2021 - British Music Society

An appreciation of Honor Sheppard

Jun 15, 2021 | News

The distinguished soprano Honor Sheppard died in her home village of Bowdon, Cheshire, at the age of 89 on 29th May 2021. She was born on 23rd December 1931, one of two children, in Horsforth, near Leeds, but she was very proud of her Cornish heritage via her mother’s...

Contest seeks young musical talent

Jun 15, 2021 | News

Entries are now open for the New Talent British International Youth Music Competition 2021. Amy Yuan’s AY Academy has been running the annual competition in association with British Music Society since 2018 and based on last year’s successful experience and in...

GEORGES ONSLOW: String Quintets

Jun 15, 2021 | CD reviews

Elan Quintet NAXOS 8.574187 This disc is another stimulating exploration of the early 19th century chamber music repertoire. Georges Onslow, despite his aristocratic English lineage, demonstrates a highly professional command of the classical chamber...

DOUGLAS MUNN: Complete Music for Solo Piano

Jun 15, 2021 | CD reviews

Arta Arnicane piano TOCCATA CLASSICS TOCC 0559 This is an extraordinary disc of music by an extraordinary personality. Douglas Munn (1929-2008) was a distinguished mathematician, famous in his field, successively professor at Stirling and Glasgow Universities,...

Volume 2019/2

Jun 6, 2021 | British Music Journal

BMS Members can click on the articles to download a pdf version CONTENTS From the archivesJohn Raynor by Olwen Picton-Jones ArticlesJohn Locke: A Perspective on a Composer’s Legacyby Elizabeth ManningReflections of a Broken Love in Tippett’s A Child of Our Timeby...