Keeping Your Cool
Recent record temperatures have created serious challenges for many cultural venues and for the people who work and perform in them. Some buildings have struggled to remain open…
Naming the nations’ composers
As we approach the silly season, Nicholas Keyworth takes a light-hearted look at composers named after England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland…
A round-up of new releases this month
SOMM Recordings are releasing two recordings this month featuring British Music while Orchard Classics has a new CD featuring the music of Edward Picton-Turbervill….
Michael Hurd talk about Boughton at Faeryland published
A fascinating talk by Michael Hurd about the immense success of the opera The Immortal Hour by Rutland Boughton has been published recently on YouTube…
CHARLES WOOD: String Quartets
To those who only know Wood’s church music, this CD is likely to be a revelation. His quartets are big-boned and closely argued essays in four movements, heavily influenced by Brahms…