Remembering Anthony Gilbert

Remembering Anthony Gilbert

Jun 22, 2025 | Features

Jack Van Zandt looks back on the life of composer Anthony Gilbert who died two years ago July 5th marks the second anniversary of the passing of celebrated composer and longtime Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) composition professor Anthony ‘Tony’ Gilbert...
THOMAS PITFIELD: Orchestral Music

THOMAS PITFIELD: Orchestral Music

Jun 22, 2025 | CD reviews

Liepaja Symphony OrchestraPaul Mann conductorEmma McGrath violin Toccata Classics TOCC 0765 [75] This important release builds on the success of the recordings of Thomas Pitfield’s chamber and vocal music that recently appeared on the Divine Art label. With the...
Bite-Back: it’s not a second hand book!

Bite-Back: it’s not a second hand book!

Jun 20, 2025 | News

I am grateful to Dr Strachan for his generally favourable and fair review of my book: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: English Composer (26 May 2025 | Book reviews). In his review it was good to read relevant and amusing information on, for instance, Parry, that was new to...
BRIAN ANDREW INGLIS: To Byzantium and Beyond

BRIAN ANDREW INGLIS: To Byzantium and Beyond

Jun 20, 2025 | CD reviews

Elizabeth Knatt & Rachel Barnes recorders KAIROS 0022034KAI The two electronic pieces on this fascinating disc might be described as mood music of the kind that is regularly encountered on Radio 3’s Night Tracks. I found the shortest, Burmese Memory, to be the...
Panufnik Legacies IV

Panufnik Legacies IV

Jun 20, 2025 | CD reviews

London Symphony OrchestraJack Sheen conductor LSO LIVE 5135 This is the fourth CD resulting from the LSO’s Discovery programme showcasing new composers, guided by Colin Matthews (whose own mastery of orchestration was doubtless most useful). Most of the figures...