Save the date: BMS AGM 2025

Save the date: BMS AGM 2025

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Composer Madeleine Dring in the spotlight

Composer Madeleine Dring in the spotlight

The latest issue of the Mozart Edition / EditionUK newsletter featured English composer Madeleine Dring whose legacy endures through her captivating contributions to 20th century British music. Dring (1923–1977) was a composer, pianist, violinist, and actress who was...
GRACE WILLIAMS: Orchestral Works

GRACE WILLIAMS: Orchestral Works

BBC Philharmonic OrchestraJohn Andrews conductor Resonus Classics RES10349Grace Williams, born in Barry, south Wales, was a Welsh composer through and through and felt most comfortable in her homeland. But she spent many years away, studying notably in London with...
JESSY REASON: Piano and Chamber Music

JESSY REASON: Piano and Chamber Music

Leora Cohen violinDuncan Honeybourne piano PRIMA FACIE HERITAGE PFCD231 Jessy Reason, always known professionally by her initials, was evidently a devoted and gifted writer; yet apart from one song premièred at Wigmore Hall in 1924, no performances outside the family...
NEWS OF GREAT JOY: Christmas from St John’s College, Oxford

NEWS OF GREAT JOY: Christmas from St John’s College, Oxford

The Choir of St John’s College, Oxford David Bannister Director Resonus RES 10348 This recording is not typical of the CDs which are released at this time of year under similar titles. The choir of St John’s College, Oxford and their director David Bannister have...