Our round-up of some of the arts-related stories in the press during the past month. 1. Suffolk county council announces 100% cut to arts funding Arts organisations have called on SCC to reconsider plans to permanently slash its core budget of £500,000 to the art and...
St. Elizabeth’s Church, Ashley, Cheshire WA14 3QE13 April 2024, 2.30pm The distinguished composer Anthony Gilbert died on 5th July last at the age of 88. He had succeeded Thomas Pitfield at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, and was in charge of...
Pianist Joan Taylor remembers Karel Janovicky The Czech composer Karel Janovicky died in London recently at the age of 93. Karel lived in London most of his life, having fled his home country – then Czechoslovakia – in difficult political circumstances, in 1950. Karel...
ENDLESS FASCINATION The Life and Work of Thomas Pitfield, Composer, Artist, Craftsman, Poet Rosemary Firman Manchester: Forsyth, 2024ISBN 978-0-9514795-4-4£40 Thomas Pitfield (1903-1999), though best known as a composer (Prelude, Minuet and Reel for piano is his...
A rarely heard piece of music by Alan Bush was performed by BMS member Dominic Daula at a festival in Cape Town last autumn – and can now be seen in a YouTube video which has appeared online recently. A man of many talents, Dominic currently lectures in the...
