance by Iain Simcock in...
HEAVEN AND EARTH: Organ Music

HEAVEN AND EARTH: Organ Music

Aug 18, 2021 | CD reviews

Music by Judith Bingham Tom Winpenny organJohan Hammarström choir organ NAXOS  8.574251 Västerås Cathedral in central Sweden, where this CD was recorded, boasts two fine organs. Tom Winpenny plays the main organ, and in three of the works he is joined on the...