January 2024 news digest
A look at some of the stories and issues affecting the musical world today… Royal Albert Hall box for sale How would you like to attend events at the Royal Albert Hall for the next 843 years in your own private box? Here’s an opportunity to do just that: Grand Tier...
Bite-Back: CD reviews – dead or alive?
Following Dr Maxwell’s letter questioning whether BMS should feature reviews of living composers, three members have responded below with their views: I was pleased to see Dr Maxwell’s letter in the December E-News, not merely because it is so rare that we...
A COCKTAIL OF HAPPINESS: The music of Fred Hartley
The Royal Air Force Salon Orchestra RAFMRL023 The training for RAF musicians is clearly wide, varied and of a very high standard. Not to be outdone by their wind band colleagues the three violins, viola, cello, bass and piano who together make up the RAF Salon...