Now that live music is returning, two more concerts featuring works by the composer Ailsa Dixon have been scheduled for April: Music for Piano Duet on 2 April and Quartets for Palm Sunday on 10 April. Concert plans featuring Ailsa’s work were interrupted by the...
Volume 3 James Gilchrist-tenorNathan Williamson-piano SOMM RECORDINGS 0646 Volume 1 consisted of songs by Gurney, Rebecca Clarke, Holst and Bridge. Volume 2 threw up a few surprises with composers like Maconchy, Alan Bush and Alan Rawsthorne. Volume 3 introduces five...
Peter Sheppard Skærved violinRoderick Chadwick piano métier msv 28619 Edward Cowie’s Bird Portraits is virtually unique. Messiaen’s Catalogue d’Oiseaux comes nearest, but in his extensive programme note, Cowie stresses the difference between his and Messiaen’s...
The Royal School of Church Music announces the Platinum Project, a special choral music commission from award-winning British composer Thomas Hewitt Jones (pictured above) to commemorate Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in June 2022. In Our Service is a four...
CRQ Editions, a specialist download and streaming site devoted to the re-release of unusual out-of-copyright recordings which are of interest to collectors world-wide, has recently released several recordings of British music of interest. These include the following:...
