BRITISH MUSIC SOCIETY: Chairman’s Report

BRITISH MUSIC SOCIETY: Chairman’s Report

AGM, 27 October 2023, 2-4pmBritish Film Institute, Screening Room 2Stephen Street, London A summary of the Society’s activities in the following key areas during 2022-23. E-News, Printed News and websiteRevolution Arts (Nicholas Keyworth and Ian Martin) continue...
BRITISH MUSIC SOCIETY: Chairman’s Report

BMS AGM 2023 report

We were a cosy gathering in the attractively refurbished BFI foyer and screening room 2 for this year’s AGM on 27 October 2023. Monica McCabe and Anna Joubert attended the preview of the John McCabe video tribute that was preceded by a short promotional video of...
Elgar in Settle

Elgar in Settle

Blue plaques there seem to be a plenty, but if you look carefully, you might well stumble across one which is not blue and in a place you might not expect. I discovered this one when travelling on the stunning Settle to Carlisle railway.  The little town of...
PHILIP SAWYERS: Mayflower on the Sea of Time

PHILIP SAWYERS: Mayflower on the Sea of Time

English Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Kenneth Woods conductor Nimbus Alliance NI6439 In the last 20 years the music of Philip Sawyers (b.1951) has emerged from obscurity into the limelight making a considerable impression. I make this the fifth disc that has been...
CHINWE D. JOHN: Songs for Our Times

CHINWE D. JOHN: Songs for Our Times

Stuart MacRae & Bernard Hughes composers divine art     DDX21113 Why have I put the lyricist above the composers? Firstly because Chinwe D. John, a Nigerian-American poet and lyricist, is responsible for all 10 songs while the two composers are not. Then...