Nature and rivers inspire new British commission

Nature and rivers inspire new British commission

Oct 7, 2025 | News

Pollution, climate change and the rebirth of nature were the inspiration for a new work by British composer Libby Croad commissioned for The Dionysus Ensemble. People are aware of the calming, restful and natural benefits of rivers and waterways to our physical and...
MALCOLM ARNOLD: Homage to the Queen | Sweeney Todd

MALCOLM ARNOLD: Homage to the Queen | Sweeney Todd

Oct 6, 2025 | CD reviews

BBC Concert OrchestraMartin Yates conductor DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7420 I have long had a recording of the Homage to the Queen Suite that I have never played – lazily assuming it to be all fanfares and Elgarian marches. Now here is the complete ballet (nearly 50...
Opera North: Black Spider

Opera North: Black Spider

Oct 6, 2025 | Features, Reviews

Leeds Grand Theatre 26 September 2025 What more refreshing a way for a opera company to launch its new season than with a British work involving the next generation of singers, musicians, creative technicians and administrators as well as new audiences for opera. Dame...
THE SOUND OF HIDDEN MUSIC: Songs of Hubert Parry

THE SOUND OF HIDDEN MUSIC: Songs of Hubert Parry

Sep 25, 2025 | CD reviews

Jeremy Huw Williams baritonePaula Fan piano EM Records EMR CD084 In the notes which accompany this issue, the late Paula Fan, who accompanies these songs by Parry, makes the point that the composer’s reputation would appear to rest on a small group of works from what...
LUCY WALKER: Choral Works

LUCY WALKER: Choral Works

Sep 25, 2025 | CD reviews

St Martin’s VoicesAndrew Earis directorStephen Farr organ Resonus   RES10361 Lucy Walker is a young (b.1998) composer specialising in choral music and her work has been commended by no less an authority than Bob Chilcott. In 2023 she became Composer-in Residence...