BRIDGE & BRITTEN
This disc offers an opportunity to find out via the voice which Britten composed for brilliantly, and the viola which both composers played and loved…
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Complete Symphonies
However (!) like Noah stuck on the beach, the series gets off to an indifferent start. The problem is that, for some reason, the Sea Symphony was recorded in the Barbican Hall. Its wretched acoustics, close and cold, are not suitable…
Carwithen Festival review
Congratulations to viola player Mark Chivers for organising a wonderful festival celebrating composer Doreen Carwithen’s centenary…
THE FABULOUS SIR JOHN
For many years Sir John Manduell was best known as a music administrator of great accomplishment; now his compositions are slowly appearing…
Notes from my Apprenticeship
The greatest teachers are the rare ones who profoundly change you as a human being and whose lessons affect you throughout a lifetime. For me, Alexander “Sandy” Goehr has been that teacher…