The video tribute to John McCabe, first screened at the BMS AGM in October last year, can be viewed by members only on a private online platform for three days from 18 to 20 July. Members wishing to see the video during this limited period will need to email Wendy...
The English Music Festival in May will include the World Premiere of the ‘Richard II’ Concert Fantasy by Ralph Vaughan Williams. This is the complete incidental music the composer was commissioned to write for Frank Benson’s 1912-13 production at...
A book charting a personal history of 50 years’ researching and recording neglected British repertoire was launched in late April by publisher Vocalion Books. Recording British Music, written by Lewis Foreman and with a foreword by Roger Wright, is described as...
Lauded as ‘Critic’s Pick’ in both The Guardian and The Times, the Elgar Festival is an annual live celebration of the life and music of Worcester’s most famous son and Britain’s great composer, Sir Edward Elgar (1857–1934). Set in and around the composer’s home city,...
BMS members can buy tickets for events at The London Song Festival Summer Series in June at the concession price of just £15. The festival features the following five concerts under the banner ‘A Feast of English Song’ at Hinde Street church London W1U 2QJ: Comedy...
