ARNOLD BAX: From the Hills of Dreams
Bax’s songs rarely show up on disc or in concert. I have a couple of earlier CDs that only infrequently get played– so would these eighteen unrecorded songs lure me back to this part of the composers oeuvre?
New release of British horn concertos
A new release of horn concertos features works by British composers Malcolm Arnold and Ruth Gipps…
Bite-Back: Walton Centenary CD review
Your review of SOMM’s Walton Centenary CD is technically wrong on so many counts. Of course your opinions are as valid as anyone else’s…
Concert review: William Blezard Centenary Concert
William Blezard was a pianist, composer and musical director to Joyce Grenfell and Marlene Dietrich, and was married to the pioneering female conductor and musicianship teacher Joan Kemp Potter…
Feature: William Baines and Flamborough Head
An internet search on Flamborough Head directed me, by chance, to the song Good night to Flamboro’ and William Baines…