Monthly music digest

Monthly music digest

Our round-up of some of the music-related stories hitting the headlines in the past month. Making the arts more accessible According to the Guardian, Labour leader Keir Starmer has pledged to make the arts more accessible to young people from all backgrounds. In a...
BMS member discount for revised Stanford book

BMS member discount for revised Stanford book

BMS members can receive a 35% discount when buying a book that sheds new light on Charles Villiers Stanford’s career as a composer, conductor and teacher. Being launched in April, the revised and expanded edition of Charles Villiers Stanford: Man and Musician...
Only the Notes You Need

Only the Notes You Need

Adam Pounds recalls three years of study with Lennox Berkeley A young composer can often feel ‘lost’, and in 1976, while I was studying at the London College of Music and won the composition prize with my Oboe Quartet, I was sufficiently encouraged by this...
Festival director dies aged 75

Festival director dies aged 75

The passing of Music Director Emeritus Stewart Robertson has deeply saddened The Glimmerglass Festival community. Robertson’s connection to Glimmerglass was deeply rooted in the sense of creative fulfillment and purpose he felt within the Festival’s unique...
GEORGE LLOYD: The Symphonies Nos. 7-12

GEORGE LLOYD: The Symphonies Nos. 7-12

BBC Philharmonic Philharmonia Orchestra BBC Philharmonic Brass Albany Symphony Orchestra George Lloyd conductor LYRITA SRCD 2418  It is an extraordinary journey to hear the whole of George Lloyd’s symphonies over a single period of time, a...