BLISS: The Composer Conducts

BLISS: The Composer Conducts

Jun 24, 2025 | CD reviews

A Fiftieth anniversary Tribute SOMM ARIADNE 5039-2 [2CDs] Sir Arthur Bliss was an excellent conductor of his own music, but surprisingly he made very few commercial recordings. SOMM here celebrates the 50th anniversary of his death with a 2-CD set of archive...
Obituary: Garry Humphreys

Obituary: Garry Humphreys

Jun 24, 2025 | News

22 February 1946 – 7 May 2025 Garry Humphreys ALA, FGMS, FRSA – baritone, conductor, writer, researcher, and business librarian – was born in Nottingham and grew up in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire. He was adopted at birth, by the couple with whom his...
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...