Elaine Hugh-Jones dies aged 93

Elaine Hugh-Jones dies aged 93

Mar 29, 2021 | News

We regret to announce the death of BMS member Elaine Hugh-Jones (14th June 1927 – 29th March 2021). Elaine was a Welsh pianist, composer and an educationalist. She studied piano with Harold Craxton, and also with Julian Isserlis and Lennox Berkeley. She later...
Support sought for new composer films

Support sought for new composer films

Mar 28, 2021 | News

The BMS has announced plans for two video documentaries on John McCabe and John Joubert, two composers who were past members of the Society. John Joubert BMS Chairman, Wendy Hiscocks will be working closely with the descendants of both composers and has been impressed...
PHOENIX: Music for oboe/cor anglais

PHOENIX: Music for oboe/cor anglais

Mar 27, 2021 | CD reviews

Nicola Hands oboe Jonathan Pease piano EM Records EMRCD066 EM Records continue their outstanding support of tonal British music with this disc of British music for oboe/cor anglais and piano. Britain has done very well producing high calibre oboists and there have...
New E J Moeran biography to be published

New E J Moeran biography to be published

Mar 27, 2021 | News

A long-awaited study of the life and music of Anglo-Irish composer Ernest John Moeran (1894-1950) is to be published providing a full biography of the last senior figure in early 20th century British Music to have been without one. Published by Boydell & Brewer,...