September, 2024 - British Music Society

Malcolm Arnold: Music for Brass Band

Sep 26, 2024 | Features

One of the best-known British composers of the 20th century, Malcolm Arnold composed everything from symphonies and ballets to concertos and film scores. His music is constantly engaging and directly communicative, but behind the popular image of Arnold was a rather...

A CHRISTMAS FANTASIA

Sep 26, 2024 | CD reviews

Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital ChelseaWilliam Vann director ALBION RECORDS ALBCD 063 From the inexhaustible well of Christmas fare, here is welcome refreshment for the most sated. Although crowned by a fine rendering of Vaughan Williams’ familiar Fantasia on...

JOANNA FORBES L’ESTRANGE: Winter Light

Sep 25, 2024 | CD reviews

London VoicesBen Parry conductor Signum Classics SIGCD873 Joanna Forbes L’Estrange is the granddaughter of the celebrated Scottish viola player Watson Forbes, who was a member of the Aeolian String Quartet and for some years Head of...

British music featured in Leeds festival

Sep 25, 2024 | News

The Red Violin Festival, taking place in Leeds from 14th to 19th October, will feature a wide range of British music including works by Coleridge-Taylor, Purcell and Britten. Founded by violinist Madeleine Mitchell in 1997, this year’s festival will include the...

ROMANCE AND REVERIE: Holst and his contemporaries

Sep 25, 2024 | CD reviews

ALBION RECORDS ALBCD 065 A well-conceived and finely-executed release of intriguing rarities. Holst’s Invocation, in an idiomatic arrangement by Hannah Roper, showcases the violinist’s arresting line, and the music’s soaring tessitura immediately succeeds in banishing...