British Music for Strings III
None of this music is likely to set the Thames on fire, but it is all eminently agreeable without quite being eminent. Much of it is slow, which is just as well as Bostock is clearly happier with slow music…
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Earth’s Wide Bounds
Naturally the 150th anniversary of RVW’s birth provides an opportunity to plug some gaps in the recorded repertoire, and to feature other less well-known items…
A tribute to Joseph Horovitz
Composer Joseph Horovitz, who died earlier this month at the age of 95, is remembered in this short film by the British Music Society…
No Ordinary Joe – obituary of Joseph Horovitz
I met Joseph Horovitz more than 25 years ago… I was immediately struck by his voice; his English, even 50 years after leaving Vienna, had a wonderful musical lilt to it.
New BMS Journals available online
The 2021 BMS journal (number 43) is now available to read online…